McDavid, Draisaitl have 5 points each as Oilers win in SO

EDMONTON – Connor McDavid tied the game with 1:36 left in regulation and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored the only shootout goal as the Edmonton Oilers beat the Carolina Hurricanes 6-5 on Thursday night.

McDavid had two goals and three assists, and Leon Draisaitl also had two goals and three assists, as the Oilers rallied from a one-goal deficit in the final three minutes. Nugent-Hopkins, playing in his first game of the season, scored in regulation and then won it in the shootout.

Draisaitl opened the scoring on the power play at 8:07 of the first period. Jackson Blake answered for Carolina on the power play at 10:30, and Sebastian Aho put the Hurricanes ahead 2-1 early in the second.

Nugent-Hopkins tied it on the power play at 4:20 of the second with a goal set up by McDavid. Seth Jarvis, who was making his season debut, put Carolina back in front at 12:59, and Logan Stankoven made it 4-2 late in the period with help from Nikolaj Ehlers.

McDavid cut the deficit to 4-3 just 26 seconds into the third period with a goal set up by Draisaitl. Draisaitl tied it 4-4 on the power play at 2:51, with Nugent-Hopkins getting the assist.

Juuso Valimaki gave the Hurricanes a 5-4 lead with 2:40 left. Zach Hyman appeared to tie it with 1:36 remaining, but the goal was waved off for a high stick. McDavid then scored eight seconds later, with the puck deflecting off the skate of Carolina’s Jesse Kotkaniemi, to make it 5-5.

Devon Levi stopped 22 shots for Edmonton. Brandon Bussi made 16 saves for Carolina.

The Oilers improved to 8-1-1 and have won three straight. The Hurricanes fell to 8-2-2.

The Oilers host the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday.

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Via NHL.com, TSN and The Associated Press.