The San Jose Sharks (31-17-2) fell to the hands of the Edmonton Oilers (28-15-8) 4-1 on Thursday night at SAP Center in the return of Tomas Hertl to the lineup for the first time in 31 games. Even though the Sharks scored first, they were not able to turn it into a victory (25-8-1 when scoring first).
Logan Couture got the Sharks on the board early in the game on a beautiful tic-tac-toe play with assists from Patrick Marleau and Mikkel Boedker. It was Couture’s 16th goal (to go with nine assists) in his 26 career games against the Oilers.