EDMONTON, Alberta — Mattias Janmark scored twice, Leon Draisaitl had a objective and two assists and the Edmonton Oilers closed the common season with a franchise-record ninth straight victory, 5-2 over the San Jose Sharks on Thursday night time.
Evan Bouchard and Evander Kane additionally scored and Stuart Skinner made 27 saves. The Oilers had been 14-0-1 of their final 15 to complete 50-23-9. They will open the playoff in opposition to the Los Angeles Kings.
“We feel good about our game heading into the most important time of the year,” mentioned Oilers captain Connor McDavid, the NHL champion in objectives (64), assists (89) and factors (153).
“Even if there wasn’t stuff on the road we needed to complete sturdy. “It was an excellent common season, individually and for the staff, now could be the enjoyable time.
Skinner up his twenty ninth victory in internet, surpassing Grant Fuhr (1981-82) for the franchise document for wins in a rookie season.
“It means a lot to be recognized in the same sentence as Grant Fuhr,” Skinner mentioned. “Growing up in Edmonton, all you heard about is how fantastic of a goalie he is and how competitive he was. He’s a Hall of Fame goalie, one of the best goalies to play the game, so it’s a really cool moment.”
PHOTOS: Oilers shut with ninth straight win, 5-2 over Sharks
Noah Gregor and Steven Lorentz scored for San Jose. They misplaced their final six to complete 22-44-16.
“You look at our record and can jump to a lot of conclusions, but I loved coaching this group and I thought they came to work every day and were a fun group to coach,” Sharks coach David Quinn mentioned. “They labored laborious and had been coachable. At the top of the day, we simply weren’t adequate and we all know that and we’re going to get higher.:
Janmark opened the scoring 4:16 into the opening interval when he reduce in on internet with a backhander that pinballed previous James Reimer.
Edmonton’s energy play struck 6:56 into the primary. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins feathered a cross by the crease to Draisaitl, who slammed house his 52nd objective. McDavid picked up an help on the play to increase his factors streak to 16 video games.
Gregor put the Sharks on the board halfway by the primary when he lifted a rebound over Skinner for his tenth of the season.
Bouchard restored the Oilers’ two-goal edge 5:02 into the second interval.
Janmark made it 4-1 with six minutes left within the center body. It was Edmonton’s league-leading 18th short-handed objective of the season.
San Jose hung round with a power-play objective with simply over a minute to play within the second when Lorentz tipped house a Tomas Hertl shot for his tenth.
Draisaitl made one other fairly cross with 4:05 remaining within the third interval to arrange Kane’s sixteenth.
UP NEXT
Oilers: Vs. Los Angeles Kings in first spherical of playoffs.
Sharks: End of season.
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