Sharks erase early deficit with four-goal second, defeat Oilers, 5-2

In San Jose Tuesday night, the Sharks wiped out a 1-0 deficit with a four-goal second period to defeat the Edmonton Oilers, 5-2.

Connor McDavid had staked the Oilers to the lead with a first period goal.

On the other side, newly minted Shark, Evander Kane, debuted for San Jose and kicked in two assists in the win.

“I kind of come from not playing so much meaningful hockey to playing some meaningful hockey,” Kane said. “Obviously you get a little ramped up, and I just tried to change the game in any way I can. It’s good to get on the board and contribute offensively and also with some other elements.”

Joe Pavelski, Justin Braun, Timo Meier and Logan Couture struck for San Jose in the middle frame.

“The chemistry was there,” Pavelski said. “He’s a guy (Kane) that carries a lot of speed, can carry that puck up. It just seemed to open up some space for us tonight.”

“The four goals that they did score were them creating turnovers in the [offensive] zone and pouncing on it,” Oilers forward Milan Lucic said. “Twenty minutes lost us the game.”

Martin Jones made 24 saves to pick up the win.

The win helped the Sharks stay ahead of the Los Angeles Kings and remain in second place in the Pacific Division.

“He (Kane) brings a little bit of everything to the table. That’s why he’s as valuable as he is and as highly thought of as he is in the League. I liked his game tonight. I thought he worked really hard away from the puck. The offense and physicality are things you take for granted, but I thought defensively and away from the puck, he really worked hard,” Sharks head coach Peter DeBoer said after the win.

Jesse Puljujarvi scored in the third period for the Oilers.

“I don’t think we had the energy level we needed to play against this team tonight,” Oilers head coach Todd McLellan said. “When you don’t have it, you can still give yourself a chance to win. I think we did that in the first. I don’t think we did that in the second at all. Brought a lot of pucks back into our own end, played right into their forecheck game.”

Chris Tierney closed out the scoring with an empty-netter.

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Cam Talbot made 30 saves in taking the loss.

“They came out harder than us. I thought we didn’t play to our full potential in the second. They were first on the puck,” the Oilers’ Adam Larsson said after the loss.