- 1 New Jersey Devils vs Edmonton Oilers: Hellebuyck’s first home start against the league’s best attack
- 2 New Jersey Devils: 32.6 shots a game and four wins in five since the trade
- 3 Edmonton Oilers: 4.23 goals a game, a 71.4% penalty kill and no Zach Hyman
- 4 Free NHL Prediction: New Jersey Devils vs Edmonton Oilers
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New Jersey Devils vs Edmonton Oilers: Hellebuyck’s first home start against the league’s best attack 
New Jersey traded for Connor Hellebuyck on 23 October, sending Dawson Mercer, Nico Daws, prospect Alexander Command and two draft picks to Winnipeg. Before the deal, Jake Allen and Daws had a combined .880 save percentage, 23rd in the league. Hellebuyck has started twice since, won both, and allowed three goals.
His first home game in a Devils jersey could come against Edmonton on Tuesday 3 November, puck drop 7:30pm ET at Prudential Center. The Oilers score 4.23 goals a game, the most in the NHL, and convert 35.7% of their power plays, also first.
The calendar favours New Jersey. The Devils finished a three-game western trip in Las Vegas on Friday, a 5-2 win, and then had three days off. Edmonton played at the Islanders on Saturday afternoon and at the Rangers on Sunday evening, so Tuesday is their third game in four days and the last stop of the eastern swing.
Both teams are near the top of their divisions. Edmonton are 9-2-2 with 20 points and unbeaten on the road at 5-0-0. New Jersey are 9-5-0 with 18 points and 6-2-0 at home.
The Devils won both meetings last season: 5-3 in Newark on 18 October 2025, with two goals from Jack Hughes, and 2-1 in Edmonton on 20 January 2026. This is the first meeting of 2026-27.
I’d make the goalie matchup the starting point. Edmonton’s shooting percentage is 16.2%, first in the league, and that number tends to drop against a goaltender of Hellebuyck’s standard.
New Jersey Devils: 32.6 shots a game and four wins in five since the trade 
Since 22 October the Devils have beaten Anaheim 4-1, Los Angeles 3-1, Dallas 5-1 and Vegas 5-2. The only defeat was 5-2 in Colorado on 28 October, the night Allen started and faced 44 shots.
Hellebuyck made 17 saves on his debut in Dallas and is 2-0-0 with a 1.50 goals-against average and a .923 save percentage. With him in net, the Devils allowed one goal in Dallas and two in Las Vegas.
The attack drives play. New Jersey take 32.6 shots a game, second in the NHL, and allow 24.8. Jack Hughes leads the team with 16 points, and he scored twice in Vegas alongside Arseny Gritsyuk, whose two goals took him to eight for the season.
Jesper Bratt has 10 assists and Nico Hischier seven goals. Luke Hughes scored the fifth in Vegas and anchors the top pair with Brett Pesce, who is +13. Seamus Casey (knee) is the only player on injured reserve, out until at least 21 November.
The special teams are the concern. New Jersey’s power play runs at 16.7%, 25th in the league, and the penalty kill at 70.0%, also 25th. Against Edmonton’s power play that’s the area that could cost them the game.
The Devils take 5.6 penalty minutes a game, the fewest in the NHL. Staying out of the box matters more on Tuesday than any other number on this list.
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Edmonton Oilers: 4.23 goals a game, a 71.4% penalty kill and no Zach Hyman 
Connor McDavid has 36 points, 28 of them assists, and has recorded an assist in every game this season. Leon Draisaitl has 12 goals and 12 assists. Evan Bouchard has 22 points and is +19 on the top pair.
The power play, with McDavid, Draisaitl, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Kasperi Kapanen and Bouchard, converts 35.7% of its chances. Vasily Podkolzin, on the top line with McDavid and Draisaitl, has 13 points.
Defence is a different matter. Edmonton allow 3.23 goals a game, 18th in the league, and the penalty kill sits at 71.4%, 24th. They lost 7-2 at home to Toronto on 24 October and 4-3 in a shootout to Detroit two nights later.
Zach Hyman went on injured reserve on 28 October with a neck injury after a hit two days earlier, with no timeline. Frederik Andersen (knee) is out until at least 30 December, and Devon Levi and Matt Savoie are also on injured reserve, which leaves Tristan Jarry and Matt Tomkins in net.
Jarry is 3-1-2 with a 2.95 goals-against average and an .889 save percentage. He shut out Calgary 4-0 on 28 October with 24 saves, but Edmonton have to split three games in four days between him and Tomkins.
The road record is perfect at 5-0-0. At home, wins of 4-3 in overtime against Minnesota and 6-5 in a shootout against Carolina show how often the Oilers need their scoring to cover what they concede.
Probable lineup New Jersey Devils: Meier – Hischier – Evangelista; Gritsyuk – J. Hughes – Bratt; Mantha – Rodrigues – Boqvist; Lombardi – Glass – Brown. Defence: L. Hughes – Pesce, Siegenthaler – Hamilton, Dillon – Chisholm. Goalie: Hellebuyck (not confirmed)
Probable lineup Edmonton Oilers: Podkolzin – McDavid – Draisaitl; Dach – Nugent-Hopkins – Kapanen; Formenton – Dickinson – Joseph; Frederic – Michaels – Howard. Defence: Ekholm – Bouchard, Shea – Murphy, Mukhamadullin – Emberson. Goalie: not confirmed
Free NHL Prediction: New Jersey Devils vs Edmonton Oilers
Our prediction: New Jersey Devils to win
No price for Tuesday had been posted at the time of writing. I’d take the Devils on the moneyline at 1.80 or better, overtime included.
New Jersey come in rested, at home, with the goalie they traded for in form and a shot share of 32.6 to 24.8. Edmonton play their third game in four days, without Hyman, with a penalty kill at 71.4% and a goaltending pair that has to split the week.
The Oilers’ power play is the one thing that can flip this, and the Devils’ penalty kill is no better than Edmonton’s. That’s why the discipline figure matters: New Jersey take the fewest penalty minutes in the league, and they beat Edmonton twice last season.
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