McDavid and Draisaitl each score five points as the Oilers beat the Hurricanes in a shootout

The Edmonton Oilers beat the Carolina Hurricanes 6-5 in a shootout Thursday night at Rogers Place, and Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl each finished with two goals and three assists. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, playing his first game of the season, scored in regulation and then won it in the third round of the shootout.

The Oilers have won three straight and are 8-1-1. Carolina fell to 8-2-2 and 6-1-1 on the road.

How it went

Draisaitl tipped in a shot 8:07 into the game for a 1-0 lead. Carolina answered with goals from Jackson Blake late in the first and Sebastian Aho 30 seconds into the second. Nugent-Hopkins tied it at 2, but Seth Jarvis and Logan Stankoven scored later in the second, and the Hurricanes took a 4-2 lead into the third.

It lasted 2:51. McDavid scored 26 seconds into the period and Draisaitl tied it at 4 with McDavid picking up an assist. Juuso Valimaki put Carolina back in front at 17:20, and McDavid answered at 18:32 with his second goal and fifth point.

Neither team scored in overtime. McDavid and Shayne Gostisbehere both missed in the first round of the shootout. Nugent-Hopkins scored in the third, and Jarvis missed to end it.

The numbers

Edmonton went 3 for 5 on the power play and won despite being outshot 27-21, according to ESPN's game summary.

McDavid now has 8 goals and 31 points through 10 games, per the NHL, with 26 of those points primary. He has had five points in three of those games.

Draisaitl now has 10 goals on the season, and Nugent-Hopkins' return gives Edmonton another playmaker. "He's so good at making the right play every single time," Draisaitl said of him after the game, in a clip posted by the Oilers.