Gold Coast coach Stuart Dew isn't letting his side get carried away after a brilliant comeback win in Darwin, insisting their fightback from 35 points down to beat Adelaide was a case of taking care of business.

Five goals from Jack Lukosius and monstrous performances from star midfield duo Noah Anderson and Matt Rowell helped them turn what looked to be an underwhelming loss into a famous 16.16 (112) to 13.9 (87) triumph on Saturday.

Nine consecutive goals through the second and third quarters saw them rattle the Crows, and they surged again in the final term after Adelaide hit the front to ice their fightback.

But the special win, which backs up last weekend's upset of the Western Bulldogs and squares their season ledger at 6-6 to massively boost their finals case, was the pass mark coach Dew had expected from his troops.

"As simple as it sounds, we came here to get two wins and to come away from another trip to Darwin two wins, we're rapt with that," he said.

"Our group was really mature and professional throughout the course of the week ... and then didn't panic.

"We've obviously got to work on our starts but we didn't panic again when we conceded a few goals in row and they stuck at it.

"We were +22 in contested football in the last when it was there to be won and I'm proud of the effort across the board."

Anderson and Rowell were absolutely instrumental, combining for a whopping 31 contested possessions and 18 clearances, with the latter delivering eight tackles.

Lukosius was the biggest beneficiary of their brilliance, equalling his career-high mark of five goals for a second straight match in a continuation of his breakout season.

It was a blow for Adelaide's own finals bid and again highlighted their challenges outside of South Australia, now 1-4 on the road this campaign.

Five straight first-quarter goals had put them in the box seat for a routine win but the Suns dug their heels in and only went to halftime down 17 points.

"It's a tough one to swallow," Adelaide coach Matthew Nicks said.

"We had our chance, obviously the start of the game was on our terms, but we were well beaten in the contest.

"When conditions changed to that kind of slippery football, they adjusted far quicker than we did to those conditions so that put us on the backfoot.

"We felt the effort to get ourselves back in the game ... was positive, but that was probably about the only one tonight."

The loss was soured further by a knee injury for gun Adelaide defender Tom Doedee, who didn't return after a first-quarter incident.

Doedee strapped up his knee and went through a fitness test before heading down to the rooms and was spotted icing his wound on the bench after being substituted out.

Nicks said Doedee would go for scans on his knee but couldn't offer an early assessment of his injury.

Izak Rankine had a quiet night against his former club, giving away two free kicks and a 50m penalty before he touched the football and finished with 0.2.