Draisaitl’s OT goal lifts Oilers over Devils
NEWARK, N.J. — The Edmonton Oilers are starting to play better after a rough start to the season.
Leon Draisaitl scored with 16.3 seconds left in overtime to lift the Oilers to a 3-2 win over the New Jersey Devils on Thursday night.
“You have to create some kind of momentum any way you can. Sometimes it takes wins like these to get you to start feeling confident and get rolling,” Oilers forward Milan Lucic said. “Hopefully we can keep building off of an effort like this.”
The Oilers (6-8-1) have now won consecutive games for the first time all season. Edmonton had defeated the New York Islanders, 2-1, Tuesday night when Draisaitl set up Connor McDavid for the game-winner 38 seconds into overtime.