LIVE COVERAGE: Oilers at Devils

The Edmonton Oilers begin their first set of back-to-back games on Thursday night at Prudential Center against the New Jersey Devils.

You can watch the game on Sportsnet West at 5:30 p.m. MT, or listen live on the Oilers Radio Network, including 630 CHED.

Follow along with our in-game updates and tune into Oilers Plus to catch the Live Post-Game Show following tonight's game and unlock more exclusive live and behind-the-scenes content.

THIRD PERIOD

0.0: GAME OVER!!! The Oilers come from behind to beat the Devils 6-3 on the back of a four-goal third period. Edmonton wraps up their back-to-back tomorrow night at Madison Square Garden against the New York Rangers.

10:55: McLEOD HAS TWO!!! His speed allows him to win a race to the puck on a hard dump-in before outwaiting Vanecek and making it a three-goal lead for Edmonton. | EDM 6, NJD 3

17:11: ERNE'S FIRST AS AN OILER!!! THREE GOALS IN 59 SECONDS!!! | EDM 5, NJD 3

17:38: LEON JUST LIKE THAT!!! A sweet backhand from the German unassisted and we're in front! | EDM 4, NJD 3

18:20: McDAVID ANSWERS BACK EARLY! Ekholm and Nugent-Hopkins get the helpers and we're tied. | EDM 3, NJD 3

20:00: The third period is underway!

SECOND PERIOD

0.0: A frustrating second period for the Oilers, who outshoot New Jersey 17-6 but give up two goals to trail through 40 minutes.

3:31: DEVILS GOAL | Timo Meier puts the Devils up against the run of play with his first goal in nine games. The Oilers controlled the period to this point with a 15-6 shot advantage. | NJD 3, EDM 2

18:22: DEVILS GOAL | Jonas Siegenthaler sneaks through a long wrist shot through traffic for his first goal of the season. | EDM 2, NJD 2

20:00: The second period is underway!

FIRST PERIOD

0.0: The Oilers take a 2-1 lead into the first intermission after dominating the first half of the frame. Shots are 12-9 for the Devils after they roared back in the final 10 minutes.

6:46: DEVILS GOAL | New Jersey gets back in it through a Dawson Mercer snipe – his eighth of the season. | EDM 2, NJD 1

9:51: New Jersey has iced the puck four straight times, leading to some boos inside Prudential Center.

14:36: NUUUUUUGE!!! No. 93 cleans up the rebound from Mattias Ekholm's point shot and Zach Hyman's ensuing deflection. Edmonton is charged up to begin this game and has a two-goal lead to show for it. Akira Schmid is getting yanked early by Lindy Ruff as a message to his team. | EDM 2, NJD 0

19:37: ON MCLEOD NINE!!! Ryan McLeod opens the scoring just 27 seconds in after Sam Gagner fed it across after Mattias Janmark caused the turnover on the forecheck. McLeod recorded his first multi-point game in this building back in 2021. The Oilers start fast again after scoring 83 seconds into Tuesday's game on Long Island. | EDM 1, NJD 0

20:00: GAME ON!!!

20:00: The first period at the Prudential Center will begin at 5:37 p.m. MT.

LINEUP

Nugent-Hopkins - McDavid - Hyman
Kane - Draisaitl - Foegele
Janmark - McLeod - Gagner
Erne - Hamblin - Ryan

Nurse - Ceci
Ekholm - Bouchard
Kulak - Desharnais

Scratches: Ben Gleason, Connor Brown, Dylan Holloway (injured)