SAN JOSE -- Shakir Mukhamadullin scored the game-winning goal at 9:27 of the third period for the San Jose Sharks, who ended a five-game skid with a 5-4 victory against the Edmonton Oilers at SAP Center on Saturday. Mukhamadullin received a pass from William Eklund at the point, and his wrist shot beat Edmonton goalie Connor Ingram over the glove.

The Edmonton Oilers and the San Jose Sharks square off Saturday in a high-stakes Pacific Division NHL showdown.

The Oilers did it to themselves again, playing their usual rotten defensive game and losing 5-4 to the San Jose Sharks.

Shakir Mukhamadullin scored the go-ahead goal at the 9:27 mark of the third period to help lift the San Jose Sharks to a badly needed and entertaining 5-4 win over the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday before a sold-out crowd of 17,

Connor Ingram, the backup getting the start for this one, found himself without his stick in a scoreless game. The stick was back near the boards, and as the puck temporarily cleared the zone, Ingram thought he had time to get it,

These are the Edmonton forwards who have played 50-plus minutes short-handed for the team this season. The eye-popping Connor McDavid numbers aside, Savoie shows well among a group of veteran PK men. He leads the forwards in total ice time, and his GA-60 is competitive.

With less than a week until the March 6 trade deadline, the Edmonton Oilers’ focus is pretty clear: add. Their priorities have flip-flopped in recent months between adding up front or on the back end,

SAN JOSE – The reeling San Jose Sharks are making some lineup changes for their game against the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday, inserting Shakir Mukhamadullin for Timothy Liljegren on defense and Pavol Regenda for Ryan Reaves on the fourth line.