Devils end slide at seven

EDMONTON — Kenny Agostino, Damon Severson and Kevin Rooney each notched a goal and an assist as the Devils beat the Oilers, 6-3, Wednesday night to snap a seasonhigh seven-game losing streak.

Travis Zajac, John Quenneville and Blake Coleman also scored for the Devils, and Cory Schneider stopped 36 shots.

Sam Gagner, Alex Chiasson and Matt Benning scored for the Oilers, who have lost two of their last three games. Mikko Koskinen gave up four goals on 18 shots before he was replaced midway through the third. Anthony Stolarz came on and finished with 15 saves on 17 shots.

Zajac showed some deft hands in front as he tied the score, 2-2, with 19 seconds left in the first period.

The Devils then scored the first three goals of the second to take control of the game.

Severson scored on a power play to give the Devils the lead for good at 6:23, and Quenneville made it a two-goal advantage on a screened shot with 7:11 remaining in the period. That chased Koskinen.

Rooney beat Stolarz with a wrist shot to make it 5-2 with 3:28 remaining in the middle period.

Benning got the Oilers back within two with 41 seconds to go in the second. Connor McDavid got his 100th point of the season with an assist on the play.

Coleman’s shorthanded goal with 7:54 remaining in the third made it 6-3.

The Devils got the scoring started 7:34 into the game when Agostino’s rebound bounced in the air before landing behind Koskinen and trickling into the net.