SAN JOSE -- Shakir Mukhamadullin scored the game-winning goal at 9:27 of the third period for the San Jose Sharks, who ended a five-game skid with a 5-4 victory against the Edmonton Oilers at SAP Center on Saturday. Mukhamadullin received a pass from William Eklund at the point, and his wrist shot beat Edmonton goalie Connor Ingram over the glove.

The Edmonton Oilers face the Los Angeles Kings in a regular season NHL game on Thursday, Feb. 26, at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.

Four goals should win you a hockey game. Most nights in the NHL, it does, and yet here the Edmonton Oilers are, flying home from San Jose with a 5-4 loss and a defensive zone performance that had been coming for a while now.

The Edmonton Oilers will try to extend their remarkable run against San Jose to eight straight wins this afternoon as the Sharks struggle through a four-game losing streak.

SAN JOSE — Shakir Mukhamadullin scored the go-ahead goal at the 9:27 mark of the third period to help lift the San Jose Sharks to a badly needed and entertaining 5-4 win over the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday before a sold-out crowd of 17,435 at SAP Center.

LOS ANGELES — Connor McDavid secured his ninth 100-point season with a goal and an assist, Leon Draisaitl had a goal and three assists, and the Edmonton Oilers snapped their four-game skid with an 8-1 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday night.

The Edmonton Oilers have had a rough stretch lately. Four wins in the last ten games, a handful of losses, and the kind of inconsistency that makes fans shake their heads.

Former Edmonton Oilers winger Esa Tikkanen made his NHL debut in a playoff game on May 23, 1985. If he were in the team’s system today, chances are Tikkanen would be dealt by th