Edmonton got a pair of early first-period goals from Drake Caggiula and Ryan Strome to put them up 2-0. And though the Devils would tie it to start the second, Oscar Klefbom and Milan Lucic would retaliate to give the Oilers a 4-2 lead heading into the third. Leon Draisaitl would score his third of the season a little over midway through the third period, and though New Jersey would cut the lead to two soon after, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored on an empty net to secure a 6-3 win for the Oilers.
The game also marked Hockey Fights Cancer night, as well as Devils forward Brian Boyle’s first game since being diagnosed with leukemia in September.