"I think he wants 50, and you can see the hunger in that, and that's good for us," Oilers coach Ken Hitchcock said. "But he's not going about it the wrong way. He's not hanging at the red line. He's competing for pucks and he wants to shoot, and there is nothing wrong with that. And we're hopeful as heck he gets it. He was a hungry hockey player today, and even before he scored his first goal, he was a hungry hockey player."
Nyquist made it 3-2 at 18:48 when he redirected a point shot from Burns.
Dell made a right-pad save on Draisaitl's shot on the rush from above the right circle at 11:12 of the third period, and then made a save on Connor McDavid with two seconds remaining.
"We won, I'm not going to overthink it," Sharks coach Peter DeBoer said. "It was a tough game to play on both ends with the situations everyone is in. We found a way to win a game. I thought we did some good stuff that we can use next week in the playoffs. It was good to get a win."
San Jose forward Timo Meier left the game at 9:26 of the third period after he appeared to injure his left arm crashing into the end boards. DeBoer did not have an update.
