Sharks even National Hockey League at 2-2, belting Oilers 7-0

The Oilers didn't have an answer for them or that power play.

The NHL playoff game between the San Jose Sharks and Edmonton Oilers will be broadcast on NBCSN and Sportsnet in Canada. The previous fastest playoff goal for San Jose came 28 seconds into the game by Dany Heatley against Los Angeles in 2011. With 6:16 left in the frame, Leon Draisaitl was given a five-minute major and a game misconduct for spearing Chris Tierney. The Sharks had eight.

Edmonton coach Todd McLellan may not have been expecting a blowout, but the fact the Sharks came out strong was no surprise. "Tonight was a big lesson". "That's not our team, that's not our game. It was completely one-sided".

They're right back in the series, which has turned into a best-of-three.

According to TSN's Ryan Rishaug, the Sharks are doing this so that media can cover both the Sharks' practice at 10:30 a.m. PT and the Oilers' session at 11:30 a.m. "We'll need to find a way to get our offence up and running as well". At this point, he is scoreless through four games. He has stopped 80 of 83 shots en route to back-to-back shutouts, and assisted on McDavid's insurance goal midway through the third period on Friday. Later, Patrick Maroon cross-checked Pavelski from behind at 19:23, and Pavelski made it known to the big forward that he didn't like the unsafe hit.

At one point, Darnell Nurse laid out Timo Meier with a stick to his throat, but somehow escaped without a penalty.

Pavelski slid a cross-ice pass to Couture, who took a second to gather the puck before beating Talbot with a wrister from the faceoff circle for his first goal since having several teeth knocked out when he took a slap shot to the mouth March 25 in Nashville. Does the manner in which a game is won have any relevance to how the next game is played? The Sharks have scored three. And they were. In Game 6.

Patrick Marleau, Marcus Sorensen and David Schlemko also scored.

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? The again, he was the goalie who allowed five shots to get past.

"We were just ready". We feel like we have to score more than one (goal) to win especially tonight.

"As a goalie, I want to make a save here or there to stop their momentum, and I wasn't able to do that".

"Every playoff game in my mind is a must win", said Couture.

"They'll have a hard push right off the bat", he said earlier in the day. There is no time for panic or doubt to start creeping in. "We have to go back and get one there".

It is the Oilers who now are confronted with questions about their firepower and mettle. "We've got to create some offense, we've got to shoot the puck, we've got to score some goals".

"You know, during the decade of darkness, you have your head hung low and you're wondering when is this going to end." said Downton.