Sabres pound Oilers 10-2

EDMONTON, Alberta - Drew Stafford scored his first of 3 goals 10 seconds into the Buffalo Sabres' 10-2 rout of Edmonton on Tuesday night, the Oilers' worst home loss.

Thomas Vanek and Derek Roy had a goal and 2 assists apiece for the Sabres, who also got goals from Nathan Paetsch, Jochen Hecht, Jaroslav Spacek and Tim Connolly with a pair.

Buffalo (25-18-5) has won four of five and eight of 11 games.

Erik Cole and Robert Nilsson tallied for the Oilers, who snapped a three-game winning streak. The loss on home ice eclipsed a 9-2 defeat to the Blackhawks earlier this season.

Edmonton had a disastrous start to the game as a mix-up between Lubomir Visnovsky and Ales Hemsky led to a goal just 10 seconds in. Vanek picked up the errant puck and fed Stafford who beat Oilers starter Dwayne Roloson for his 10th of the season.