The Edmonton Oilers were never really in this one and this against the low Buffalo Sabres, the worst team in the Eastern Conference so far this year. Article content

Edmonton got trounced at even strength — something their making a bad habit of this regular season — and lost 5-1 to Buffalo Sabres. Article content Article content

In the first 20 games, the Oilers launched 205 Grade A shots at even strength but Edmonton gave up 218 to their opponents, not exactly even strength dominance.

Not exactly Stanley Cup aura around the Oil just now.

Against the Sabres, Buffalo had 13 Grade A shots, the Oilers just eight.

In total, Grade A shots were 15 for the Sabres, nine for the Oilers, with the subset of more dangerous 5-alarm shots 3-to-1 for Buffalo.

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