Oilers’ run continue as they defeat Devils 4-1

The Edmonton Oilers defeated the New Jersey Devils in a convincing fashion 4-1 to extend their winning streak to 7 games on Sunday night.

Make that 7-straight wins for Edmonton as Calvin Pickard picks up his first win as an Oiler! ⛽️🔥 pic.twitter.com/FSxAtNp8SQ

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Derek Ryan, Evan Bouchard, Connor McDavid and Evander Kane all scored to help Edmonton improve their record to 12-12-1.

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Kane and McDavid each recorded an assist, while Bouchard extended his points record to 11.

But the real hero was goaltender Calvin Pickard, who stopped 26 shots for his first NHL victory in almost 2 years – the last one coming on January 28, 2022.

“You can’t put too much pressure on yourself when you don’t play very often, but I felt good in practice and I wanted to keep it going,” Pickard said. “I thought we played a great game all the way through, very defensive, really good special teams and deserved the win.”

Jesper Bratt was the sole scorer for New Jersey, while goaltender Akira Schmid finished off with 26 saves.

“I think the schedule got us a little bit, we didn’t have quite the energy,” said Devils coach Lindy Ruff, whose team was playing it third game in four days. “I think we missed the net a few times, we didn’t funnel pucks when we had opportunities.”