The Edmonton Oilers come to San Jose tonight, looking to put a bow on the season series and get one step closer to locking up a spot in the playoffs. The Oilers have won two of the three games against the Sharks this season, outscoring San Jose 14-10. Of course, the Pacific Division is anyone’s race at this point in time. While the Oilers currently lead with 88 points, the Vegas Golden Knights also have 88 and Anaheim is one point behind both teams. None of those three teams have the Pacific Division locked up. While the Los Angeles Kings and San Jose Sharks appear to be fighting it out for the wild card, a run by either of them and and a drop off by any of the others and there could be a shake up in the Pacific.

As of this evening before the games were played, here’s where the Pacific Division and wild card race stand.

The Oilers played the Anaheim Ducks last night and the game went to overtime. As a result, the Oilers had to fly into Oakland and didn’t get into town until late. That should give the Sharks a tired team to potentially pounce on this evening.

San Jose Sharks lines tonight

Sharks fans may not be happy with some of the changes happening on the ice tonight. John Klingberg is in and Shakir Mukhamadullin is out after having a very good game against the Chicago Blackhawks on Monday night. Ty Dellandrea is out and Adam Gaudette is in. Here are the lines according to San Jose Hockey Now’s Sheng Peng.

Alex Nedeljkovic starts in the net tonight.

Forwards
Collin Graf — Macklin Celebrini — Will Smith
William Eklund — Alexander Wennberg — Kiefer Sherwood
Igor Chernyshov — Michael Misa — Tyler Toffoli
Barclay Goodrow — Zack Ostapchuk — Adam Gaudette

Defense
Dmitry Orlov — Vincent Desharnais
Mario Ferraro — John Klingberg
Sam Dickinson — Nick Leddy

Goaltenders
Alex Nedeljkovic
Yaroslav Askarov

Edmonton Oilers lines vs. San Jose Sharks

The Oilers played last night so there’s no morning skate to go off of. Leon Draisaitl, Zach Hyman and Mattias Janmark are all injured and will not play. These are the lines we expect Edmonton to skate out tonight according to NHL.com.

Forwards
Vasily Podkolzin — Connor McDavid — Matt Savoie
Jack Roslovic — Ryan Nugent-Hopkins — Kasperi Kapanen
Colton Dach — Jason Dickinson — Trent Frederic
Max Jones — Adam Henrique — Curtis Lazar

Defense
Mattias Ekholm — Evan Bouchard
Darnell Nurse — Connor Murphy
Jake Walman — Ty Emberson

Goaltenders
Connor Ingram
Tristan Jarry

How to watch Edmonton Oilers at San Jose Sharks April 8, 2026

The puck drops at 7 p.m. PT/8 p.m. MT at SAP Center in San Jose.

Tonight’s game airs on TNT nationwide.

In Canada, Oilers fans can watch the game on Sportsnet West or Sportsnet One.

lf you don’t have tickets to the game, be sure to come back here at game time to hang out with other Sharks fans and talk about what’s happening on the ice and around the league.