The Edmonton Oilers were the lone Canadian National Hockey League team playing Friday and looking to discover a way to find a win on the road, something yet to happen in five opportunities. Other Friday encounters were highlighted by Detroit hosting New Jersey and Washington visiting Chicago.
Oilers dig down for road win
In danger of opening their season without a road win in six games, as they did in 1999-2000 when they started 0-3-3, the Edmonton Oilers got goals from Mark Arcobello and Boyd Gordon in the second half of the third period to outskate the Sabres in Buffalo, 3-2.
Despite widely outshooting the Sabres through the first two periods, the Oilers (5-8-1) trailed the Sabres (3-10-2) 2-1 after 40 minutes.
After a scoreless first period Matt Moulson gave the Sabres their first lead at 26 seconds of the middle frame, while Ilio Pakarinen, in just his second NHL game, tied it for Edmonton 54 seconds later.
Oiler nemesis Drew Stafford scored his eighth career goal against Edmonton at 6:34 of the third period before the Oilers rebounded for their first road victory, snapping a four-game losing streak.
Viktor Fasth, returning from a groin injury, picked up his first win of the season in goal for the Oilers.
Red Wings happy to be home
After an 0-2-1 road trip, the Red Wings (7-3-4) returned home to the Joe Louis Arena to face the New Jersey Devils (6-6-2),
it took nearly the entire first period as they fell behind on a Steve Bernier goal, but two scores in 33 seconds by Jakub Kindl and Brendan Smith in the final minute of the opening stanza got the Wings flying. Johan Frantzen and Niklas Kronwall added second period scores and Detroit went on to a 4-2 win.
Devils netminder Corey Schneider who surrendered seven goals in his last visit to Detroit, was pulled after the period. Kronwall's goal flew past the net, hit the boards and hit the back of Schneider's leg before rolling into the net.
Keith Kinkaid stopped the seven Detroit shots he faced in the third period.
Jimmy Howard got the win in goal for the Red Wings.
Blackhawks not so sharp without Sharp
In their only meeting prior to the New Year's day NHL Winter Classic at Nationals Park in Washington, the Chicago Blackhawks (7-6-1) entertained the Capitals(5-5-3) at the United Center.
The Blackhawks returned home after thumping Montreal 5-0 on Tuesday, but were missing Patrick Sharp, who's expected to be sidelined 3-4 weeks after injuring his right knee in Montreal.
Brandon Saad's first period goal and Duncan Keith's marker just 56 seconds into the second period gave the Blackhawks confidence they could improve on their 4-2-1 home record but those euphoric notions disappeared in less than five minutes late in the second period.
Andre Burakovsky, Marcus Johansson and Joel Ward on a tip-in scored within 4:52 of the period as the Capitals grabbed the lead. The last two goals were only 43 seconds apart with Ward's game-winner coming with only four seconds left in the period as Washington finally solved Corey Crawford. The final was 3-2 Washington.
Braden Holtby stopped 38 of 40 shots for the Capitals who halted a five-game losing streak.
The Blackhawks lost for the sixth time in their last nine starts.
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