Hemsky scores lone shootout goal in Oilers’ win

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NEW YORK (AP)—The Edmonton Oilers’ longest road trip of the season produced a winning record and a new force in goal.

In his second start in two days, rookie Jeff Drouin-Deslauriers made 40 saves through overtime and then went 3-for-3 in the shootout to lift the Oilers to a 3-2 victory over the Rangers on Monday night.

After Paul Mara and Chris Drury erased New York’s 2-0 deficit, Drouin-Deslauriers made sure the Oilers took two points and a 4-3 mark on the trip back to Alberta.

Edmonton (8-6-1) has played an NHL-high 12 road games.

“Two games over .500 isn’t exceptional by any standard, but when you’ve played 12 of 15 on the road, we’ll take it,” coach Craig MacTavish said.

Drouin-Deslauriers stopped Nikolai Zherdev with his stick on the first shootout attempt, kept the puck out when Fredrik Sjostrom lost control, and gloved Markus Naslund’s rising drive with a quick lunge.

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