Joe Pavelski scores fastest playoff goal in Sharks history

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) – Connor McDavid carried the Edmonton Oilers back to the playoffs after a decade-long drought. But just like a disappointing loss, they’ll have to quickly move on for the all-important Game 5 back at Rogers Place on Thursday.

“We were just ready”, Pavelski said. “It doesn’t matter if it’s 1-0 or 7-0, the series is 2-2 and now we’re heading home to play in front of our fans”. The Sharks have managed only three goals in the series and none since Melker Karlsson scored 3:22 into overtime of Game 1.

Though Jones has been overshadowed by Talbot, he also has been good, making saves on 72 of 77 shots (1.66 GAA, .935 save percentage) in the series.

People don’t need to wonder about the San Jose Sharks’ scoring ability after Tuesday.

Burns led all defensemen in scoring with 76 points and Pavelski had 40 of his 68 points in San Jose.

“We’re doing a lot of really good things”, Sharks forward Patrick Marleau said Tuesday morning.

Impenetrable in Games 2 and 3, Talbot was yanked after Logan Couture scored for the second time on a power play with 7:08 left in the second period. The Oilers carried more of the play and outshot the Sharks 12-4. Cam Talbot has stopped 80 of 83 shots faced in the series.

Oiler Leon Draisaitl was given a five-minute major for spearing Chris Tierney at 13:44 of the second period.

“We were bad tonight, obviously”, McDavid said. “They were going to be a little rusty, and they started a little slow, but you see the games they had tonight and how big of an impact they can make on this team”. We haven’t been like that all year. “If we can take it from six penalties and narrow it down to three, we’ll be OK”. But after failing to put a shot on goal, Joel Ward tripped Oilers defenseman Andrej Sekera to cut the advantage 48 seconds short. He swiped at the puck with this stick, giving it to Edmonton’s Mark Letestu.

The sequence was a result of Talbot freezing a Burns dump-in from center, and Oilers coach Todd McLellan elected to change lines before Pavelski won the offensive-zone draw against McDavid.

San Jose added four more in the middle frame.

The goal was the latest tying playoff goal in Canadiens history, beating Jacques Lemaire’s goal in 1975 with 24 seconds remaining.

“We want to continue – and we will continue to – play physical”, said McLellan.

The talk entering the game focused on the lack of production from the Sharks’ most talented players. “We rode that momentum”. The Sharks have scored three. This eventually led to Marcus Sorensen netting his first career playoff goal as he picked up a Brendan Dillon rebound and sent it home.

The Sharks continued to show signs of addressing their biggest shortcomings in games two and three, as the power-play woes also showed signs of life and finally punished the overly aggressive Edmonton fore-check.

Thornton returned to play on the top power play unit, but the Sharks’ problems persisted as they wee unable to set up in the Oilers’ zone for any significant amount of time. He was on pace to eclipse his season average ice time of 18:04 through two periods, but head coach Pete DeBoer cut his minutes once the game got out of hand in the third. “It’s up to us, especially our key guys, to step up and have a game for our hockey club”. LW Matt Hendricks, RW Iiro Pakarinen, LW Jujhar Khaira and D Eric Gryba did not dress for Edmonton.