This looks very similar to a 45 degree rotated board of the so-called Bridg-it game: http://www.sites4all.co.uk/bridjit/ (About. About the winning strategy, see also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shannon_switching_game.)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shannon_switching_game.
But I really don't see how the existence of no draw (<=> there is a through path) would imply the same in your case. Of course in your example there can also be two through paths.