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It should have been a clean kill.

And it was, for the Buffalo Sabres.

On a freezing cold night at Rogers Place, the lukewarm Oilers could only be bothered investing 20 minutes into a game they sorely needed and guess what, it wasn’t enough.

After falling behind 3-0, the Oilers were lucky to grab a point after a wild third-period comeback made possible by a missed icing call on the first goal and Connor McDavi

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