Connor McDavid’s hat trick leads the Oilers to a 5-2 win over the Sharks - BERITAJA

Connor McDavid scored his 15th profession chapeau instrumentality and vanished pinch 5 points Wednesday night, starring the Edmonton Oilers to a 5-2 triumph complete the San Jose Sharks that moved them into sole possession of first spot successful the Pacific Division.

McDavid controlled the crippled almost from the start, scoring connected a powerfulness play successful the first play and past doubly successful the 2nd to make it 5-2. He besides assisted connected power-play goals by Vasily Podkolzin and Jack Roslovic to widen his NHL-leading constituent full to 133. The prima halfway needs 3 goals successful the last 3 games for his 2nd profession 50-goal season.

Connor Ingram made 8 saves connected 10 shots successful 2 periods for Edmonton. Tristan Jarry stopped each 4 shots he faced successful the third.

The triumph gave the Oilers 90 points, 2 much than Vegas successful the section race. The Golden Knights person 1 crippled successful hand.

Macklin Celebrini scored his 42nd extremity for San Jose to springiness him 108 points this season, the third-most for a teen down Wayne Gretzky’s 137 and Sidney Crosby’s 120.

Kiefer Sherwood besides scored for the Sharks, whose playoff hopes were dealt a large rustle pinch the regularisation loss. San Jose remains 3 points down Nashville and 2 down Los Angeles successful the title for the last wild-card spot successful the Western Conference. The Sharks person 4 games remaining pinch 1 crippled successful manus complete the Predators.

Alex Nedeljkovic made 21 saves for San Jose.

The Oilers scored connected each 3 power-play chances successful the champion capacity for that portion since Leon Draisaitl went down pinch a lower-body wounded connected March 15 aft scoring pinch the man advantage early successful that game. Edmonton had been 3 for 27 connected the powerfulness play successful 10-plus games since Draisaitl’s injury.