The Edmonton Oilers beat the Carolina Hurricanes 6-5 in overtime Thursday at Rogers Place, with Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scoring the shootout winner. Leon Draisaitl finished with two goals and three assists for five points, and Connor McDavid added two goals as Edmonton improved to 8-1-1.
The Hurricanes led 4-2 after two periods behind goals from Sebastian Aho, Seth Jarvis and Logan Stankoven, but Edmonton erased that deficit with three third-period goals. Carolina, which saw Juuso Valimaki restore a one-goal lead at 5-4 with 2:40 left in regulation, fell to 8-2-2 after McDavid tied it again 72 seconds later.
Key Moments: How The Oilers Rallied Late
Edmonton trailed for most of the night. Draisaitl opened the scoring with a tip-in 8:07 into the first period, assisted by Evan Bouchard and McDavid, before Jackson Blake answered for Carolina to make it 1-1 after one.
The second period belonged to the Hurricanes. Aho scored just 30 seconds in, and after Nugent-Hopkins tied it at 2-2, Jarvis and Stankoven scored to push Carolina ahead 4-2 through 40 minutes.
Edmonton flipped the game in the third. McDavid scored 26 seconds in off a Draisaitl-Walman feed to make it 4-3, and Draisaitl tied it 4-4 at 2:51 with a wrist shot assisted by Nugent-Hopkins and McDavid. Valimaki put Carolina back ahead 5-4 with 2:40 remaining, but McDavid tied it again with 1:28 left on a deflected shot, sending the game to overtime. Nugent-Hopkins ended it with a wrist shot in the shootout.
Player Of The Game: Leon Draisaitl
Draisaitl finished with two goals and three assists for five points, the most of any player in the game. He factored in on five of Edmonton’s six goals, including the tying score in the third period, and finished plus-1 with four shots on goal in 24:25 of ice time.
By The Numbers
- Shots: Carolina 27, Edmonton 21
- Power play: Edmonton 3-for-5 (60%), Carolina 1-for-2 (50%)
- Hits: Carolina 30, Edmonton 17
- Faceoff win percentage: Carolina 52.5%, Edmonton 47.5%
- Penalties: Edmonton 2 for 4 minutes, Carolina 5 for 10 minutes
What It Means
Edmonton improved to 8-1-1 and sits atop the Pacific Division with 17 points, one point ahead of Vegas. Carolina dropped to 8-2-2 and remains atop the Metropolitan Division with 18 points despite the loss. The season series now favors the Oilers 1-0.
Seth Jarvis scored for Carolina in his return to the lineup.
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