Hockey
In Wednesday night's 3-0 triumph implicit the Sharks successful San Jose, Edmonton Oilers guardant Connor McDavid deed the 100-point plateau for a 5th consecutive play and eighth clip successful his career, becoming the 4th subordinate successful NHL past to bash so.
Skinner pitches 18-save shutout against Sharks up of playoff opener against Kings
Gideon Rubin · The Associated Press
· Posted: Apr 17, 2025 11:46 AM EDT | Last Updated: 5 minutes ago
Ty Emberson had a extremity and an assist, Stuart Skinner stopped 18 shots, and the Edmonton Oilers completed a four-game play bid expanse of the hometown San Jose Sharks with a 3-0 triumph connected Wednesday nighttime successful the regular-season finale for some teams.
Max Jones and Corey Perry besides scored goals portion Connor McDavid had an assistance connected Emberson's extremity for his 100th constituent of the season.
McDavid deed the 100-point plateau for a 5th consecutive play and eighth clip successful his career, becoming the 4th subordinate successful NHL past to bash so. Wayne Gretzky (15 times), Mario Lemieux (10) and Marcel Dionne (8) are the others.
Emberson scored astatine 8:20 of the archetypal period, and the Oilers extended their pb astatine 10:17 of the 2nd connected Jones's goal.
Perry added an empty-net extremity precocious successful the 3rd period.
Alexandar Georgiev had 25 saves for San Jose, which mislaid its 11th consecutive (0-8-3).
The Sharks honoured Logan Couture with a video tribute during the archetypal interruption successful play a time aft the team's erstwhile skipper and instrumentality favourite announced his playing vocation was implicit owed to an injury.
Edmonton adjacent faces Los Angeles successful a first-round playoff bid (dates person not yet been announced.
The Sharks participate adjacent month's draught lottery with the champion likelihood of landing the No. 1 wide pick.