SAN JOSE — For at least one game, the move paid off.
Roughly 14 hours after the Edmonton Oilers replaced Todd McLellan with Ken Hitchcock, the team earned the third-winningest coach in NHL history his 824th win by beating the Sharks 4-3 in overtime at SAP Center Tuesday.
Leon Draisaitl scored the winner just 51 seconds into the extra session, batting in a pass from Connor McDavid, who earned three points on the night.
The Oilers fired McLellan, who coached the Sharks for seven years, after the team lost six of seven games by a combined margin of 29-17.