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Thursday, January 31, 2013
FINAL SO
2 - 3
FINAL SO 1 2 3 OT SO T
Oilers 0 1 1 0 0 (0-2) 2
Sharks 0 2 0 0 1 (2-3) 3
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GOAL SCORERS

EDM:   S. Gagner (10:56 - 2nd) , T. Hall (00:51 - 3rd)
SJS:   L. Couture (07:32 - 2nd) , J. Pavelski (08:11 - 2nd) , M. Handzus (00:00 - SO)
GOALIES

EDM: D. Dubnyk (L)
 SJS: A. Niemi (W)
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OILERS (4-2-0) at SHARKS (6-0-0)

TV: SNET-EDM, CSN-CA

Season series: This is the second of three meetings between the teams. San Jose scored six first-period tallies in a 6-3 win at Edmonton on Jan. 22.

Big story: With Chicago losing in a shootout at Minnesota on Wednesday night, the Sharks are now the only undefeated team remaining in the NHL. They’ll look to make it seven in a row against the high-flying Oilers.

Team scope:

Oilers: Nail Yakupov’s exciting start to his NHL career continued Wednesday night, as he beat Chad Johnson via the power play at 3:52 of overtime to lift Edmonton to a 3-2 victory at Phoenix. It was Yakupov’s team-leading fourth goal of the season and his first game-winner.

"It's another big goal for Nail. He seems to have a knack for scoring big goals,” Oilers forward Sam Gagner said. “He finds a way all the time. It's impressive."

Sharks: San Jose continued its winning ways Tuesday night, when it skated away with a 3-2 shootout victory against the Anaheim Ducks at HP Pavilion. The Sharks erased a 2-1 deficit with just 2:45 remaining in regulation on Logan Couture’s fourth goal of the season.

"We got to be excited that we put points in the bank and we were able to come back, but we have to tell it like it was," Sharks coach Todd McLellan said. "They were the better team. Didn't feel real good tonight with the flow of the game, with the management of players. Opportunities to execute, but we didn't do it. It was a frustrating night, but at least we found a way to win."

Who’s hot: Oilers winger Taylor Hall has a goal and seven assists in six games, while Sam Gagner is 2-5-7 and Jordan Eberle is 3-3-6. … Sharks forwards Joe Thornton and Patrick Marleau are tied for the League lead with 14 points through the first six contests, while Joe Pavelski is 3-8-11 and Couture is 4-5-9.




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STANDINGS

WESTERN CONFERENCE
  TEAM GP W L OT GF GA PTS
1 p - CHI 48 36 7 5 155 102 77
2 y - ANA 48 30 12 6 140 118 66
3 y - VAN 48 26 15 7 127 121 59
4 x - STL 48 29 17 2 129 115 60
5 x - LAK 48 27 16 5 133 118 59
6 x - SJS 48 25 16 7 124 116 57
7 x - DET 48 24 16 8 124 115 56
8 x - MIN 48 26 19 3 122 127 55
9 CBJ 48 24 17 7 120 119 55
10 PHX 48 21 18 9 125 131 51
11 DAL 48 22 22 4 130 142 48
12 EDM 48 19 22 7 125 134 45
13 CGY 48 19 25 4 128 160 42
14 NSH 48 16 23 9 111 139 41
15 COL 48 16 25 7 116 152 39

STATS

2012-2013 PLAYOFFS
SKATERS: GP G A +/- Pts
J. Pavelski 11 4 8 0 12
L. Couture 11 5 6 -6 11
J. Thornton 11 2 8 5 10
P. Marleau 11 5 3 0 8
D. Boyle 11 3 5 -3 8
B. Burns 11 2 2 -1 4
S. Hannan 11 0 4 1 4
B. Stuart 11 1 2 3 3
M. Vlasic 11 1 1 2 2
T. Galiardi 11 1 1 1 2
 
GOALIES: W L OT Sv% GAA
A. Niemi 7 4 0 .930 1.87