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Oilers score four unanswered goals to win third straight for first time this year: Recap, Reaction and Highlights
Edmonton Oilers Zach Hyman
Photo credit: Perry Nelson-Imagn Images
Ryley Delaney
Jan 30, 2026, 00:00 ESTUpdated: Jan 30, 2026, 00:07 EST
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The Edmonton Oilers have finally done it!
On Thursday evening, the Oilers hosted the San Jose Sharks for the sixth game on their eight-game home stand. Coming into the game, the Oilers had nine previous attempts to win three straight games, failing each time. This time was different, though, as they overcame a 3-0 deficit in a 4-3 overtime victory. Let’s take a look at what happened in this one!
It took just 26 seconds for the Sharks to open the scoring. In their defensive zone, the Oilers failed to clear it twice, with the second turnover leading to two Sharks down low with only one Oiler defender. Will Smith quickly passed it to Colin Graf, who was wide open. So too was the net, giving the Sharks a 1-0 lead.
Less than a minute later, the Sharks extended their lead to two. Ty Emberson failed to get a puck deep, instead turning it over at the red line. At the same time, Jake Walman was changing, leading to Adam Gaudette getting a breakaway. A quick backhander over Connor Ingram’s pad put the Oilers in a hole early.
The Oilers stopped the bleeding for a bit, but midway through the first period, the Sharks made it 3-0. Ingram stopped the initial shot on the two-on-one, but the puck took an unfortunate bounce off Evan Bouchard and into the back of the net.
There was no scoring to end the first period, in fact, there was no scoring until early in the third period. Bouchard’s blast from the point was stopped, but the puck squeaked behind Yaroslav Askarov, and Leon Draisaitl was able to tap it in to get the Oilers on the board.
The Oilers pulled the goaltender with about four minutes left in the game down two goals. After nearly a minute of zone time, Connor McDavid received a pass in the faceoff dot and zipped it past Askarov to cut the Sharks’ lead to one.
Just like on Saturday, the Oilers scored the game-tying goal in the final minute of the game. At the point, Bouchard got the puck, loaded up, and ripped it past Askarov to send the game to overtime. It was similar to a game last season when the Oilers scored a late goal against the Sharks.
Finally, the Oilers managed to win three straight games, as Zach Hyman scored on a one-timer after a fortunate bounce off a Shark in front of the net. What a game.

Takeaways…

It took 10 attempts, but the Oilers have finally won three consecutive games. For a while there, it didn’t look like they’d overcome an early deficit, but they scored twice with their goaltender pulled and managed to get it done in overtime.
That said, the Oilers have to start games better. Last Tuesday against the New Jersey Devils, the Oilers had a horrendous first two periods before waking up in the third. Unfortunately, they ran out of time and also ran into Jake Allen, who has dominated them over the past five games. They were able to pull out the win in this one, but it was far from a complete game.
Evan Bouchard continued his strong play, as he scored the game-tying goal and picked up two assists. Leon Draisaitl had the same stat line, while Connor McDavid scored his 34th of the season and picked up an assist. Zach Hyman potted his 22nd goal of the season, giving him 22 goals in his past 30 games.
I’ve gone on about the Oilers fourth line quite a bit in recent post-game articles, and unsurprisingly, they had another good game. Mattias Janmark, Curtis Lazar, and Trent Frederic had 89.9 percent of the expected goal share in the 6:13 minutes of five-on-five action. They also had four scoring chances while giving up none.
Frederic in particular, had a strong game. He’s been skating a lot better recently and been making plays. It takes a while to recover from a high ankle sprain, but if he can play like he has in the past, that’ll be big for the Oilers’ bottom-six.
Down in the game for all but about two minutes, the Oilers put their line in a blender, with eight different combinations of lines playing two or more minutes during five-on-five play. The line with Matt Savoie and Jack Roslovic struggled once again, it’s time to break that line up.
Connor Ingram had a rough 90 or so seconds to start the game, but after those two goals, he had a solid game. It’s Ingram’s second consecutive game with a save percentage below .900.
It looks like the Oilers will finish the night in first place in the Pacific Division, depending on the result of the Vegas Golden Knights game against the Dallas Stars. The Oilers are back in action on Saturday at 8:00 PM MT, as they host the Minnesota Wild for the seventh game of their eight-game home stand.
Ryley Delaney is a Nation Network writer for Oilersnation, FlamesNation, and Blue Jays Nation. Follow her on Twitter @Ryley__Delaney.

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