NHL Betting Preview: Devils vs Oilers

The New Jersey Devils square off against the Edmonton Oilers at Rogers Place, with face-off scheduled for 22:00 on Tuesday, January 20.

We Think Under 6.5 Goals is the Value Bet

There are betting odds of -133 when it comes to the Devils and the Oilers going under the 6.5 goals line. This looks too good an opportunity to pass up.

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Devils Too Strong for Oilers in Last H2H

New Jersey Devils have triumphed in back-to-back road games. The latest saw them beat Calgary Flames 2-1 (OT) at Scotiabank Saddledome. Dawson Mercer and Simon Nemec scored one goal apiece. Goalie Jacob Markstroem was red hot in the net, stopping 21 shots (.955).

Edmonton Oilers won their last game 5-0, making it successive victories. This was a home win at Rogers Place against St Louis Blues. Zach Hyman scored twice, with Vasili Podkolzin, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Andrew Mangiapane scoring one goal. Connor Ingram got a shutout making 27 saves.

Head-to-Head Statistics

The scoreline was 5-3 in favor of the Devils when they last played the Oilers, with the encounter taking place at Prudential Center. The Devils have beaten the Oilers in the past three meetings. They’ve also claimed 6 wins in the past 10 head-to-head meetings.

Starting Goalies

Jake Allen (Confirmed)

Season	W-L-OTL:	GAA:	SV%:	SO:
24/25	11-11-1	2.7	.906	1
23/24	6-6-1	3.11	.900	0

Tristan Jarry (Expected)

Season	W-L-OTL:	GAA:	SV%:	SO:
24/25	13-3-2	2.7	.909	2
23/24	19-25-5	2.91	.903	6

New Jersey Devils – Last 10 Games

5 wins and 5 losses, averaging 2.3 goals from 30.8 shots on goal, with a 19.2% powerplay efficiency. The Devils have given up 3.2 goals from 26.7 shots, averaging 2.3 penalties with a penalty-killing efficiency of 87.0%.

Jack Hughes is the top points scorer with 10 points which were all assists, with Dougie Hamilton recording 8 points, 1 goal and 7 assists, in the past 10 games. Goalie Jacob Markstroem have a 2.63 goal against average with a .887 save percentage.

Edmonton Oilers – Last 10 Games

The Oilers have 5 wins, 3 losses and 2 overtime losses, averaging 3.5 goals from 32.6 shots on goal, with a 20.5% powerplay efficiency. They have been conceding 2.5 goals from 26.3 shots, averaging 3.0 penalties per game with a penalty-killing efficiency of 90.0%.

The top points scorer is Connor McDavid with 16 points, 6 goals and 10 assists, while Leon Draisaitl is next best after having 11 points, 5 goals and 6 assists. Goalie Connor Ingram have a 2.15 GAA with a .919 SV%, including one shutout.

New Jersey Devils vs Edmonton Oilers Prediction & Picks

Get ahead of the game with our New Jersey Devils vs Edmonton Oilers betting rundown, featuring our trusted match prediction, most likely correct score outcome and a fully loaded bet builder.

Game Prediction

It’s definitely worth considering an Unders wager, especially at betting odds of -133. We’re not expecting the net to be found seven times or more in this NHL clash.

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Key Devils vs Oilers stats:

The 6.5 line hasn’t been covered in the last 3 Devils games.
The 6.5 line hasn’t been covered in 7 of the last 10 Devils games.
The 6.5 line hasn’t been covered in 14 of the last 20 Devils games.
The 6.5 line hasn’t been covered in 4 of the last 5 Oilers games.
The 6.5 line hasn’t been covered in the last 3 Oilers games.

Under 6.5 Probability

If you go by the top NHL betting sites, our pick has a 57.1% chance of delivering a return. Our experts think there’s a stronger chance of success and calculate the probability to be 60-65%. It is therefore regarded as a value bet.

