NHL
Oilers beat Sharks 3–1 for fourth straight win
McDavid and Podkolzin extend their point streaks to five games.
Mattias Ekholm, Vasily Podkolzin and Alex Formenton scored as the Edmonton Oilers beat the San Jose Sharks 3–1 at SAP Center on Saturday for their fourth consecutive victory.
Tristan Jarry stopped 19 of 20 shots. Edmonton and San Jose each finished with 20 shots on goal, but the Oilers scored twice in the opening six minutes of the third period to extend a one-goal lead.
Ekholm opened the scoring at 12:37 of the first period, with Isaac Howard and Josh Samanski receiving assists. Neither team scored in the second, leaving Edmonton ahead 1–0 entering the final period.
Podkolzin made it 2–0 at 3:13 of the third. Connor McDavid and Evan Bouchard assisted, extending McDavid’s and Podkolzin’s season-opening point streaks to five games. Podkolzin’s goal was his fifth of the season.
Formenton added his first goal of the season at 5:40, with Mathieu Joseph and Connor Murphy assisting. All three Edmonton goals came at even strength.
Macklin Celebrini scored for San Jose at 11:19 of the third, with Michael Misa recording the assist. It was Celebrini’s first goal of the season and cut the deficit to two, but the Sharks did not score again.
Yaroslav Askarov made 17 saves for San Jose. Edmonton improved to 4–0–1, collecting points in each of its first five games, while the Sharks fell to 3–2–0.
