PRE-GAME REPORT: Oilers at Sharks

Zach Hyman and Leon Draisaitl every picked up power-play objectives to make it 6-1 on the Kings simply 31 seconds into the third interval, with McDavid’s main help on his German teammate’s thirtieth purpose of the marketing campaign giving him 100 factors in 60 video games – the fourth-fastest price that No. 97 has reached the century mark for factors.

Defenseman Jake Walman added his sixth and seventh objectives for his second multi-goal sport of the season to spherical out the scoring in an 8-1 victory.

Matt Savoie recorded two extra assists to report multi-point efforts in back-to-back video games for the primary time in his profession following his first three-point effort in defeat in opposition to the Ducks on Wednesday.

The St. Albert product has 9 factors (3G, 4A) over his final 12 video games and sits eleventh in NHL rookie scoring with 23 factors (10 objectives) in 60 video games this season.

The Sharks are engulfed in a four-game dropping streak of their very own that was prolonged on Thursday in a 4-1 defeat to the Calgary Flames, the place they gave up 4 unanswered objectives after Tyler Toffoli lifted them right into a 1-0 lead early within the second interval.

The Oilers have gained seven straight video games in opposition to the Sharks by a 31-11 margin after coming again to win 4-3 in extra time throughout their final assembly on Jan. 29 at Rogers Place.

Saturday’s assembly would be the first assembly between Macklin Celebrini and Connor McDavid since they caught hearth along with Team Canada at Milano Cortina 2026.