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Our Game Prediction

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Same Game Parlay Picks

Totals Under 6.5

Puck Line Oilers -1.5

Highest Scoring Period Second Period

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Correct Score Prediction

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2 - 4 Oilers logo

Oilers

The Oilers are available at +1400 to secure a 4-2 victory. Many bettors enjoy a correct score wager and there are some nice potential returns to be had.

Latest Correct Score Odds

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New Jersey Devils vs Edmonton Oilers Odds

The odds and lines are updated on a frequent basis. You might therefore find that they are different to the ones listed for the above betting predictions.

Oilers Made Favorites by the Books

The Edmonton Oilers odds have been priced up by the sportsbooks and they are -169 betting favorites to land victory in this game which means a 63% chance of winning. New Jersey Devils are trading at bigger odds than their opponents and they can be backed at +140.

The puck line stands at 1.5 and the total goals line is 6.5. There are many ways to wager on hockey including Totals. If you fancy Over 6.5, this outcome can be backed at +110.

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Moneyline

3-Way Moneyline

Puck Line

Total Goals

Connor McDavid Favorite to Score the First Goal

Favorite Connor McDavid is now available at +700 to be the First Goalscorer. You will find similar odds apply when it comes to him scoring the last goal.

Player Goals

Connor McDavid (Oilers)

Zach Hyman (Oilers)

Jack Hughes (Devils)

Nico Hischier (Devils)

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Player Assists

Evan Bouchard (Oilers)

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (Oilers)

Jack Hughes (Devils)

Zach Hyman (Oilers)

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Player Shots

Jack Hughes (Devils)

Zach Hyman (Oilers)

Nico Hischier (Devils)

Timo Meier (Devils)

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Micro Betting

There are lots of exciting NHL micro betting lines that are created and they are available in-game. Among them are next goalscorer, next team to find the net and whether a goal will be scored within the next 10 minutes.

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Last 5 Games

Devils

NHL: 20/01 Devils2 Flames 1
NHL: 18/01 Hurricanes4 Devils 1
NHL: 15/01 Kraken2 Devils 3
NHL: 13/01 Devils5 Wild 2
NHL: 11/01 Devils3 Jets 4

Oilers

NHL: 19/01 Blues0 Oilers 5
NHL: 18/01 Oilers6 Canucks 0
NHL: 16/01 Islanders1 Oilers 0
NHL: 14/01 Oilers3 Predators 4
NHL: 13/01 Oilers4 Blackhawks 1

Head to Head

New Jersey vs Edmonton

NHL: 18/10 2025 Oilers 3 Devils 5
NHL: 14/03 2025 Oilers 2 Devils 3
NHL: 05/11 2024 Devils 3 Oilers 0
NHL: 22/12 2023 Oilers 6 Devils 3
NHL: 10/12 2023 Devils 1 Oilers 4
NHL: 22/11 2022 Oilers 2 Devils 5
NHL: 04/11 2022 Devils 4 Oilers 3
NHL: 19/03 2022 Devils 3 Oilers 6
NHL: 31/12 2021 Oilers 5 Devils 6
NHL: 09/11 2019 Devils 0 Oilers 4

Team Stats

Latest regular season and playoff games stats.

New Jersey Devils Stats

Edmonton Oilers Stats

Moneyline

5 wins and 5 defeats in the last 10 games
5 wins and 5 defeats in the last 10 games on the road

Moneyline

5 wins and 5 defeats in the last 10 games
5 wins and 5 defeats in the last 10 home games

Puck Line

+1.5 Betting Line: Have covered the +1.5 puck line in 6 of the last 10 games
+1.5 Betting Line on the Road: Have covered the +1.5 puck line in 7 of the last 10 games on the road

Puck Line

-1.5 Betting Line: Have covered the -1.5 puck line in 4 of the last 10 games
-1.5 Betting Line at Home: Have covered the -1.5 puck line in 4 of the last 10 home games

