{"id":435788,"date":"2026-01-30T07:06:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T07:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/435788\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T07:06:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T07:06:32","slug":"san-jose-sharks-blow-lead-in-loss-to-edmonton-oilers-connor-mcdavid-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/435788\/","title":{"rendered":"San Jose Sharks blow lead in loss to Edmonton Oilers, Connor McDavid"},"content":{"rendered":"

The San Jose Sharks<\/a> blew a three-goal lead in the third period, then allowed a goal to Zach Hyman at the 1:06 mark of overtime in a stinging 4-3 loss to the Edmonton Oilers<\/a> on Thursday at Rogers Place.<\/p>\n

With the Sharks leading 3-0, Leon Draisaitl scored at the 1:34 mark of the third period, then assisted on late goals by Connor McDavid<\/a> and Evan Bouchard, with Bouchard\u2019s goal on a blast from inside the blue line coming with 59 seconds left in regulation time. Both late goals came after the Oilers pulled goalie Connor Ingram for the extra attacker.<\/p>\n

In overtime, Timothy Liljegren turned the puck over to the Oilers. Later, Hyman shoved Liljegren into the crease, took a pass from McDavid in the Sharks\u2019 zone and one-timed a shot past goalie Yaroslav Askarov<\/a> for his 22nd goal of the season.<\/p>\n

\u201cI made a made a bad turnover. I was trying to get it over to (Alex Wennberg) on the other side, and kind of fanned on the puck a little bit, and they got possession,\u201d Liljegren said. \u201cBad way to end it. I thought we played a good 40 minutes and then didn\u2019t have a good third. They got three goals, and that\u2019s what you get.\u201d<\/p>\n

Askarov made 28 saves, including 12 in the first period, as the Sharks fell to 7-4-1 this month.<\/p>\n

Asked about the winning sequence in overtime, Sharks coach Ryan Warsofsky said, \u201cWe turn it over, and then (Liljegren) gets pushed into our goalie.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Oilers, dating back to the start of the 2021-22 season, have now beaten the Sharks in 15 of their last 16 meetings.\u00a0Thursday\u2019s loss also marked the second time in 21 games this season that the Sharks have lost a game when leading after two periods. They had been 19-0-1 in such situations.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur 6-on-5 was obviously not good enough, and that\u2019s something we\u2019ll look at,\u201d Sharks coach Ryan Warsofsky said. \u201cThere\u2019s moments in the third where we maybe needed to continue to make plays and push forward. We didn\u2019t do enough of that.\u201d<\/p>\n

In an effort to counter McDavid, Draisaitl and Bouchard, Warsofsky started overtime with Wennberg, Liljegren and Alex Wennberg. Before Liljegren\u2019s turnover, Macklin Celebrini would have been among the next Sharks skaters on the ice.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe wanted to try to shut down McDavid and Draisaitl, and (Ferraro, Liljegren and Wennberg) were doing a pretty good job all night,\u201d Warsofsky said. \u201cWe get the puck and we get what we want, and we turn it over.\u201d<\/p>\n

All three Sharks goals came in the first period, setting a team record in the process.<\/p>\n

Collin Graf and Adam Gaudette scored first period goals just 1:09 apart, and Michael Misa added his second career NHL goal at the 11:40 mark for a 3-0 Sharks lead.<\/p>\n

It marked the first time in team history that the Sharks have scored three first period goals in three straight games, after doing the same against the New York Rangers last week and the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The Sharks (27-21-4) thought they had made it 4-0 in the second period on Thursday. But a goal by Barclay Goodrow was waved off after officials determined on the ice that Zack Ostapchuk interfered with Ingram before the puck crossed the line. The Sharks did not challenge the call.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s no goal on the ice, so it\u2019s going to be tough to overturn,\u201d Warsofsky said. \u201c(It\u2019s) 3-0. Didn\u2019t think it was the right decision at that time. If they call it a goal on the ice, it\u2019s probably a goal. But that\u2019s just the league and the way they\u2019re calling it right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Sharks are now 1-0-1 on their road trip that continues with games against the Calgary Flames on Saturday, the Chicago Blackhawks on Monday and the Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Spectators were expecting a duel between two of the NHL\u2019s leading scorers in Macklin Celebrini and McDavid, two of the 25 players on Canada\u2019s roster for next month\u2019s Winter Olympics in Italy.<\/p>\n

\u201cTonight, I hope he doesn\u2019t do anything, and in a week, I hope he does a lot,\u201d Celebrini said before Thursday\u2019s game. \u201cIt\u2019ll be fun to obviously play with him, but we still have four games left that we need to focus on.\u201d<\/p>\n

Celebrini assisted on Graf\u2019s goal 26 seconds into the first period \u2013 which began with Graf knocking the puck off of Ryan Nugent-Hopkins\u2019 stick at the Oilers\u2019 blue line \u2014 to extend his point streak to three games.<\/p>\n

For most of Thursday\u2019s game, the Sharks did an admiral job slowing down McDavid, the NHL\u2019s leading scorer whose goal with 3:05 left in regulation time cut the Sharks lead to 3-2.<\/p>\n

Celebrini now has 79 points this season, including seven in the last three games. McDavid has 94.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously, they have a great team over there and some special players. I think we\u2019re all excited for the challenge today,\u201d Celebrini said. \u201cJust the way (McDavid) plays the game, it\u2019s special. The way he skates. Every time he\u2019s on the ice, he makes special things happen.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou don\u2019t need to hear from me; you just need to watch him.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The San Jose Sharks blew a three-goal lead in the third period, then allowed a goal to Zach…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":435646,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5127],"tags":[5,1180,4,519,168,5306,5305,1780,43],"class_list":{"0":"post-435788","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-jose-sharks","8":"tag-hockey","9":"tag-latest-headlines","10":"tag-nhl","11":"tag-san-jose","12":"tag-san-jose-sharks","13":"tag-sanjose","14":"tag-sanjosesharks","15":"tag-sharks","16":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/115982787162622799","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=435788"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435788\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/435646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=435788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}