NHL ROUNDUP : Oilers Hit a Dry Spot in Buffalo

Dominik Hasek made 20 saves, and Derek Plante and Jason Dawe each scored for the first time this season Wednesday night at Buffalo as the Sabres beat the Edmonton Oilers, 4-1.

The Oilers, who defeated the Stanley Cup champion New Jersey Devils a night earlier for their first victory of the season, scored only once on nine power-play opportunities. They’ve been outscored, 29-9, in six games.

Mike Peca, whom the Sabres acquired in the off-season for Alexander Mogilny, scored a power-play goal, his second goal of the season, 2:20 into the game.

The Sabres made it 2-0 at 15:15 when Plante scored an unassisted goal. Dawe expanded the lead by scoring 43 seconds into the second period.

The Oilers cut the deficit when Zdeno Ciger scored his third goal on a power play.

Colorado 4, Washington 2--Martin Rucinsky and Adam Deadmarsh scored goals 58 seconds apart in the second period at Denver.

Washington trimmed Colorado’s lead to 2-1 when Pat Peake scored his fourth goal of the season 28 seconds into the second period.

Only 26 seconds later, Rucinsky, who held out during the preseason in a contract dispute, scored his first goal of the season on a pass from Peter Forsberg. Fifty-eight seconds after that, Deadmarsh scored his third goal of the year.

NHL Notes

The Dallas Stars put recently acquired forward Guy Carbonneau on the injured reserved list because of a groin injury and he is expected to be out three weeks. The Stars recalled Dan Kesa and Jamie Langenbrunner from the International Hockey League.