In Edmonton Friday, the Oilers did not let a lead get away from them in Game 2 as Cam 
Talbot made 16 saves in 2-0 win over the San Jose Sharks.
The series in now tied 1-1 heading back to San Jose for Game 3 on Sunday.
Connor McDavid scored his first NHL playoff goal.
“That first game, there might have been a little bit of nerves there,” McDavid said. “I definitely felt a little nervous heading in, but tonight everyone just felt calm, ready to go. I think we got back to the style of game we want to play.”
That may be true but there is no reason to be too excited with a long series ahead of both teams.
Zack Kassian also scored for the Oilers.
“My linemates played well,” Kassian said. “As a line, we got a lot of energy, and if we’re going to win this series, we’re going to need all lines going, different guys stepping up every night.”
It was Talbot’s first post season shutout of his career.
“I can’t say enough good things about the penalty kill tonight,” Talbot said. “They did a heck of a job, and that’s what won us the game tonight, especially with two shorthanded goals.”
San Jose had their chances with six power plays but were unable to solve Talbot or the Oilers’ defense.
“Scoring on our power play would have been nice,” San Jose’s Brent Burns said. “We just need to work through it. It is frustrating, obviously. We need to communicate better and help each other. We need to get better there. That was the difference in the game, it doesn’t take a genius to figure that out.”
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Martin Jones made 34 saves in the loss.
“Going into the third period, we were only down 1-0. I thought from a road perspective, we still had a chance to win the game. Those are games when you go on playoff runs, you find a way to get a power-play goal or someone steps up and makes a play, and it didn’t happen tonight,” Sharks head coach Peter DeBoer said.
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