EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Max Jones and Zach Hyman scored in the third period, Adam Henrique had two assists and the Edmonton Oilers rallied without star forward Leon Draisaitl to beat the San Jose Sharks 5-3 on Tuesday night.
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Connor Murphy and Vasily Podkolzin also scored for the Oilers, who improved to 5-2-1 in March and tied with Anaheim for first place in the Pacific Division.
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The Oilers were without Draisaitl, who ranks fourth in the league in scoring, after it was announced earlier in the day that he would miss the remainder of the regular season with a lower-body injury.
Dmitry Orlov, Pavol Regenda and Kiefer Sherwood scored for the Sharks, who have lost five of their past seven games.
Connor Ingram made 27 saves for Edmonton, while Alex Nedelkovic had 32 saves for San Jose.
The two games ended in a 3-3 tie. At 11 minutes and 48 seconds of the third quarter, the Oilers led 5-3. Hyman grabbed a rebound in front and shot a backhand shot from his knee into the net. This was his 29th goal in 50 games this season.
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San Jose’s MacLean Celebrini had his nine-game scoring streak snapped, going scoreless for the first time since the Olympic break. He scored 14 consecutive points and was five points away from becoming the sixth teenager in NHL history to score 100 points.
Edmonton’s Evan Bouchard has 26 points and +22 assists in 18 career games against the Sharks. He has a total of 32 points in his past 21 games.
Edmonton has now won nine straight home games against the Sharks.
Next
Sharks: Host Buffalo on Thursday.
Oilers: Host Florida State on Thursday.
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