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NEWARK — Credit the New Jersey Devils for delivering the Edmonton Oilers first loss on the road this season.
The Devils and Oilers required overtime after a 3-3 after regulation solved nothing on Tuesday at Prudential Center.
Evan Bouchard scored at 8:29 of the first with a slap shot for a 1-0 Oilers lead. Mattias Ekholm and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins assisted. Tristan Jarry started in net for Edmonton against Connor Hellebuyck of the Devils.
Colton Dach was called for hooking at 15:53 of the first, drawn by Jack Hughes. Cody Glass took a slashing penalty at 19:00, drawn by Connor McDavid.
Connor Brown scored at 7:42 of the second with a wrist shot to tie the game 1-1. Jack and Luke Hughes assisted. The goal came after Connor Murphy was called for holding at 7:34, drawn by Nico Hischier.
Jack scored at 14:50 with a snap shot for a 2-1 Devils lead. Dougie Hamilton and Jesper Bratt assisted.
Jack scored again at 15:35 with a tip-in to make it 3-1 New Jersey. Brown and Hischier assisted. The goal came after Jake Walman was called for elbowing at 15:00, drawn by Glass.
Filip Hallander was called for tripping at 16:01, drawn by Hischier. Anthony Mantha took a slashing penalty at 18:01, drawn by Mathieu Joseph.
Nugent-Hopkins scored at 18:16 with a wrist shot to make it 3-2. Bouchard and Kasperi Kapanen assisted.
Arseny Gritsyuk was called for tripping at 18:57, drawn by Max Jones. Hischier was assessed a delay of game for shooting the puck over the glass at 19:49.
Shots after 40 minutes stood at 25 for the Devils and 12 for the Oilers. Hellebuyck and Jarry remained in net.
The Devils opened the third with 57 seconds remaining on a 5-on-3 disadvantage.
As Gritsyuk’s penalty expired, Draisaitl scored on the Oilers power play one minute into the third period to tie the game at three each. Kapanen and McDavid assisted.
Nugent-Hopkins was assessed a two-minute minor for slashing Jack Hughes at 4:33 of the third.
Regulation ended tied at three and overtime was required. However, overtime solved nothing and they went to a shootout.
McDavid scored for the Oilers, but the Devils won on the sticks of Bratt and Gritsyuk in the shootout 4-3.
Hellebuyck made 19 saves on 22 shots.