Total Goals

Game Totals: An average of 5.50 goals in the previous 10 games
Game Totals on the Road: An average of 4.90 goals in the previous 10 games on the road
Over 6.5: Covered in 3 of the previous 10 games
Over 6.5 on the Road: Covered in 3 of the previous 10 games on the road
Team Totals: Have scored an average of 2.30 goals and allowed 3.20 goals in the last 10 games
Team Totals on the Road: Have scored an average of 1.90 pts and allowed 3.00 goals in the last 10 games on the road

Total Goals

Game Totals: An average of 6.10 goals in the previous 10 games
Game Totals at Home: An average of 6.10 goals in the previous 10 home games
Over 6.5: Covered in 6 of the previous 10 games
Over 6.5 at Home: Covered in 6 of the previous 10 home games
Team Totals: Have scored an average of 3.50 goals and allowed 2.60 goals in the last 10 games
Team Totals at Home: Have scored an average of 3.40 goals and allowed 2.70 goals in the last 10 home games

Team Stats - Avg/Game

Last 10 Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.5
Shots: 30.8
Goals Shorthanded: 0
Penalties: 2.3
Empty Net Goals: 0
Penalty Minutes: 4.9
Blocks: 10.8
Faceoff Wins : 23.4
Hits: 19.3
Giveaways: 16
Takeaways: 4.6

Last 10 Games on the Road

Goals Powerplay: 0.3
Shots: 31.3
Goals Shorthanded: 0
Penalties: 2.7
Empty Net Goals: 0
Penalty Minutes: 6
Blocks: 13.5
Faceoff Wins : 25.8
Hits: 17.8
Giveaways: 15.1
Takeaways: 4.1

Team Stats - Avg/Game

Last 10 Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.8
Shots: 32.6
Goals Shorthanded: 0
Penalties: 3
Empty Net Goals: 0.1
Penalty Minutes: 9.6
Blocks: 8.5
Faceoff Wins : 21.4
Hits: 15.1
Giveaways: 15.8
Takeaways: 4.1

Last 10 Home Games

Goals Powerplay: 1
Shots: 31.2
Goals Shorthanded: 0
Penalties: 4.4
Empty Net Goals: 0.1
Penalty Minutes: 16.1
Blocks: 10.9
Faceoff Wins : 25.5
Hits: 17.6
Giveaways: 15.7
Takeaways: 4.3

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New Jersey Devils Player Stats & Roster

#	Player	GP	MIN	G	A	P	+/-
63	Jesper Bratt	49	18.89	11	26	37	-11
13	Nico Hischier	49	20.81	15	22	36	-5
86	Jack Hughes	31	21.43	11	20	31	-1

91	Dawson Mercer	49	18.62	13	16	29	3
43	Luke Hughes	49	23.06	5	21	26	-8
28	Timo Meier	44	18.59	13	13	26	-12
17	Simon Nemec	35	20.05	8	11	19	2
81	Arseni Gritsyuk	45	15.06	8	10	18	-7
16	Connor Brown	42	16.35	9	8	17	-2
7	Dougie Hamilton	44	21.59	5	10	16	-3
12	Cody Glass	38	13.71	10	3	13	0
5	Brenden Dillon	49	17.96	3	9	12	-10
47	Paul Cotter	46	11.84	5	5	10	-10
18	Ondrej Palat	48	12.75	4	6	10	-4
11	Stefan Noesen	38	11.76	3	4	7	-12
22	Brett Pesce	25	20.35	1	5	6	-11
71	Jonas Siegenthaler	49	19.79	0	6	5	-7
14	Luke Glendening	48	10.15	0	4	4	-9
45	Colton White	23	12.26	0	4	4	2
83	Juho Lammikko	23	9.99	0	2	2	-4
8	Johnny Kovacevic	3	18.9	0	1	1	0
44	Dennis Cholowski	15	14.46	0	1	1	-5
48	Brian Halonen	9	7.5	1	0	1	-1
36	Angus Crookshank	8	8.61	1	0	1	1
29	Lenni Haemeenaho	1	12.6	0	0	0	0
16	Nathan Legare	1	8.3	0	0	0	0
24	Seamus Casey	2	18	0	0	0	-3
15	Zack MacEwen	3	6.33	0	0	0	0
67	Xavier Parent	5	8.58	0	0	0	-1
33	Evgenii Dadonov	10	10.51	0	0	0	-3
20	Shane Lachance	1	7.4	0	0	0	0

