Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl each notched two goals and three assists for five points on a night where they didn’t have to go up against Jordan Staal. Meanwhile, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had the other goal plus the shootout winner, and despite some truly spectacular goals by the Hurricanes including one all-timer from the returning Seth Jarvis, the Carolina Hurricanes fell to the Edmonton Oilers in the shootout, 6-5.
This game was set up as the marquee game of the road trip, as the Oilers were 7-1-1 coming in, and that was before it was going to be the first game back
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