The Edmonton Oilers are right back in the win column after a disappointing defeat on Tuesday.

Wednesday saw the Oilers play the second game of a back-to-back, this time taking on the San Jose Sharks. They defeated the young team 5-2 to bring them to 90 points this season. It was pure domination by the Oilers. Let’s take a look at what went on in this one!

For the third consecutive game, the opposing team opened the scoring. Just over 3 1/2 minutes into the game, the Oilers forgot how to count, taking a too-many-men penalty. On the ensuing power play, Macklin Celebrini beat a screened Connor Ingram to give the Sharks the lead. It was the last time they had the lead.

Shortly after, the Sharks took a penalty in the offensive zone, giving the Oilers their first power play of that game. After some zone time Connor McDavid’s pass from the side of the net took a deflection, stopping right by the post. McDavid was the first to the puck, banging it home for his 45th of the season.

Late in the first period, the Oilers were on another power play. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins received a pass from McDavid. The longest-tenured Oiler threw it to the front of the net and while his shot was stopped, the puck deflected off Vasily Podkolzin and in.

Three and a half minutes into the third period, the Oilers were on another power play. Jack Roslovic snuck behind the Sharks defence, with McDavid springing him for a breakaway. In the first, Roslovic missed the net on a breakaway, but he made no mistake on this one to make it 3-1.

About a minute later, the Sharks cut the lead to within one, as Kiefer Sherwood deflected it past Ingram. But the Oilers responded less than two minutes later, restoring their two-goal lead as McDavid blew past the Sharks’ defenders, went around the netminder, and deposited it into the net for his second of the game.

With just under six minutes left in the second period, McDavid scored again for his 16th career hat trick (15th in the regular season). This one was generated by a terrific forecheck by Roslovic, who forced a turnover and dropped it to McDavid for an abbreviated two-on-one. McDavid attempted to get it back to Roslovic for the tap in, but the puck took a deflection off the sprawled defender’s stick and into the back of the net.

This was an impressive win, but it came with a cost. After 40 minutes, Ingram was pulled from the game and ruled to be out for the remainder of the game. In the third period, Jason Dickinson was hit with a shot in the leg, and had to be helped off the ice. Not great, considering how close the playoffs are.

McDavid has been terrific this season, but Wednesday’s game may be his best of the year. The best player of all time scored a hat trick and added two assists, but he was flying all game. With the five-point game, McDavid now has a six-point lead over Nikita Kucherov for the Art Ross Trophy race.

After an awful defensive game on Tuesday, this was a much better game for the Oilers. The Sharks mustered just three shots on goal in the first period, then reached seven in the second period. Ingram departed the game with an .800 save percentage.

Their third-period defending was a thing of beauty, allowing just four shots on net while up three. The Sharks could barely get the puck in their zone, and when they did, it wasn’t for long. Tristan Jarry stopped all four shots he faced.

The Oilers power play has been lethargic since Leon Draisaitl was injured. It’s shown a bit of life in recent times, but it was terrific on Wednesday, going 3/3. Other than Macklin Celebrini’s opening goal, the penalty kill was solid as well. Matt Savoie took another offensive-zone penalty in the first period, but it thankfully didn’t cost the Oilers.

Trent Frederic and Colton Dach mainly played with Josh Samanski in this game. The two wingers combined for 14 hits, both players had seven hits total. Once again, when they were on the ice, the Oilers tended to be in the offensive zone.

Evan Bouchard had a much better game on Wednesday, becoming just the 13th defenceman in National Hockey League history to reach the 90-point mark. He is also the only other Oiler defenceman aside from Paul Coffey to reach that mark.

The Oilers were just one of just six teams in action on Wednesday. With the win, they move to 90 points, which means they’ll enter their next game with the Pacific Division lead.

Edmonton has just one more road game left this season, travelling south to face the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday. It has a start time of 2 p.m. MT. After that, they host the Colorado Avalanche on Monday and then the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday.