Leon Draisaitl scores twice, Oilers top Sharks

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Leon Draisaitl scored a pair of goals to lead the Edmonton Oilers to a 5-2 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Thursday night.

Kailer Yamamoto, Derick Brassard and Evander Kane also scored for the Oilers, who had lost their last two games but improved to 6-1-1 in their last eight overall.

"Every point matters at this time of the year," Oilers forward Zach Hyman said. "I thought it was awesome to get the win and to keep building confidence moving forward."

Mike Smith made 28 saves in the victory.

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Edmonton Oilers' Leon Draisaitl (29) celebrates a goal against the San Jose Sharks during second-period NHL hockey game action in Edmonton, Alberta, Thursday, March 24, 2022. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP)

"We’ve done a lot of things here in the last few weeks that have given this team a lot of confidence," Smith said. "We feel like we can play with anybody in this league."

Erik Karlsson and Tomas Hertl scored for the Sharks, whose two-game winning streak ended. Kaapo Kahkonen stopped 36 shots.

"Not the result we wanted, obviously," Kahkonen said. "Good is not good enough in this league. I wish I could have made one or two more saves here, keep it a little closer. But overall I felt fine. The guys have been great."

The Sharks got on the scoreboard first 68 seconds into the second period when Karlsson shot into a wide-open net with Smith sprawled on the ice.

Edmonton tied it five minutes into the second on the power play as Yamamoto drove to the net and sent a backhand shot through Kahkonen’s legs for this 18th of the season and seventh goal in the last eight games.

Three minutes later,