It was a half-breakaway. The Oilers had already killed two penalties when Drake Caggiula got flagged for hooking with 14 seconds left in the first period. The remaining 43 minutes of the first game, however, didn't go their way.
San Jose Sharks coach Peter DeBoer says he won't be taking a wrecking ball to a power play that has gone from lacklustre to downright liability in the National Hockey League playoffs. Connor McDavid had an assist, giving him at least a point in 15 straight games including the regular season. "I thought we got pucks in deep, got good cycles", Tierney said. They played in our zone. They were even worse in the neutral zone, where the Sharks controlled almost 62% of loose pucks, an area that is usually close to equal.
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However San Jose centre Logan Couture returned to the lineup, albeit in a full-face cage. Couture went through an entire practice Monday for the first time since being hit in the mouth by a deflected puck on March 25 against the Predators. The Sharks outshot Edmonton 34-9 after the first intermission.
The possession numbers bode well for San Jose's ongoing success in this series.
"That's a good team over there and moving forward that's the way we're going to have to play if we want to win".
"What we're really concentrating on is how do we get more and more Oilers fans a chance to be part of this and in Rogers Place?". "Guys might have been nervous the first game", the second-year star said.
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"He said it was the first time he had taken it out of the garage in 11 years". Hertl led the way for the Sharks with three shots on goal.
McDavid passed the puck to Mark Letestu, who rifled the puck off Jones's goal pad right to Lucic. Martin Jones has given up 152 goals on 1,725 shots faced and Aaron Dell has allowed 37 goals on 533 shots.
The Sharks rebounded, dominating play for long stretches in the second and third periods. An overtime goal for San Jose would give the Sharks a 1-0 series lead and send the Oilers back to the drawing board. Winger Joonas Donskoi came around behind the net and fed the puck in front on the backhand to Ward, who then redirected the puck past Talbot.
The Sharks head into the playoffs having lost nine of their final 13 regular season games, fading from the top of the Pacific Division to a third-place finish.
"The only word that comes to mind about the San Jose Sharks the last two months is hibernation", said former Shark Bret Hedican on NBC Sports after the game.
"We've got to stay out of the box. We continue to work closely with our partners from EPS and the City of Edmonton to encourage fans to have a great time while celebrating responsibly".
"Our power play in our second game mimicked our 5-on-5 play: we weren't hungry enough (and) we got outworked in a lot of areas". It just happens that games 83 to 90, we're going to play the same team. We did a good job during the regular season. Please support our efforts.
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