Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl each score five points as the Oilers beat the Hurricanes 6-5 in a shootout

Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl each had two goals and three assists as the Edmonton Oilers rallied past the Carolina Hurricanes 6-5 in a shootout on Thursday night at Rogers Place.

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had a goal and an assist in his season debut, then scored the only goal of the shootout. Devon Levi made 22 saves as Edmonton improved to 8-1-1 with its third straight win and its eighth in nine games.

"You have to have a little something in your head," Nugent-Hopkins said of his shootout move against right-handed goalie Brandon Bussi. "I was lucky to squeak that by him."

Jarvis returns

Carolina got a big lift of its own. Seth Jarvis scored in his first game of the season after shoulder surgery in June to repair a torn labrum and rotator cuff, making it 3-2 at 12:59 of the second period. Sebastian Aho had a goal and an assist. Shayne Gostisbehere and Jordan Martinook each had two assists. Bussi stopped 16 shots.

"We did a lot of good things, but you can't take that many penalties against a team like that," Jarvis said.

A wild finish

Logan Stankoven put the Hurricanes up 4-2 at 17:53 of the second. McDavid answered just 26 seconds into the third. Draisaitl then tied it on the power play at 2:51.

Then came a frantic finish. Carolina's Juuso Valimaki scored with 2:40 left for a 5-4 lead, his first goal since Dec. 10, 2024. Edmonton thought it had tied the game when Zach Hyman scored with 1:36 to go, but the goal was waved off for a high stick.

Eight seconds later, McDavid tied it 5-5 when the puck went in off the skate of Jesperi Kotkaniemi.

"If you take away the five penalties, that game was pretty good," Carolina coach Rod Brind'Amour said.

Milestones and a scare

McDavid has 31 points, eight goals and 23 assists, during a 10-game point streak. It was the 17th five-point game of his career, moving him past Marcel Dionne, Steve Yzerman and Jari Kurri for the fourth-most in NHL history. Draisaitl has seven goals during a five-game goal streak.

Edmonton defenseman Mattias Ekholm was helped off the ice after his head hit the ice on a check by William Carrier.

Carolina, now 8-2-2, visits the St. Louis Blues on Saturday.