Allen nets shutout as Devils burn Oilers 3-0

Jake Allen made 31 saves for his 2nd shutout of the play and 26th of his vocation arsenic the New Jersey Devils closed retired their Western Canadian roadworthy travel with a 3-0 triumph implicit the Edmonton Oilers on Monday.

Jesper Bratt had a extremity and an assistance and Stefan Noesen and Timo Meier besides scored for the Devils (8-5-2) who person won 3 of their past 4 connected the heels connected a four-game losing skid.

The Oilers (6-6-1) had their humble two-game winning streak snapped.

Calvin Pickard made 13 stops betwixt the pipes for Edmonton.

TAKEAWAYS

Devils: In summation to his goal, Bratt picked up his 12th assistance of the young play to springiness him 9 points successful his past 8 games and present 15 points overall. Nico Hischier remains successful the squad lead, picking up an assistance of his ain to springiness him 16 points for the campaign. He has a constituent successful each but 4 games this season.

Oilers: Forward Leon Draisaitl was held pointless aft signaling six points successful his erstwhile 2 games and 9 points successful his erstwhile four. Draisaitl usually has beardown showings against the Devils, coming into the contention with an eight-game constituent streak against New Jersey and 11 goals successful 17 games.

KEY MOMENT

New Jersey took a 2-0 pb connected the powerfulness play with 3:26 remaining successful the 2nd play arsenic Hischier made a bully provender into the slot to Bratt, who wired his 3rd of the play past Pickard.

KEY RETURN?

Oilers star guardant and skipper Connor McDavid took portion successful the optional greeting skate for the Oilers, starring to hopes that helium whitethorn beryllium backmost sooner alternatively than later. McDavid has been expected to beryllium retired for 2 to 3 weeks with an ankle wounded suffered during the archetypal displacement of past Monday’s nonaccomplishment successful Columbus.

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OILERS DEAL FOR D-MAN

The Oilers have acquired defenceman Ronnie Attard from the Philadelphia Flyers successful speech for defenceman Ben Gleason.

The 6-foot-3 Attard has spent the past 3 play successful the Flyers enactment seeing enactment successful 29 vocation games. The 25-year-old right-shot defender and Western Michigan University grad was primitively selected by Philadelphia successful the 3rd circular of the 2019 NHL Entry Draft. Attard volition study to the Oilers’ AHL affiliate successful Bakersfield.

UP NEXT

Devils: Host the Montreal Canadiens connected Thursday.

Oilers: Host the Vegas Golden Knights connected Wednesday.

This study by The Canadian Press was archetypal published Nov. 4, 2024.