#	Goalies	GP	GAA	SV%
25	Jacob Markstroem	26	3.15	0.885
34	Jake Allen	24	2.63	0.908
50	Nico Daws	1	1	0.968

Edmonton Oilers Player Stats & Roster

#	Player	GP	MIN	G	A	P	+/-
97	Connor McDavid	50	22.9	30	55	85	8
29	Leon Draisaitl	48	22.09	25	42	67	8
2	Evan Bouchard	50	24.6	11	37	48	8

93	Ryan Nugent-Hopkins	41	19.02	12	28	40	-3
18	Zach Hyman	31	20.02	19	12	31	10
92	Vasili Podkolzin	50	15.44	12	11	23	14
28	Jack Roslovic	37	16.35	14	8	22	-4
14	Mattias Ekholm	50	20.89	3	18	21	15
25	Darnell Nurse	50	20.87	6	10	16	-9
22	Matthew Savoie	50	14.03	7	8	15	-2
88	Andrew Mangiapane	44	13.09	6	6	12	-17
96	Jake Walman	21	19.83	3	9	12	-3
19	Adam Henrique	43	13.83	2	8	10	-9
49	Ty Emberson	45	16.09	1	8	9	6
24	Spencer Stastney	49	15.66	1	8	9	-4
42	Kasperi Kapanen	14	13.46	3	6	9	3
13	Mattias Janmark-Nylen	34	12.39	1	6	7	-5
86	David Tomasek	22	10.76	3	2	5	-6
20	Curtis Lazar	27	9	3	2	5	-1
53	Isaac Howard	25	10.14	2	2	4	-6
10	Trent Frederic	48	10.87	2	1	3	-9
75	Alec Regula	28	14.89	0	3	3	-17
46	Max Jones	8	7.58	1	1	2	0
64	Connor Clattenburg	5	7.2	1	0	1	1
28	Quinn Hutson	4	8	1	0	1	-1
61	Riley Stillman	4	12.03	0	0	0	1

#	Goalies	GP	GAA	SV%
39	Connor Ingram	9	2.22	0.917
30	Calvin Pickard	16	3.68	0.87
35	Tristan Jarry	19	2.64	0.909

Injuries & Suspensions

New Jersey Devils Injury Table

Type

Name

Info

Ondrej Palat

Injured

Stefan Noesen

Injured

Zack MacEwen

Injured

Edmonton Oilers Injury Table

Type

Name

Info

Adam Henrique

Injured

Kasperi Kapanen

Injured

Leon Draisaitl

Unavailable

Starting Lineups

Both teams’ confirmed lineups will be published ahead of face-off. There is also the chance to look at the lineups from the previous 10 games.

Previous New Jersey Devils Lineups

19 Jan NHL

Devils 2-1 Flames

Metropolitan	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Carolina	50	31	15	4	66	0.66	22	27	173	145	28	18-8-1	13-7-3	4-2	7-3	3W
2 NY Islanders	49	27	17	5	59	0.602	18	23	145	137	8	14-8-2	13-9-3	4-5	6-4	1W
3 Pittsburgh	48	23	14	11	57	0.594	19	22	156	147	9	11-7-7	12-7-4	1-7	6-4	1W
4 Philadelphia	48	23	17	8	54	0.563	16	18	143	150	-7	12-8-5	11-9-3	5-3	3-7	1W
5 Washington	50	24	20	6	54	0.54	21	24	159	148	11	14-10-3	10-10-3	0-5	3-7	3L
6 New Jersey	49	25	22	2	52	0.531	16	22	129	150	-21	12-9-2	13-13-0	3-0	5-5	1W
7 Columbus	48	22	19	7	51	0.531	13	17	148	160	-12	11-7-4	11-12-3	5-1	5-5	4W
8 NY Rangers	50	21	23	6	48	0.48	14	19	135	155	-20	5-13-4	16-10-2	2-0	2-8	1L

