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EDMONTON, Alberta -- Ryan OReilly made Kyle Okposos first game with the Sabres a memorable one.OReilly had two goals and two assists and Buffalo pounded the Edmonton Oilers 6-2 on Sunday night for their first victory of the season.OReillys four-point effort came alongside new linemate Okposo, a free agent signing who played his first game after missing Buffalos opener with a sore knee.(OReilly) might not get as much recognition as he should, but hes such a heady player, said Okposo, who had a goal and an assist in his Sabres debut. Hes such a smart player, you can see it when you play against him and just playing with him, he makes so many little plays, never puts you in a bad spot, hes an easy guy to play with.OReilly said he also felt very comfortable playing with Okposo.Hes huge, a big reason why we won tonight, he said. That was my first time getting to play with him, obviously I enjoy it. He does so much out there, he plays such a strong game and to impact the lineup like he did tonight was huge and thats what we need.Brian Gionta also scored twice, and Matt Moulson had Buffalos other goal. Robin Lehner made 31 saves.Benoit Pouliot and Milan Lucic scored for the Oilers, who had won back-to-back games before the loss.We looked like the Bad News Bears, Oilers coach Todd McLellan said. We had guys falling all over the place. We didnt execute. Our passing was poor. From the goaltender to the blue line to the forwards, nobody was ready to play.Cam Talbot stopped 17 shots for Edmonton. Jonas Gustavsson relieved Talbot in the second period and stopped the only shot he faced before exiting with an injury about 10 minutes later.Buffalo started the scoring 2:37 into the first period when Sam Reinhart made a nice feed across to Okposo and he beat Talbot for his first as a Sabre.The Sabres went up 2-0 7:14 in. Okoposo made a great pass while on the power play to OReilly at the back door.Edmonton got one back with 2:40 left in the opening frame when the rebound from Zack Kassians shot went off the leg of a hard-charging Pouliot and past Lehner.The Oilers tied the game with 1:00 left in the period when the big rebound from Leon Draisaitls shot came out to Lucic, who scored his first goal as an Oiler and the 400th point of his career.Buffalo got a freebie 3:53 into the second when OReilly took a shot just from Buffalos side of center that Talbot badly misjudged and ended up tipping into his own net.The Sabres restored their two-goal lead midway through the second when Gionta tipped in Johan Larssons point shot, prompting Edmonton to bring in Gustavsson.With Talbot back in net, the Sabres made it 5-2 just 37 seconds into the third. Gionta tucked a shot between Talbots legs on Buffalos 16th shot of the game.The Sabres kept it coming with Moulsons power-play goal four minutes later.Game notes The Sabres were without a pair of big-name players up front with center Jack Eichel out an expected six to eight weeks with an ankle sprain and forward Evander Kane likely out several weeks with broken ribs. ... Buffalo did get a boost from the return of Okposo, as the free agent signing played his first game after missing their opener with a sore knee. Buffalo defenseman Dmitry Kulikov also made his debut.UP NEXT:Sabres: Travel to Calgary to play Tuesday.Oilers: Host Carolina on Tuesday. Michael Del Zotto Jersey . -- The Magic have their first victory of the new year. Pavel Bure Jersey . Jane Virtanen scored two, and Alex Roach and Elliott Peterson rounded out the offence for the Hitmen (40-15-6). Brady Brassart chipped in with three assists. 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It looks a whole lot different now.Somerset started the penultimate round of matches 18 behind Yorkshire with the leaders Middlesex a further point ahead, but they suddenly have the potential to throw calculations into disarray after dismissing Yorkshire for 145 at Headingley and settling their own innings in reply, losing only Tom Abell for a second-ball nought before Marcus Trescothick and Chris Rogers cut the deficit to 38 runs at stumps.There is much cause for satisfaction in the West Country. Somersets pace attack swung the ball on a clammy day, there was a bit more in the pitch than might have been expected - both sides would have batted on it - and Craig Overton and Jim Allenby prospered with three wickets each as they never relinquished the pressure.Faced by consistent probing, Yorkshire exacerbated their problems with some ill-judged strokes. Gary Ballance, Jake Lehmann and Andrew Gale, among the top six, should all be disappointed by the manner of their dismissal. This was more a case of too many slack dismissals than general irresponsibility.As a bonus, Somerset would love to see Middlesexs match at Old Trafford develop into a stalemate and, with draw points suiting Lancashires attempts to retain their first division status, such an outcome would not be altogether surprising. Somerset have had to make do with three second-placed finishes in the Championship and they would also be excluded from any T20 city league should it come to pass, leaving a dubious outcome in that Cardiff, a city with a comparatively big ground but a limited interest in the game, would be viewed as more strategically important than Taunton, the county town of a region where cricket is talked about as avidly as anywhere in the country: Yorkshire included. To win their first Championship in this of all years would be one of the finest two-finger responses in cricket history.In Jason Gillespies first Division OOne game at Headingley, in 2013, Yorkshire were dismissed by Sussex for 96 and went on to lose the game.dddddddddddd It remains the only Championship match that Yorkshire have lost at Headingley in Gillespies reign, but there is a danger that he could finish as he started - and a possible hat-trick of titles could disappear in the process.This was the day when Somerset needed their pace attack to retain their conviction and Overton set an example from the outset, removing the in-form Alex Lees for a duck with the assistance of Allenby at first slip.Gary Ballances obsession with the guide wide of slips is becoming more of a caricature shot than a signature shot. His mental muddle occurred in Overtons fifth over with the slips still heavily populated; Lewis Gregory, at third slip, fumbled, but the ball slowed after deflecting off his body and he rescued it by his bootstraps.If Overton was industrious, Allenbys economy was even more startling as he took three wickets and went for barely one an over. Lyth, who scrapped more than most, was the first, a decent delivery and a keepers catch, and he was to produce two more later: Adil Rashid transfixed as the ball left him and a wonderful delivery to unpick Andy Hodd for nought as nipped away to strike off stump.In between, Lehmann and Gale would have left with self-admonishment. They had rebuilt Yorkshires innings with a stand of 49, but Lehmann, after some sumptuous off-side drives, pulled Peter Trego to midwicket on the stroke of lunch and Gale, who had looked solid alongside him, cut weakly at Overton.Had Lehmann been held by Gregory at third slip off Tim Groenewald before he had scored, Yorkshires plight would have been worse. As it was, Tim Bresnan batted staunchly for an unbeaten 38 to give them some chance of pulling the match round.Evening sunshine did not help those chances as conditions eased somewhat and Trescothick and Rogers met the challenge with aplomb. Yorkshire have rarely needed Headingley to live up to its reputation as a haven for swing bowling more than they do now. Never mind the forecast September record of 25C: what about the cloud cover? ' ' '