‘Buffalo finishes its Rexall days with a final record of 9-29-3 since the Oilers merged into the NHL from the World Hockey Association in 1979. Of course, not many teams had much success in Edmonton during the Wayne Gretzky years. Strangely enough, the Sabres had won three straight here until last year’s 3-2 defeat. It was one of the few good runs the Sabres had in the Alberta capital.’