san jose makes it 1-0 for real this time.
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Game Highlights 71.0: Edmonton Oilers beat San Jose Sharks 5-4 in overtime
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The Edmonton Oilers won Jack Campbell’s return to the net, beating the San Jose Sharks by a score of 5-4 in overtime. Below are the highlights from the game…
GAME HIGHLIGHTS ARE PRESENTED BY BETWAY
The Sharks thought they had opened the scoring just a few minutes into the game but it was called brought for an offside call. Not long after that, San Jose actually opened the scoring when Alexander Barabanov buried a rebound that Jack Campbell had kicked out…
The Oilers tied the game at 1-1 shortly after. Mattias Janmark found the puck on the forecheck and fed it out front to Warren Foegele, who feathered it to Nick Bjugstad for an easy tap-in on the doorstep…
nick bjugstad makes it a 1-1 game.
The Oilers earned their first lead of the night just 30 seconds into the second period. Connor McDavid picked up a rebound and carried the puck around the net and fed Kailer Yamamoto out front who managed to beat a sprawling James Reimer…
kailer yamamoto gives the oilers a 2-1 lead.
The Sharks again had a goal called back but then went ahead and actually scored shortly after. This time, Steven Lorentz sped in on a partial break and buried his own mid-air rebound past Campbell…
the sharks make it 2-2 for real this time.
The Sharks jumped back out in front just a couple of minutes after Lorentz’s goal when Erik Karlsson slipped into Edmonton’s zone unnoticed and deked out Campbell for his 21st goal of the season…
erik karlsson gives the sharks a 3-2 lead.
Just over one minute later, Mattias Ekholm tied the game for the Oilers by dragging the puck down from the blueline and backhanding a shot past Reimer…
mattias ekholm, The Big Man, ties the game at 3.
The Sharks regained their lead again before the end of the second frame, this time by way of an Erik Karlsson one-timer from the high slot…
erik karlsson's second of the night extends the sharks' lead to 4-3.
The Sharks managed to hold the Oilers off for a good chunk of the third period but Mattias Ekholm finally broke through and tied the game with four minutes left on the clock. Ekholm carried the puck through the faceoff circle and roofed a clapper over Reimer for his second of the game…
mattias ekholm makes it a 4-4 game with his second of the game.
The Oilers put relentless pressure on the Sharks in the final few minutes of play and during overtime and they finally scored with 15 seconds left in the extra frame. Kailer Yamamoto fed the puck up ice and sent Darnell Nurse in on a breakaway and he scored the game-winner five-hole on Reimer…
darnell nurse wins the game in overtime.
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