SALT LAKE CITY — Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored 1:18 into overtime and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Utah Hockey Club 4-3 on Friday night. Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl each tallied a goal and an assist, and Vasily Podkolzin also scored for the Oilers. Calvin Pickard stopped 28 shots.

The Oilers got crucial contributions from the powerplay and top-six in an overtime win over the Utah Hockey Club.

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scores the unassisted game-winner in overtime to claim the Oilers the extra point in a 4-3 victory over Utah in their first-ever meeting on Friday at the Delta Center

The Edmonton Oilers defeated the Utah Hockey Club 4-3 in overtime. Here are three takeaways from this back-and-forth contest:

The numbers didn’t favour the Edmonton Oilers on Friday night paying visit to the Utah Hockey Club for the first time. Teams in situations like they found themselves in, playing after five days off, had gone 74-93 over the last decade,

SALT LAKE CITY -- Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored at 1:18 of overtime to give the Edmonton Oilers a 4-3 win against the Utah Hockey Club at Delta Center on Friday. Nugent-Hopkins skated in on a breakaway and beat Karel Vejmelka blocker side from the right circle.

The Edmonton Oilers claimed a gritty, but often sloppy, 4-3 overtime victory against the Utah Hockey Club on Friday night. Edmonton had to overcome a slow start and unforced errors to storm back after going down 2-0.

The Utah Hockey Club played well exiting their Thanksgiving break, but ultimately, the Edmonton Oilers came out with a 4-3 OT win on Friday.

It's never a dull night when the world's biggest stars are in town. That's what the Utah Hockey Club learned on Friday night against the Edmonton Oilers.