Devils beat Oilers 4-3 in shootout behind Jack Hughes' hat trick of points

The Devils beat the Oilers 4-3 at Prudential Center. Arseny Gritsyuk scored the deciding shootout goal after Edmonton had erased a two-goal deficit.

Evan Bouchard put the Oilers up 1-0 in the first. Connor Brown tied it at 7:42 of the second. Then Jack Hughes took over. He scored at 14:50 to make it 2-1, and 45 seconds later he tipped one in for 3-1. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins cut the gap to 3-2 at 18:16. Leon Draisaitl tied it 3-3 at 1:00 of the third, and neither side scored after that.

In the shootout, Connor McDavid and Jesper Bratt both scored. Gritsyuk then finished for New Jersey. Hughes, the player of the game (Chirp Rating 8.9), had 2 goals, 1 assist and 5 shots on goal. The Devils improved to 10-5-0. The Oilers are 11-2-3. Chirp's Sim had the Devils at 55%, so this one fit the call.