EDMONTON, Alta. - Nine different skaters found the scoresheet to help the Carolina Hurricanes secure one point, but the Edmonton Oilers took the extra and a 6-5 shootout decision at Rogers Place on Thursday.
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After Leon Draisaitl and Jackson Blake traded power-play goals in the first period, Carolina took brief control with a three-goal second stanza.
Sebastian Aho potted the first of those just 30 seconds into the middle frame, flying past Mattias Ekholm to pick up a loose puck and tuck it through the legs of Devon Levi. Another man-advantage marker put Edmonton back on level terms, but a returning Seth Jarvis made up for lost time with a dazzling solo effort to dance past Evan Bouchard and restore his team's lead. Logan Stankoven tacked on another before the buzzer, boosting that advantage to two heading into the final frame.
On the other side of the break, though, the high-octane Oilers had more to say before the game was decided. Connor McDavid, en route to a five-point night, scored to halve the deficit, then set up Draisaitl's second of the evening to knot things up before the third period was three minutes old.
As the clock ticked down to just 2:40 remaining in the back-and-forth, Juuso Välimäki stepped up in his second game as a Hurricane to give the visitors one more late lead, but McDavid worked his magic again with 88 seconds to spare as his seeing-eye pass slipped through traffic and sent the contest to overtime.
An action-packed extra frame featured chances galore, but no goals. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins then scored the shootout's only goal in the third round after Brandon Bussi turned aside both McDavid and Draisaitl. Shayne Gostisbehere, Andrei Svechnikov and Jarvis were the shooters for Carolina.
Bussi made 16 saves through 65 minutes as he backstopped his team to a point for the fourth time in six starts.
