Zach Hyman scored 1:06 into overtime, after Leon Draisaitl recorded a goal with two assists to fuel Edmonton’s three-score, third-period rally, for a 4-3 win over the visiting San Jose Sharks on Thursday night.
Down 3-0, Edmonton got on the board 1:34 into the third period. San Jose goaltender Yaroslav Askarov (28 saves) got a piece of Evan Bouchard’s shot, but the puck slid through his legs and into the crease, where Draisaitl’s stick beat that of the Sharks’ John Klingberg to push it over the goal line.
Edmonton kept up the pressure, and with goaltender Connor Ingram (17 saves) already on the bench for the extra skater, it got within a goal when its other superstar, Connor McDavid, found the top-right corner of the net from the left circle with 3:05 remaining in the third. Then with 58.1 seconds left in regulation, and the extra attacker on the ice, Bouchard sent a drive through traffic that beat Askarov, who was stout until the Oilers’ relentless barrage late in the third.
Hyman, on assists from McDavid and Bouchard, rang the post early in the extra period to send the Oilers to their third consecutive victory.
San Jose, a contender for its first playoff appearance since 2019, did all of its scoring in the first period while recording just eight shots on goal. While the Sharks are 10-4-1 since Dec. 27, they’ve lost seven straight amid a 1-10-5 rut against the Oilers.
The Sharks needed just 26 seconds into the contest to open the scoring. Keeping the puck in the zone off an Edmonton turnover, Will Smith sent the puck across the slot for Collin Graf to bury by Ingram, who couldn’t get back in position to make the stop.
Just 69 seconds later, San Jose made it 2-0. Taking advantage of a poor line change by the Oilers, William Eklund won the puck along the half-board, then sent it to Adam Gaudette, who broke free and beat Ingram.
The Sharks capped their highly productive first period with 8:20 remaining when Timothy Liljegren sent a stretch pass to the 18-year-old Michael Misa, who broke and sent the puck at Ingram, where the rebound went in off Bouchard.
–Field Level Media
