The Canes scored two third period goals before Sebastian Aho won it in overtime.
The Carolina Hurricanes deserved better after 40 minutes of hockey, but as the team took the ice for the third period, they were staring down a 2-0 hole.
The Canes had been fine, not good but also not bad, and it was Connor McDavid i.e. the greatest player on the planet who had put the Edmonton Oilers up 2-0 with a goal in each period.
The Hurricanes had had their fair share of chances, namely four looks on basically empty nets, but the team had whiffed on all of those.
There were a few more good looks, but Edmonton goaltender Stuart Skinner was playing a strong game.
Entering the third period, the Hurricanes had just over a minute of leftover power play time and they didn't waste it.
Shayne Gostisbehere, the man that he is, scored for the fourth straight game to get Carolina on the board.
It had looked like it was going to be another blown opportunity as seconds before, Martin Necas had pumped a loose puck directly into a down and out Skinner, but luckily the Canes managed to keep the play alive.
It wasn't like it was all a Carolina push from there as the period continued to go back and forth and Frederik Andersen (33/35, 0.943 Sv%) had to come through more than a few times and when it wasn't him, it was a whole community of Hurricanes in the crease.
But eventually the Canes found the equalizer late in the period.
Necas entered the zone with speed and passed the puck across to Eric Robinson, who had been bumped up to the second line, and the freshly promoted winger found Necas again at the backdoor for the easy tap-in.
The game then went to overtime and once again, Carolina had to survive an Edmonton push as McDavid and company really pushed the play out of the gate, but Andersen was solid.
As time wound down, the Canes looked to put together one last push as Gostisbehere and Sebastian Aho entered the Oilers' zone on a 2-on-1, but Skinner made the save.
However, Gostisbehere stuck with the play, collected the loose puck and fed a streaking-in Necas who once again set up Aho for the 2-on-1 attempt again and the franchise Finn did not disappoint as he hammered home his 12th career overtime winner.