Zach Hyman, Derek Ryan and Philip Broberg likewise scored to help the Oilers win their seventh straight video game. Edmonton, which started the day 3 points ahead of third-place Los Angeles in the Pacific Division, surrounded clinching home-ice benefit in the preliminary of the playoffs.
Stuart Skinner made 22 conserves.
Tomas Hertl scored for the Sharks, who are ensured of ending up in the bottom 4 of the league. James Reimer had 30 conserves.
The greatest drama in the video game was the turning point mission for McDavid and Sharks defenseman Erik Karlsson, who required 2 indicate end up being the very first defenseman with a minimum of 100 in a season given that Brian Leetch in 1991-92.
While Karlsson stayed stuck on 98 points, McDavid took little time to get his mark. He made a fantastic relocate to the net early in the very first duration. The rebound went to Nugent-Hopkins, who scored his 37th objective of the season.
Then late in the very first duration a rebound of Warren Foegele’s shot went right to McDavid, who knocked it in for the turning point objective to make it 2-1.
The Oilers put it on from there and travelled to the win.
HOME COOKING
The Shark Tank has actually been unkind to the home group this season with San Jose simply 8-21-11 in their own building. The 8 home wins are the least in an 82-game season in the shootout age that started in 2005-06.
The last group with that couple of home wins in a complete season was Florida in 2002-03. The Panthers won 8 home video games that year however did have 7 ties.
CONTACTED
With Cody Ceci back home for the birth of his very first kid, the Oilers called 34-year-old D Jason Demers for his very first NHL video game of the season. Demers, who started his profession in San Jose, played in his 700th profession video game.
Demers had a turnover in his own zone to establish Hertl’s objective in the very first duration that connected the video game at one.
HEALTH REPORT
Sharks defenseman Marc-Edouard Vlasic left the video game in the very first duration with a concealed injury and didn’t return.
UP NEXT
Oilers: At Colorado on Tuesday night.
Sharks: At Winnipeg on Monday night.
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Josh Dubow, The Associated Press
