Joe Pavelski and Joonas Donskoi each scored during the shootout and Martin Jones stopped both Edmonton shooters to give the San Jose Sharks a 2-1 victory over the Oilers on Thursday night.
Marc-Edouard Vlasic scored in the first period as the Sharks won their fourth straight.
Nail Yakupov scored, but the Oilers fell to 0-4-3 in their past seven road games. Edmonton coach Todd McLellan returned to San Jose for the first time since leaving the team after the end of last season.
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Jones stopped 24 of 25 shots for the Sharks, while Cam Talbot saved 36 of 37 shots.
Brent Burns took a shot near the end of the overtime that went into the net, but did so just after the buzzer.
Vlasic took a pass from Melker Karlsson, skated into an open area and fired the puck over Talbot’s right shoulder to put the Sharks ahead midway through the first.
The Oilers tied it midway through the second period on a counterattack. Lauri Korpikoski sent a leading pass to Yakupov, who beat Jones under his right arm.
Yakupov returned to the lineup for the first time since Nov. 25, missing 22 games to an ankle injury. He scored his third goal, all on the road, and the first since netting goals in back-to-back games on Oct. 17 and Oct. 18.
Yakupov nearly had another goal in the third, firing one off the left post that bounced to a Sharks defender.
In, Montreal, Jonathan Toews scored and Corey Crawford made 39 saves as the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Montreal Canadiens 2-1 to extend their winning streak to nine games and move Joel Quenneville into sole possession of second place in career coaching victories.
Quenneville has 783 wins, one more than Al Arbour, but still behind leader Scotty Bowman’s 1,244.
The Blackhawks have not lost since Dec. 27 against Carolina. Ryan Garbutt also scored in the first period.
Paul Byron scored, but Montreal fell to 5-14 since Dec. 1, despite a spirited effort against the defending Stanley Cup champions.
Shots were 40-33 in favor of the Canadiens, while both Crawford and Montreal’s Mike Condon had strong performances in net.
CAPITALS 4, CANUCKS 1
In Washington, on the night Alex Ovechkin was honored for his 500th goal, fellow Russian forward Evgeny Kuznetsov had two goals and an assist as Washington beat Vancouver for their fifth straight victory.
Kuznetsov scored his 14th and 15th goals of the season and set up Tom Wilson on a night the Capitals got a rare goal from defenseman Karl Alzner and 29 saves from Braden Holtby.
In other games on Thursday, it was:
‧ Islanders 3, Rangers 1
‧ Avalanche 3, Devils 0
‧ Red Wings 3, Coyotes 2, OT
‧ Jets 5, Predators 4, OT
‧ Hurricanes 4, Blues 1
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