Edmonton Oilers beat Carolina Hurricanes on Nugent-Hopkins' shootout winner

Power plays shape the opening

Draisaitl opened the scoring on a power play while Nicolas Deslauriers served a tripping penalty. Jackson Blake answered with a first-period power-play goal for Carolina. Edmonton finished the opening period with just four shots.

Carolina builds a two-goal advantage

Sebastian Aho put Carolina ahead 30 seconds into the second period. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins equalized on the power play at 4:20. Seth Jarvis then spun around Evan Bouchard and broke the tie with 7:01 remaining. Logan Stankoven subsequently extended Carolina's lead to 4–2 before intermission.

Jarvis scored in his first game back. Carolina's goals came from three of its four forward lines, giving the Hurricanes contributions from across their forward group.

McDavid answers Carolina's late goal

McDavid and Draisaitl scored within the third period's first three minutes to erase the deficit. Juuso Valimaki restored Carolina's lead with 2:40 remaining, but McDavid equalized with 1:28 left to force overtime.

Nugent-Hopkins settles the shootout

Overtime was scoreless. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored the shootout's only goal in round three.

Carolina's S. JARVIS missed wide right on the final attempt, ending the shootout after R. NUGENT-HOPKINS scored.

Nugent-Hopkins finished his season debut with a regulation goal and an assist alongside the shootout winner. Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl each finished with five points; Draisaitl had two goals and three assists. McDavid reached 31 points through 10 games with his third five-point performance of the season.

Edmonton converted three of five power plays overall, while Carolina scored once in two opportunities. Edmonton scored on 60 percent of its power plays, compared with Carolina's 50 percent, producing a two-goal advantage in power-play scoring.