EDMONTON - The fourth line answered the bell for the Edmonton Oilers in a showdown of the leagues two worst clubs on Thursday. [

EDMONTON - The fourth line answered the bell for the Edmonton Oilers in a showdown of the leagues two worst clubs on Thursday. Giannis Antetokounmpo Jersey .Anton Lander and Matt Fraser each had a goal and two assists as the Oilers beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-2. Oscar Klefbom also scored for the Oilers (13-27-9), who have won three of their last four and now sit four points ahead of last-place Buffalo. The Oilers are now 6-5-2 since interim head coach Todd Nelson took over as full-time head coach.Nelson, who has spent plenty of time watching Landers progress in the American Hockey League, is thrilled to see him start to shine at the NHL level.Thank goodness Anton Lander had the game that he did tonight. He was exceptional, by far the best player on the ice, Nelson said. I think he feels really comfortable and more confident when he looks behind and sees me. Ive been working with him every year since he came over from Europe, so I think that helps. Hes really improved his game. He has earned the opportunity. I thought he was outstanding tonight.Lander shrugged off his personal best three-point performance.I think we played all right, we can still get better, he said. You dont have to play great all the time, but if you get a win thats the most important thing. Its nice to get wins here the last couple of games. Its a good thing we have going on now, we have to keep it going.Tyler Myers and Rasmus Ristolainen replied for the Sabres (14-31-3), who have lost a franchise-worst 13 games in a row and only have one win in their last 18.The defence were involved, but it wasnt a 60-minute effort for all of us, said Sabres centre Torrey Mitchell. We play the first two periods well or we score the first goal, and get off to good starts and we just cant build on it right now.It is clear the frustration level is running very high for the Sabres at the moment.We had our chances, said Buffalo head coach Ted Nolan. With this team we need everyone, we cant afford two or three guys not playing well or not giving what they have to give. It seems like the same ones over and over again, but we only have 20 players, who else are you going to put in?I think we need to stay positive and just keep approaching every game like were going to win the game, added goalie Jhonas Enroth. We cant go into every game thinking were going to lose the game. We have to stay positive and still believe that we can win games.The Sabres started the scoring just 2:22 into the first period as Mitchell won a battle behind the net and dished the puck out in front to Myers, who slipped a shot under the arm of Ben Scrivens— on a play the Oilers goalie would likely want to have a second chance at. It was Myers second goal of the season.Edmonton tied the game 1-1 with seven-and-a-half minutes left in the opening frame when Lander fed a puck from behind the goal line to Fraser, who beat Sabres starter Enroth with a slap shot for his sixth of the year.The Oilers surged ahead with five minutes to play in the first as Lander sent a backhand pass to Klefbom at the top of the circle and the young defenceman blasted his first goal of the season into the Sabres net.Scrivens was forced to make a couple timely kick saves in an otherwise uneventful and scoreless second period.Edmonton outshot Buffalo 24-16 through 40 minutes.The Oilers were down a defenceman six minutes into the third period as Buffalos Zemgus Girgensons directed Nikita Nikitin into the boards and the Edmonton blue-liner left the game clutching his shoulder.Edmonton took a 3-1 lead eight minutes into the third as a turnover allowed a two-man breakaway with Teddy Purcell feeding Lander for his first goal in 65 games- also giving him his first three-point game of his career. Fraser picked up an assist on the play, also giving him three points in the game.Buffalo closed to within a goal with 2:02 remaining as Ristolainen followed up on the play to bang home a rebound through Scrivens legs.However, the Sabres took a late penalty and couldnt complete the comeback, allowing the Oilers to run out the clock. Glenn Robinson Bucks Jersey . "Youre not really spending time to sit back and analyze what your competitions doing and things like that," Anthopoulos said. "Youre so focused on what were trying to get done." Ultimately, while the landscape around them changed with trades both major and minor, the Blue Jays did nothing before Thursdays non-waiver deadline. Khris Middleton Bucks Jersey . He was 90. The team announced Monday that Adams had died, saying he "passed away peacefully from natural causes." The son of a prominent oil executive, Adams built his own energy fortune and founded the Houston Oilers. http://www.nbabucksproshop.com/Authentic-Khris-Middleton-Bucks-Jersey/ . Colton Sissons also scored for Milwaukee (19-12-8), which went ahead with a two-goal third period. Wade MacLeod and Greg McKegg replied for Toronto (23-12-4).RENTON, Wash. - The Seattle Seahawks will be without tight end Zach Miller for at least a few weeks after he underwent ankle surgery during the teams bye week.Seattle coach Pete Carroll said Monday that Miller had been bothered by loose bodies in the ankle for weeks and instead of trying to play through pain that was likely to get worse, Miller took advantage of the early bye week and had the surgery now.There is no set timetable for when Miller will return. Carroll said they would give him a couple of weeks and then take it on a week-by-week basis. That means Miller would miss the next two games at Washington and versus Dallas before his status is reassessed.Its been bothering him for a number of weeks. Hes been playing with it and we just dont want him to have to tolerate it any longer. We wanted to see if we can fix him up and hopefully hell have a speedy recovery. It was just a cleanup kind of thing but he had some loose bodies in his ankle and it was very, very uncomfortable.Millers surgery was first reported by Fox Sports. He was listed on the injury report with an ankle injury before the Seahawks 26-20 overtime win over Denver in Week 3. Miller was in on 71 of 79 snaps against the Broncos.Seattle has leaned on having three or more wide receivers on the field this season with the return of Percy Harvin. Through three weeks, the Seahawks have attempted just 17 passes (19 per cent) with two tight ends on the field versus nearly 81 per cent of their pass attempts coming with three or four wide receivers, according to STATTS Inc. Custom Milwaukee Bucks Jerseys. Miller has six receptions in three games, while backup Luke Willson has just one catch.Where Seattle will take a blow is in losing Millers skill as a blocker. Hes regularly been asked to block a defensive end or help tackles to control the defensive pass rush. That responsibility now falls to Willson to start.Luke has done a really good job. Hes obviously going to play a ton now, Carroll said. Its really a great opportunity for him to step up. Hes improved in every area. Hes one of those young guys thats gotten a ton better since hes been with us. Hes stronger, hes faster than a year ago because of the off-season. In every way hes improved. This is a lot to ask of him, the first time hell have this kind of duty, but its his turn to step up.But Carroll believes Seattle has in-house options to handle Millers various roles. Willson and Cooper Helfet will get the first cracks, but the Seahawks could turn to using an extra offensive lineman a€” like backup tackle Alvin Bailey a€” in running situations. Seattle also has former college tight end and now rookie offensive tackle Garry Gilliam on its roster. Gilliam had seven catches for 65 yards during the 2012 season at Penn State before moving to tackle for 2013.Weve had a lot of guys in here. We worked out a lot of people. We would like to stay with our people and banking on the communication and the system working for us. Were going to get it fixed right here, Carroll said.___Online:AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and http://twitter.com/AP_NFL ' ' '