Edmonton 5, San Jose 2
When: 9:00 PM ET, Thursday, April 13, 2023
Where: Rogers Place, Edmonton, Alberta
Referees:
Chris Rooney, Chris Schlenker
Linesmen:
Caleb Apperson, Kiel Murchison
Attendance:
18347
By Field Level Media
Leon Draisaitl scored his 52nd goal and had two assists and Mattias Janmark scored twice to lead the Edmonton Oilers to a 5-2 victory over the visiting San Jose Sharks on Thursday in the regular-season finale for both teams.
Evan Bouchard and Evander Kane also scored for Edmonton (50-23-9, 109 points), which wound up in second place in the Pacific Division. The Vegas Golden Knights (51-22-9, 111 points) wrapped up first place in the division later Thursday when they won 3-1 over the host Seattle Kraken.
Edmonton will open the Western Conference playoffs against the Los Angeles Kings (47-25-10, 104 points).
Stuart Skinner finished with 27 saves for his 29th win of the season, breaking Grant Fuhr's team rookie wins mark of 28 set in 1981-82. It was the ninth straight win for the Oilers, who also extended their point streak to 15 games (14-0-1).
Connor McDavid had an assist, his league-leading 89th to go with an NHL-best 64 goals.
Steven Lorentz had a goal and an assist and Noah Gregor also scored for San Jose (22-44-16, 60 points). James Reimer made 31 saves.
Janmark gave Edmonton a 1-0 lead at the 4:16 mark of the first period when Reimer pokechecked the puck off his leg and into the net.
Draisaitl made it 2-0 with a power-play goal, slapping in a crossing pass from Ryan Nugent-Hopkins into an open right side of the net at 6:56 of the first. It was his 32nd power play-goal of the season, tied with Dave Andreychuk (1992-93 Buffalo and Toronto) for the second most in a season in NHL history. Tim Kerr set the mark of 34 with the Philadelphia Flyers in 1985-86.
Gregor cut it to 2-1 midway through the opening period with his 10th goal. He roofed a rebound of a Thomas Bordeleau shot from the left side of the crease.
Bouchard extended Edmonton's lead to 3-1 early in the second period when he snapped in a spinning backhand pass past Draisaitl from the low slot.
Janmark made it 4-1 at 14:04 of the second with the 10th short-handed goal of his career. He scooped up a loose puck in the neutral zone and then put a backhand shot five-hole on Reimer.
Lorentz cut it to 4-2 at 18:48 of the second period with his first career power-play goal, deflecting in a Tomas Hertl pass.
Kane then sealed the win with 4:05 remaining in the game when he roofed a Draisaitl pass from the slot for his 16th goal.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
| San Jose |
|
Edmonton |
|
Steven Lorentz 2 |
Points |
Leon Draisaitl 3 |
|
Steven Lorentz 1 |
Goals |
Mattias Janmark 2 |
|
Steven Lorentz 1 |
Assists |
Leon Draisaitl 2 |
|
Steven Lorentz 1 |
Power Play Goals |
Leon Draisaitl 1 |
|
N/A |
Short Handed Goals |
Mattias Janmark 1 |
|
James Reimer .861 |
Save Percentage |
Stuart Skinner .931 |
|
James Reimer 31 |
Saves |
Stuart Skinner 27 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Shots |
Goals |
Power Play |
Penalty Kill |
Penalty Mins |
Face Offs Won |
| San Jose
|
29 |
2 |
1-4 |
2-3 |
6 |
25 |
| Edmonton
|
36 |
5 |
1-3 |
3-4 |
8 |
30 |
Upcoming Games
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