/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/55221669/693609074.0.jpg)
The 28-year-old center added a second goal later in the game, recording a 52.9 percent shot attempts percentage. San Jose earned a face-off in the Oiler zone after ten seconds. Joe Pavelski made a deft tip of a Justin Braun point shot to make it 1-0 just 15 seconds into the game.
What will decide Tuesday night's game?
"It doesn't matter how well a goalie is playing, you've got to find a way to get to him", Sharks captain Joe Pavelski said.
The Oilers and Sharks are facing off against each other in Game 4 of their best of seven series.
Game 5 of the series goes Thursday at Rogers Place in Edmonton. The dramatic nature of tonight's victory may cast just a little bit in the minds of a young Oilers team that has generally played well in this series, save for Tuesday's performance in Game 4. This time, San Jose center Logan Couture delivered what former Sharks beat writer for the San Jose Mercury News David Pollak called a "wicked wrister". Whether DeBoer makes any changes remains to be seen - I think he'll play his cards pretty close to the vest. However, Edmonton has found ways to find the net in these last two games and the Oilers were the better offensive team this season.
With goalie Cam Talbot in net, the Oilers had shut out the Sharks the previous two games.
"Every game I play now I'm going to get better and just continue to get stronger", Thornton said. "We'll keep trying, keep looking and keep fighting", Pavelski said.
Did the Columbus Blue Jackets get back in the groove, even in falling behind 3-0 in their series, considering the four goals they scored against Marc-Andre Fleury in Game 3?
Facebook Killer DEAD After Manhunt: His Last Words Revealed
The suspected shooter, Steve Stephens , killed himself on Tuesday following a brief pursuit by Pennsylvania State Police officers. Now, Godwin's sister says those relatives will be coming to Cleveland for his funeral. "Only Steve knows that", Williams said.
With Joe Thornton back in the lineup, the Sharks were relentless in the first period when they were credited with an astonishing 32 hits and outshot the Oilers 13-6.
After the goal, Schlemko was sprawled out on the ice, face down, seemingly incredulous that he made such a simple error.
San Jose went on the power play at 16:43 when Edmonton winger Benoit Pouliot was guilty of a rough.
San Jose prepared for Oilers star Connor McDavid.
The Sharks continued to show signs of addressing their biggest shortcomings in games two and three, as the power-play woes also showed signs of life and finally punished the overly aggressive Edmonton fore-check.
"They had a paint service that came, but Dan Boyle, one of the retired sharks, and [Sharks mascot] Sharkie did come out and did put a couple strokes on the house". We knew this already coming into the series, but Game 3 put it into perspective. "We've got to create some offense, we've got to shoot the puck, we've got to score some goals. I don't know if there was really any time to let frustration settle in", said Pavelski. And the seven goals total tied a club record set twice previously - once at home (April 20, 2014) against Los Angeles and once on the road (April 30, 1999) at Colorado. 57 seconds into a power play, the Sharks converted on a slap shot from the point by Schlemko, beating a screened Brossoit. The Sharks have managed only three goals in the series and none since Melker Karlsson scored 3:22 into overtime of Game 1.
It was a 3:30 a.m. start for Downton on Sunday, but he managed to get to the SAP Center well before game time. C Micheal Haley, RW Kevin Labanc, D Dylan DeMelo and LW Mikkel Boedker were San Jose's healthy scratches.
Comments