Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Connor McDavid both recorded four points as the Edmonton Oilers beat the Carolina Hurricanes 6-4 Thursday night at Rogers Place.
The Oilers opened the scoring on a power play 8:22 into the game. Tyson Barrie held in Sebastian Aho’s clearing attempt. A few seconds later, Barrie’s point shot was tipped in by Zach Hyman.
Early in the second period, Andrei Svechnikov’s long wrist shot eluded Jack Campbell to even it 1-1.
The Oilers came back with two goals in 2:01.
Ryan McLeod took a pass from Nugent-Hopkins and finished a shorthanded two-on-one.
Then, Evander Kane blazed in after taking a pass from McDavid and tucked the puck under Freddie Andersen to make it 3-1 Oilers.
Svechnikov wristed home his second of the night to cut it to 3-2.
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In the second minute of the third, Andersen got caught behind the net, allowing Nugent-Hopkins to flick in a shot from a sharp angle.
Svechnikov completed the hat trick on a power play a couple of minutes later, but Leon Draisaitl replied quickly on an Oilers man advantage to make it 5-3.
Carolina came right back with a power play strike by Martin Necas, as the team combined for four goals in the first nine minutes of the third.
Aho got in behind the Oilers defence with just over a minute left, but Campbell came up with a huge save. McDavid scored into an empty net to put it away.
Campbell made 36 saves.
The Oilers, 2-2, will host the St. Louis Blues on Saturday. The 630 CHED Face-off Show starts at 12:30 p.m. and the game is at 2 p.m.