Edmonton Oilers vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Thursday, December 21, 2023 · Prudential Center
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Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the New Jersey Devils 6-3 on Thursday, December 21, 2023 at Prudential Center. The Oilers outshot the Devils 38-26.
Ryan McLeod scored twice. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Dawson Mercer, Jonas Siegenthaler, Timo Meier, Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl and Adam Erne also scored.
Calvin Pickard made 23 saves on 26 shots for the win; Vitek Vanecek stopped 28 of 32.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Ryan McLeod (3)Sam Gagner (4)1–000:24 EDM
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (8)Mattias Ekholm (8), Connor McDavid (31)2–005:24 EDM
Dawson Mercer (8)Michael McLeod (6)2–113:14 NJD
2nd period
Jonas Siegenthaler (1)Simon Nemec (3), Michael McLeod (7)2–201:39 NJD
Timo Meier (6)Dawson Mercer (6)2–316:26 NJD
3rd period
Connor McDavid (12)Mattias Ekholm (9), Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (23)3–301:40 EDM
Leon Draisaitl (14)Unassisted4–302:22 EDM
Adam Erne (1)Sam Gagner (5)5–302:49 EDM- Ryan McLeod (4)Unassisted6–309:04 EDM
Team stats
EDMNJD
38Shots on goal26
47%Faceoff %53%
0/2Power play0/0
0Penalty minutes4
17Hits32
15Blocked shots18
4Giveaways14
12Takeaways8
Penalties
- 1st 14:36
Simon Nemec · holding2 min - 2nd 08:38Kevin Bahl · holding2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 71Ryan McLeodC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 2 | 14:33 |
| 89Sam GagnerC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 09:49 |
| 93Ryan Nugent-HopkinsC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | 21:14 |
| 97Connor McDavidC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 20:02 |
| 14Mattias EkholmD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 21:26 |
| 21Adam ErneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 08:46 |
| 29Leon DraisaitlC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20:31 |
| 10Derek RyanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:05 |
| 13Mattias JanmarkC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:24 |
| 18Zach HymanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 7 | 21:08 |
| 37Warren FoegeleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16:35 |
| 57James HamblinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:00 |
| 91Evander KaneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 16:14 |
| 2Evan BouchardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 23:27 |
| 5Cody CeciD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:59 |
| 25Darnell NurseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:24 |
| 27Brett KulakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 16:22 |
| 73Vincent DesharnaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:01 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Calvin PickardG | W | 26 | 23 | 3 | .885 | 60:00 |
| 74Stuart SkinnerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
New Jersey Devils
| 20Michael McLeodC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 16:55 |
| 91Dawson MercerC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14:15 |
| 28Timo MeierR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:34 |
| 17Simon NemecD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 20:38 |
| 71Jonas SiegenthalerD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 22:15 |
| 10Alexander HoltzR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 07:20 |
| 13Nico HischierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 15:56 |
| 14Nathan BastianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 10:33 |
| 18Ondrej PalatL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 14:55 |
| 42Curtis LazarC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:13 |
| 56Erik HaulaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:16 |
| 63Jesper BrattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 15:06 |
| 73Tyler ToffoliR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 16:44 |
| 86Jack HughesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 18:31 |
| 2Brendan SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 19:24 |
| 6John MarinoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 21:28 |
| 43Luke HughesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 18:29 |
| 88Kevin BahlD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:28 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40Akira SchmidG | 6 | 4 | 2 | .667 | 05:24 | |
| 41Vitek VanecekG | L | 32 | 28 | 4 | .875 | 54:36 |