Edmonton Oilers vs San Jose Sharks

Regular season · Saturday, October 10, 2026 · SAP Center at San Jose

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3–1

Final

SOG 20–20

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Recap

Podkolzin pots winner as Oilers top Sharks 3-1

The Edmonton Oilers beat the San Jose Sharks 3-1 on Saturday afternoon at SAP Center at San Jose. Edmonton never trailed, grabbing the lead on Mattias Ekholm's first of the season at 12:37 of the first period, with Isaac Howard and Josh Samanski drawing assists.

The game stayed 1-0 until the third, when Vasily Podkolzin scored the winner at 3:13 off feeds from Connor McDavid and Evan Bouchard. Alex Formenton added his first of the season at 5:40 before Macklin Celebrini answered for San Jose at 11:19, with Michael Misa assisting.

Podkolzin took first-star honours, Celebrini was the second star and McDavid the third. Tristan Jarry earned the win with 19 saves on 20 shots, while Yaroslav Askarov took the loss with 17 saves. Edmonton improved to 4-0-1 with a fourth straight win; the Sharks fell to 3-2-0.

Written with AI from official NHL data and checked against it. The box score and play-by-play are the official record. How we write these

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
EDM	1	0	2	3	20
SJS	0	0	1	1	20

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Mattias Ekholm (1)Isaac Howard (2), Josh Samanski (1)Misa 1:04 into shift1–012:37 EDM

3rd period

Vasily Podkolzin (5)Connor McDavid (10), Evan Bouchard (6)2–003:13 EDM
Alex Formenton (1)Mathieu Joseph (2), Connor Murphy (1)Kesselring 1:09 into shift3–005:40 EDM
Macklin Celebrini (1)Michael Misa (3)3–111:19 SJS

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1:09

3–0 · 3rd 5:40 · Formenton. Kesselring was 1:09 into his shift when it went in.

GoalEDM on iceSJS on iceDefenders’ longest

1–0 EDM

1st 12:37 · Ekholm

Long shift: Misa 1:04

Long shiftMisa 1:04

2–0 EDM

3rd 3:13 · Podkolzin

Marchment 0:40

NormalMarchment 0:40

3–0 EDM

3rd 5:40 · Formenton

Long shift: Kesselring 1:09

Long shiftKesselring 1:09

3–1 SJS

3rd 11:19 · Celebrini

Murphy 0:18

Fresh legsMurphy 0:18

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2025–26).

3.9%

5.8%

6.5%

7.1%

7.3%

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

EDMSJS

20Shots on goal20

58%Faceoff %42%

0/2Power play0/1

2Penalty minutes4

24Hits34

9Blocked shots11

18Giveaways16

4Takeaways6

Penalties

3rd 00:22Kiefer Sherwood · interference2 min
3rd 08:51Macklin Celebrini · tripping2 min
3rd 17:13Vasily Podkolzin · slashing2 min

Season series

Edmonton Oilers

Edmonton Oilers skaters

21Mathieu JosephR	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	–	14:42
26Alex FormentonL	1	0	1	0	2	4	3	0	–	14:02
53Isaac HowardL	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	–	08:59
81Josh SamanskiC	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	60	06:19
92Vasily PodkolzinR	1	0	1	+1	1	3	0	2	–	20:48
97Connor McDavidC	0	1	1	+1	4	2	0	0	33	24:04
2Evan BouchardD	0	1	1	+2	1	0	0	0	–	24:07
5Connor MurphyD	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	–	24:23
14Mattias EkholmD	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	–	22:46
10Trent FredericC	0	0	0	+1	3	1	0	0	–	09:53
16Jason DickinsonC	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	57	13:43
19Filip HallanderC	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	14:11
29Leon DraisaitlC	0	0	0	+1	3	1	0	0	67	21:49
42Kasperi KapanenR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	17:30
43Owen MichaelsR	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	83	14:15
6Ryan SheaD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	24:01
49Ty EmbersonD	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	11:10
85Shakir MukhamadullinD	0	0	0	+1	0	3	0	0	–	11:18

Edmonton Oilers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
27Devon LeviG		0	0	0	–	00:00
35Tristan JarryG	W	20	19	1	.950	60:00

San Jose Sharks

San Jose Sharks skaters

71Macklin CelebriniC	1	0	1	0	2	2	1	2	38	21:59
77Michael MisaC	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0	0	50	12:44
2Will SmithC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	–	20:11
21Alexander WennbergC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	50	20:32
23Barclay GoodrowC	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	0	–	10:15
27Mason MarchmentL	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	–	17:44
41Ivar StenbergL	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	–	18:09
44Kiefer SherwoodL	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	2	–	16:15
51Collin GrafR	0	0	0	-1	1	2	1	0	–	14:13
63Zack OstapchukC	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	50	08:01
73Tyler ToffoliC	0	0	0	-2	1	1	0	0	–	11:25
92Igor ChernyshovL	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	11:03
6Sam DickinsonD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	–	16:40
7Michael KesselringD	0	0	0	-2	1	1	0	0	–	19:03
9Dmitry OrlovD	0	0	0	+1	1	3	1	0	–	18:20
25Darnell NurseD	0	0	0	-1	5	0	0	0	–	21:56
42Luca CagnoniD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	–	20:21
65Jacob TroubaD	0	0	0	-2	1	1	4	0	–	20:41

San Jose Sharks goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Yaroslav AskarovG	L	20	17	3	.850	56:28
33Alex NedeljkovicG		0	0	0	–	00:00