Carolina Hurricanes storm back, beat Edmonton Oilers 3-2 in overtime

Sebastian Aho scored the overtime victor and added an assistance arsenic the Carolina Hurricanes mounted a 3rd play comeback to decision the Edmonton Oilers 3-2 connected Tuesday.

Aho blasted a one-timer past Oilers goaltender Stuart Skinner with conscionable 6.1 seconds remaining successful the overtime session.

Martin Necas had a extremity and 2 assists, portion Shayne Gostisbehere scored for the 4th consecutive crippled and added an assistance for the Hurricanes (3-2-0) who person won 3 of their past four.

Connor McDavid had some goals for the Oilers (2-4-1) who person mislaid 2 straight.

Both goaltenders had beardown showings, making respective item reel stops.

Frederik Andersen had 33 saves successful the Carolina nett and Skinner made 30 stops for Edmonton.

TAKEAWAYS

Hurricanes: It’s usually a beauteous harmless stake to commencement Andersen against Edmonton. The Danish netminder came successful having faced the Oilers 21 times passim his 12-year vocation and was 17-2-2 with a .924 prevention percent successful those games.

In summation to his four-game scoring streak, Gostisbehere present has 3 powerfulness play goals this play — 1 amended than the 2 helium had successful 81 games with Detroit during the 2023-24 campaign.

Sebastian Aho besides extended his points streak to 4 games.

Oilers: McDavid extended his constituent streak to six games and present has an awesome 30-game location points streak versus Eastern Conference squads. The Oilers are present 48-5-3 all-time erstwhile McDavid has a multi-goal game.

Meanwhile, linemate Zach Hyman, who came successful with goals successful his past 4 games against Carolina, is inactive successful hunt of his archetypal constituent of the season.

KEY MOMENT

Skinner made an unbelievable limb prevention connected Necas connected a Carolina powerfulness play to commencement the 3rd period. But the Oilers failed to wide and Gostisbehere unleashed a weaponry to widen his goal-scoring streak to 4 games.

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The Hurricanes past tied the crippled with 6:31 remaining arsenic Eric Robinson made a bully walk to Necas and helium easy directed it into the unfastened nett for his 2nd extremity of the season.

KEY STAT

The Oilers came into the crippled tied for dead-last successful goals per game, scoring lone 12 done the archetypal six outings. They had the worst punishment termination successful the NHL astatine 55 per cent, allowing 9 goals connected 11 opportunities. And their usually deadly powerfulness play was fourth-worst successful the league astatine an anemic 6.7 per cent, with 1 paltry extremity successful 15 chances. The Oilers were capable to adhd 1 PP extremity against Carolina connected 4 opportunities.

UP NEXT

Hurricanes: Play the 4th crippled of a season-high six-game roadworthy travel successful Calgary against the Flames connected Thursday.

Oilers: Play the 2nd crippled of a little two-game homestand connected Friday against the Pittsburgh Penguins.

This study by The Canadian Press was archetypal published Oct. 22, 2024.