Raleigh, N.C. ? The Edmonton Oilers were short-handed, just as they’ve been since the first game of the Stanley Cup finals.

They’re obviously getting used to it.

Fernando Pisani scored a short-handed goal early in overtime, and the Oilers prevented Carolina from celebrating its first championship on home ice, stunning the Hurricanes, 4-3, in Game 5 Wednesday night to send the series back to Alberta.

“This goal puts us right back in it,” Edmonton coach Craig MacTavish said. “We’ve still got a lot of work to do, but nobody wanted to see that trophy tonight.”

Pack it back up. Game 6 is Saturday night in Edmonton. The Hurricanes lead the series 3-2, but the Oilers refused to buckle when facing elimination for the first time in these playoffs – even after Steve Staios was sent to the penalty box for dragging down Mark Recchi at 3:03 of overtime.

Just 28 seconds later, Pisani struck for his second goal of

the game and the first short-handed overtime goal in finals history.

Edmonton's Fernando Pisani shoots the game-winning goal in overtime. The Oilers defeated Carolina, 4-3, on Wednesday night in Raleigh, N.C.

Carolina’s Cory Stillman, a star of the playoffs, made a lazy cross-ice pass for Eric Staal as the Hurricanes set up a rush. Pisani stole it at the blue line, broke in all alone on Cam Ward and beat the 22-year-old rookie to the top-right corner.

“I saw he was cheating to that side and I just picked the top half of the net to shoot at,” Pisani said. “To score that goal was huge.”

The Oilers are hanging tough and defying skeptics who expected the Hurricanes to finish things off quickly after Edmonton goalie Dwayne Roloson sustained a series-ending knee injury in Game 1.

With backup Jussi Markkanen playing another solid game – his third in a row – the Oilers are still alive.

“The guys have definitely been playing well in front of me,” Markkanen said, “so it makes it way more easy for a goaltender.”

Amazingly, the Hurricanes lost the game on the power play, a part of the game that has given them a huge advantage in the series. Carolina has converted eight of 33 chances with the man advantage, including all three of its goals in Game 5.