The cardiac Edmonton Oilers have found a way to win once again.

On Tuesday evening, the Oilers hosted the Ottawa Senators for their first home game since the start of February, defeating the team from the Nation’s capital by a score of 5-4 in overtime, the second time they’ve beaten the Senators in overtime this season. Let’s take a look at what went on in this one.

It took just three and a half minutes for the Senators to get on the board. Jake Walman’s breakout pass was turned over in the neutral zone, giving the Senators the puck. Evan Bouchard pinched too high at the Oilers’ blue line, creating a two-on-one for the Senators, with Dylan Cozens ripping it past Connor Ingram.

Five minutes into the first period, the Oilers found the game-tying goal after sustained zone time. Linus Ullmark couldn’t freeze the puck, and it popped out behind the net. Mattias Ekholm passed it through the crease to a wide-open Leon Draisaitl, who buried it for his 32nd of the season.

The Senators restored their 2-1 lead just a minute and a half later thanks to a power play goal, and the score stood there for a bit. That was until Draisaitl scored his second of the game. He attempted to centre it from behind the net, with the puck taking a few deflections to get past Ullmark.

Scoring in the second period belonged to the Senators. Four and a half minutes into the middle frame, the Senators restored the one-goal lead as Tim Stützle made a nice cross-ice pass to a wide open Drake Batherson, tapping it past Ingram. Not even a minute later, the Senators took a 4-2 lead as Ingram couldn’t get the stoppage, and the Oilers didn’t defend the crease well enough.

Down two heading into the third period, the Oilers received an early power play. Draisaitl got the puck in his spot and fired it in for what appeared to be a hat trick, but upon a further review, the puck deflected off Ryan Nugent-Hopkins skate and in. It was the longest tenured Oilers’ 15th of the season.

The cardiac Oilers returned on Tuesday. Down 4-3 with just over a minute left, the Oilers pulled their netminder after the Senators iced it. They got some sustained zone time, and Draisaitl found Zach Hyman on the doorstep for his 25th of the season.

In overtime, Brady Tkachuk held Connor McDavid to deny a two-on-one, but it sent the Oilers to a power play. On that power play, Bouchard wired it home. Funnily enough, both overtime victories over the Senators this season saw an Oiler defenceman end it.

Scoring hasn’t been a problem for the Oilers since the end of the Olympic break, as they’ve been able to beat the netminder 22 times in four games. It’s been keeping the puck out of the net, because in three of the four games, they’ve allowed four or more goals.

Goaltending plays a part in that, as Connor Ingram allowed four goals on 21 shots for an .810 save percentage. It’s just not nearly good enough, especially since the Oilers controlled the pace of play for the majority of the game. They were lucky to get the win.

That said, goaltending will be helped once Connor Murphy joins the team, as he’s had a great defensive season so far. Their penalty kill could definitely use him as well. Speaking of defence, Mattias Ekholm and Evan Bouchard were reunited before the end of the game.

It looked as if Leon Draisaitl scored his 12th career hat trick early in the third period, but the puck bounced off Ryan Nugent-Hopkins’ skate and in. Rather unfortunate, but at least he finished with two goals and three assists.

I’m under the belief that if Zach Hyman doesn’t suffer an injury in the Western Conference Final last season, the Oilers would’ve won it all. Since Nov. 29, Hyman has 25 goals in 37 games.

Matthew Savoie is on a four-game point streak since the break, where he has a goal and seven points in that span. He, alongside Jack Roslovic and Draisaitl, have found some chemistry recently. It would be ideal to keep them together, as Vasily Podkolzin and Trent Frederic have strung together a few good games in a row.

Podkolzin was also involved in a fight, as he dropped the mitts with Ridly Greig after the Senator laid out Ekholm with a clean hit behind the net. About two punches were thrown in the fight before Greig just wrapped up Podkolzin for the remainder of the fight.

The Oilers were down to 11 forwards rather early in this game, as Curtis Lazar left the game after getting banged up. Rather unfortunate, as the Oilers’ bottom-six is noticeably better when he is in the lineup.

Next up for the Oilers is a 2006 Stanley Cup Finals rematch, as they host the Carolina Hurricanes at 7 PM MT on Friday. That’s the same day as the trade deadline, so we’ll see if reinforcements will be available to play that day.