Edmonton Oilers @ New Jersey Devils

18-12-1, 8-6-1 Away

Final/OT

	1	2	3	OT	T
Oilers EDM	2	1	2	0	5
Devils NJ	3	0	2	1	6

New Jersey DevilsDevilsNJ

12-15-5, 8-7-3 Home

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Jan 1, 2022, 09:40 am - AP

		1	2	3	OT	T
	Oilers	2	1	2	0	5
	Devils	3	0	2	1	6

1st Period		EDM	NJ
1:38	Jack Hughes (7) (Power Play) Assists: Jesper Bratt (19), Dougie Hamilton (12)	0	1
2:48	Connor McDavid (18) Assists: Cody Ceci (7), Ryan McLeod (1)	1	1
3:05	Nico Hischier (4) Assists: Ryan Graves (8), Jesper Boqvist (3)	1	2
6:00	Kailer Yamamoto (6) Assists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (23), Slater Koekkoek (3)	2	2
11:10	Dawson Mercer (9) Assists: Damon Severson (7), Andreas Johnsson (11)	2	3

2nd Period			EDM	NJ
7:57		Connor McDavid (19) Assists: Duncan Keith (5), Kailer Yamamoto (4)	3	3

3rd Period		EDM	NJ
5:14	Janne Kuokkanen (5) Assists: Andreas Johnsson (12), Dawson Mercer (9)	3	4
7:06	Devin Shore (2) Assists: William Lagesson (1), Ryan McLeod (2)	4	4
8:18	Kailer Yamamoto (7) Assists: Duncan Keith (6), Leon Draisaitl (27)	5	4
19:28	Yegor Sharangovich (6) Assists: Dougie Hamilton (13), Jack Hughes (6)	5	5

OT Summary			EDM	NJ
2:55		Jack Hughes (8) Assists: Damon Severson (8), Jesper Bratt (20)	5	6

OILERS

DEVILS

Regular Season Series

NJ leads 1-0

Oilers
5
Devils
6

Game 1

1/1

Devils
3
Oilers
6

Game 2

20/3

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Vegas	39	26	17	95
Edmonton	41	30	11	93
Anaheim	43	33	6	92
Los Angeles	35	27	20	90
San Jose	39	35	8	86
Seattle	34	37	11	79
Calgary	34	39	9	77
Vancouver	25	49	8	58

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	53	22	7	113
Pittsburgh	41	25	16	98
Philadelphia	43	27	12	98
Washington	43	30	9	95
Columbus	40	30	12	92
NY Islanders	43	34	5	91
New Jersey	42	37	3	87
NY Rangers	34	39	9	77

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Edmonton Oilers @ New Jersey Devils

Stars of the Game

Jack HughesC - NJ

Connor McDavidC - EDM

Dawson MercerC - NJ

Game Information

Hughes' second goal gives Devils' wild OT win over Oilers

Shot Chart

Regular Season Series

NJ leads 1-0

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