East Atlantic	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Tampa Bay	47	30	13	4	64	0.681	24	28	166	120	46	12-9-0	18-4-4	2-2	9-1	1W
2 Detroit	50	30	16	4	64	0.64	21	28	157	153	4	18-8-1	12-8-3	2-2	7-3	2W
3 Montreal	49	27	15	7	61	0.622	17	25	168	164	4	13-10-1	14-5-6	2-4	6-4	1W
4 Boston	49	28	19	2	58	0.592	21	26	164	150	14	17-8-1	11-11-1	2-1	8-2	6W
5 Buffalo	48	26	17	5	57	0.594	20	23	158	150	8	16-6-3	10-11-2	3-0	6-4	2L
6 Toronto	49	24	17	8	56	0.571	17	24	165	164	1	16-6-5	8-11-3	0-1	6-4	1L
7 Florida	48	25	20	3	53	0.552	22	23	146	160	-14	14-10-3	11-10-0	2-1	4-6	1L
8 Ottawa	48	22	19	7	51	0.531	17	19	159	163	-4	11-9-4	11-10-3	3-0	4-6	2L

East Central	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Colorado	47	34	5	8	76	0.809	31	33	190	112	78	20-1-3	14-4-5	1-4	6-4	1W
2 Minnesota	50	28	13	9	65	0.65	19	25	161	143	18	13-6-6	15-7-3	3-3	4-6	2W
3 Dallas	49	27	13	9	63	0.643	23	24	163	139	24	12-7-3	15-6-6	3-3	2-8	3L
4 Utah	49	25	20	4	54	0.551	19	25	153	135	18	14-7-2	11-13-2	0-0	7-3	3W
5 Nashville	48	23	21	4	50	0.521	16	20	138	161	-23	13-10-2	10-11-2	3-0	6-4	1L
6 Chicago	49	20	22	7	47	0.48	16	18	135	154	-19	11-12-4	9-10-3	2-3	6-4	1W
7 St Louis	49	19	22	8	46	0.469	18	18	120	168	-48	12-9-5	7-13-3	1-2	4-6	1L
8 Winnipeg	48	19	23	6	44	0.458	17	18	144	150	-6	11-9-4	8-14-2	1-1	4-6	2L

West Pacific	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Vegas	48	24	12	12	60	0.625	17	23	161	147	14	12-7-6	12-5-6	1-5	7-3	1L
2 Edmonton	50	25	17	8	58	0.58	20	25	170	158	12	12-6-4	13-11-4	0-3	5-5	2W
3 San Jose	48	25	20	3	53	0.552	14	23	152	169	-17	13-9-3	12-11-0	2-1	7-3	1W
4 Anaheim	49	25	21	3	53	0.541	15	20	163	175	-12	15-8-1	10-13-2	5-0	4-6	4W
5 Seattle	48	21	18	9	51	0.531	15	20	133	147	-14	10-8-5	11-10-4	1-4	4-6	4L
6 LA Kings	48	19	16	13	51	0.531	12	16	125	136	-11	7-10-7	12-6-6	3-6	3-7	4L
7 Calgary	49	21	23	5	47	0.48	17	19	127	145	-18	13-7-3	8-16-2	2-2	4-6	1L
8 Vancouver	49	16	28	5	37	0.378	10	12	129	180	-51	4-14-3	12-14-2	4-1	0-10	11L

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Starting Goalies

New Jersey Devils vs Edmonton Oilers Prediction & Picks

Game Prediction

Under 6.5 Probability

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Correct Score Prediction

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Player Goals

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Head to Head

Injuries & Suspensions

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Starting Lineups

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