cody ceci has the oilers' best look of the first period.
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The Day After 4.0 Highlights: Edmonton Oilers Connor McDavid, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins lead charge in 6-4 win over Carolina Hurricanes
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By Zach Laing
Oct 21, 2022, 10:00 EDTUpdated: Oct 21, 2022, 13:42 EDT
It was Connor McDavid and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins who led the charge for the Edmonton Oilers in a Thursday night win over the Carolina Hurricanes.
Zach Hyman broke open the scoring in the first frame, and the Oilers never let it slip away.
Both McDavid and Nugent-Hopkins scored a goal and three assists in the victory with their production coming at key times. The latter assisted on Hyman’s first-period tally, Ryan McLeod’s second-period shorthanded goal, and Leon Draisaitl’s goal in the third. His goal came early in the third.
McDavid, meanwhile, had his goal come against an empty net, with apples on Evander Kane’s second-period goal, Nugent-Hopkins’ third-period goal, and he set up Leon Draisaitl with a beautiful feed for his powerplay goal in the third.
Next up for the Oilers: they take on the St. Louis Blues Saturday afternoon, then the Pittsburgh Penguins Monday night. Edmonton embarks on their first road trip the following week stopping in St. Louis, Chicago and Calgary before returning home.
noted children's author zach hyman scores on the powerplay giving the edmonton oilers a 1-0 lead.
a nice stop by jack campbell here as he turns aside an andrei svechnikov shot.
a long laser from andrei svechnikov beats jack campbell and the hurricanes tie it up at 1.
watch this shift from jesse puljujarvi. it's shifts like these that make him so valuable.
ryan mcleod with a beautiful deke and a huge shorthanded goal for the oilers. 2-1.
connor mcdavid -> evander kane -> back of the net. 3-1 oilers.
what a trio of big saves from jack campbell, who shuts the door to keep it a 3-1 game.
andrei svechnikov with another deceptive shot beating jack campbell. he shrinks the oilers lead to one.
the mcdavid for selke campaign starts now.
ryan nugent-hopkins may never score an easier goal. 4-2 oilers.
andrei svechnikov has hit first career hat trick. he shrinks the oilers' lead to 4-3.
my lord. what a feed from connor mcdavid to leon draisaitl, who scores to make it a 5-3 game.
a brutal turnover by cody ceci and sebastian aho gets a great look late. big stop by jack campbell.
connor mcdavid. empty net. oilers win 6-4.
Zach Laing is the Nation Network’s news director and senior columnist. He can be followed on Twitter at @zjlaing, or reached by email at zach@oilersnation.com.
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