Devils at Oilers 11/8/19 - NHL Picks & Predictions

The New Jersey Devils will be playing the back-half of a back-to-back when the visit the Edmonton Oilers on Friday. The Devils play the Calgary Flames before heading to Edmonton. New Jersey won its second straight on Tuesday with a 2-1 victory over the Winnipeg Jets. Nikita Gusev and Jasper Boqvist each scored for the Devils during the shootout to lift the Devils to the win. New Jersey is 4-5-4 on the season

Edmonton lost its second straight when falling to the St. Louis Blues 5-2 on Wednesday. With the loss, the Oilers fell to 10-5-2 on the season. Zack Kassian and Connor McDavid scored in the loss for the Oilers and Leon Draisaitl extended his point streak for Edmonton to seven straight games.

Kyle Palmieri leads the Devils in goals scored with six, while Taylor Hall is leading in assists with 11 and in points with 13. In net, MacKenzie Blackwood is 4-2-3 with goals against per game of 2.91 and saves percentage of .891. New Jersey is scoring an average of 2.44 goals per game and allowing an average of 3.78 per game.

Leon Draisaitl leads Edmonton in goals scored with 13 and in points with 29, while Connor McDavid leads the Oilers in assists with 17. In net, Mike Smith is 5-4-1 with goals against of 2.28 and saves percentage of .919. Edmonton is scoring an average of 2.93 goals per game while allowing an average of 2.57 per game.