The Sharks played well for most of regulation, but another blown third-period lead haunts them as they fall 3-2 in overtime to the Edmonton Oilers.
The Sharks struck first early in the opening period on Luke Kunin’s ninth goal of the season, assisted by Alexander Wennberg and Timothy Liljegren. Soon after, the Oilers tied it up at one via Zach Hyman, followed by Jan Rutta’s first goal of the season to regain the lead for Team Teal. Jake Walman recorded the lone assist on the go-ahead goal by Rutta.
With 17.3 seconds left in regulation, the Oilers tied the game at two via Mattias Ekholm to force OT. It took only 18 seconds into the bonus period for Leon Draisaitl to score the game-winning goal to get the job done for Edmonton.
Yaroslav Askarov was back in net for Team Teal and had a solid performance against the Oilers, stopping 40 of 43 shots against. In addition, Klim Kostin didn’t play in this one, while Shakir Mukhamadullin was a late scratch, with Henry Thrun taking his place on the Sharks blue line in Edmonton.
San Jose was in it and performed well until the very end, but due to the lack of a killer instinct and way they haven’t been able to hold leads in the third period lately, the end result of this contest doesn’t surprise me one bit. Next up, the Sharks travel to Vancouver to face the Canucks for their final game before the Christmas break on Monday at 6 pm PT.
Sources: NBC Sports Bay Area/California, Sharks Audio Network, NHL App, Curtis Pashelka via X
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