Connor McDavid’s goal 5:03 into overtime gave the visiting Edmonton Oilers a 5-4 victory over the Calgary Flames on Thursday and sends them to the Western Conference final.

Darnell Nurse, Jesse Puljujarvi, Zach Hyman and Evan Bouchard also scored for the Oilers, who erased yet another multi-goal deficit en route to claiming the best-of-seven series in five games. Edmonton goaltender Mike Smith made 32 saves.

Leon Draisaitl collected four assists, giving him at least three points in five consecutive games, an NHL playoff record. Draisaitl collected 17 points in the series.

In overtime, McDavid took a feed from Draisaitl in the slot and ripped a shot off the post and in for his seventh goal of the playoffs.

The tally gave McDavid his only point of the night.

“I was bad all night,” the Edmonton captain said. “I was riding the coattails of my teammates and got a great opportunity, and so I’m happy to contribute.”

The Oilers, who are headed to the conference finals for the first time since 2006, will face the winner of the Avalanche-Blues series. Colorado leads St. Louis 3-2 entering Game 6 on Friday in Missouri.

McDavid said of getting to the West finals, “It means everything to me and this group. We’ve been through a lot of ups and downs, and this is one of the ups.”

Andrew Mangiapane, Mikael Backlund, Johnny Gaudreau and Calle Jarnkrok scored for the Flames, while goalie Jacob Markstrom stopped 30 shots. Backlund also had an assist, and Blake Coleman had two helpers.

The finish capped yet another crazy clash. Just like the first two games in Calgary, the hosts blew a 2-0 lead — though the Flames did recover to win Game 1.

“The goal was to win a series. We hadn’t won a round for a long time, so we won a round and ran out of ammo in this series,” said Flames coach Darryl Sutter.

“The best player won the series for them,” he said, adding that if Calgary scores “a big goal in games 2, 4 and 5 (which were all tied in the third period), we extend the series.”

Mangiapane’s third goal of the playoffs opened the scoring Thursday just past the midway point of the first period, and Backlund’s deflection tally doubled the lead 5:41 into the second period, his fifth of the playoffs.

Then it was Edmonton’s turn to lead. Nurse converted a one-timer from the high slot two minutes later for his second of the playoffs, and Puljujarvi netted his second of the postseason at 9:56 of the second period.

Hyman’s power-play goal put the Oilers ahead with 5:03 left in the second period, giving him a goal in five straight games. The tally started a wild outburst.

Gaudreau replied 15 seconds later, his third of the playoffs. Jarnkrok put Calgary ahead 4-3 when he buried a shot 16 seconds after that — his first goal since being acquired at the trade deadline.

However, Bouchard tied the score 40 seconds later with his third of the playoffs. The 71-second spree set a league record for the fastest four goals in an NHL playoff game.

For the Flames, the loss was controversial. Coleman appeared to score a go-ahead goal late in regulation, but upon review, it was ruled he kicked in the puck.

–Field Level Media

Teuvo Teravainen scored a power-play goal midway into the second period to fuel the host Carolina Hurricanes to a 3-1 victory over the New York Rangers on Thursday in Game 5 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series in Raleigh, N.C.

Andrei Svechnikov and Vincent Trocheck also scored and Antti Raanta made 16 saves for the Hurricanes, who hold a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven series. Game 6 is Saturday in New York.

Carolina improved to 7-0 at home in the playoffs, outscoring the opposition 25-8 in games in Raleigh.

Mika Zibanejad scored a goal in his third straight game and Igor Shesterkin turned aside 31 shots for New York.

Ranger star Chris Kreider was held without a shot Thursday and has registered just one in three road games in this series. Kreider had a career-best 52 goals in the regular season, and he has a team-high-tying six in the playoffs.

New York appeared to take a 2-1 lead early in the second period after Ryan Strome’s turnaround shot from the left circle sailed between Raanta’s pads. The goal was negated, however, after Carolina successfully challenged that Rangers forward Andrew Copp was offside prior to Strome’s tally.

The Hurricanes seized a 2-1 advantage at 9:47 after rookie Seth Jarvis’ diagonal pass found Teravainen, who unleashed a one-timer deep in the left circle that passed Shesterkin. Teravainen’s goal was his fourth of the playoffs and second in as many games.

Teravainen has recorded a point in a franchise-best seven straight home games to begin the postseason.

Svechnikov fended off New York defenseman Adam Fox and sent a backhand shot between Shesterkin’s pads to double the advantage with 6:59 remaining in the third period.

Trocheck recorded his first point of the series at 12:57 of the first period after Rangers defenseman Jacob Trouba committed a turnover in the neutral zone during a New York power play. Carolina captain Jordan Staal skated in on a two-on-one rush before lifting a saucer pass that Trocheck converted at the right post.

New York had better results on its next power-play opportunity, as Zibanejad won an offensive-zone faceoff and one-timed a pass from Artemi Panarin past Raanta. Zibanejad’s goal was his sixth of the playoffs.

–Field Level Media