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SAN JOSE Boston Bruins Hats Authentic , Calif. (AP) —Oilers responded the right way to a wakeup call after coach Todd McLellan was fired just hours before they took the ice.McDavid scored his 100th career goal and set up Leon Draisaitl’s game-winner 51 seconds into overtime to give the Oilers a 4-3 victory against the San Jose Sharks in Ken Hitchcock’s first game as coach Tuesday night.“That’s what it has to be,” McDavid said. “Anytime you bring in a new coach, that’s kind of the last option I would say before shipping everyone out. This is a chance for us to come together and turn this around.”The Oilers started that process by overcoming three deficits to earn just their second win in eight games.McDavid set up Drake Caggiula’s tying goal early in the third period and then the winner in overtime when his pass ricocheted off defenseman Marc-Edouard Vlasic before hitting Draisaitl’s skate and trickling past goalie Martin Jones.“I was more worried that it was past my bedtime and I wasn’t going to be able to stay up,” Hitchcock said. “I don’t think I’ve seen a third period all year out West. But for me, we just got better and better as the game went on. We got better in the second; we were really good in the third. We really got on the grind.”Ryan Nugent-Hopkins added a short-handed goal and Mikko Koskinen made 22 saves.Joe Thornton assisted on Marcus Sorensen’s goal in the first period to tie Mario Lemieux for 11th place all-time with his 1,033rd helper. Joonas Donskoi and Logan Couture also scored for San Jose.“Tonight’s a disappointing one because I thought if we had gotten a little bit better effort from everybody, from 20 guys, we should have gotten two points,” coach Peter DeBoer said. “We didn’t have enough participants tonight. We didn’t play well enough for long enough stretches. It wasn’t one or two guys, it was almost everybody.”The Sharks took a 3-2 lead in the final minute of the second period when Couture deked Adam Larsson on the rush and beat Koskinen for his first goal in 11 games.But the Oilers responded early in the third when McDavid set up Caggiula on an odd-man rush for the equalizer less than four minutes into the period.“There are too many odd-man rushes,” Couture said. “It wasn’t horrible tonight. It was better than it has been, but still too many. Especially when you are out there against Connor. You can’t give them that many chances. He’s their best player.”The Hitchcock era got off to a rough start for the Oilers, who allowed a goal in the opening minute when Donskoi was left alone in front of the net after a faceoff win by San Jose. Brent Burns’ shot from the point was stopped by Koskinen, but Donskoi was able to backhand the rebound in.McDavid got the equalizer midway through the period when he beat Burns down the slot to take a feed from Draisaitl and knocked it in for his milestone goal. McDavid reached the mark in his 230th game. Only Wayne Gretzky (145 games), Glenn Anderson (183) and Jari Kurri (214) got there faster for the Oilers.Thornton then reached his milestone later in the period when he fed Sorensen from behind the goal line for a one-timer that beat Koskinen.Edmonton tied the game early in the second when Nugent-Hopkins converted a 2-on-1 off a feed from Kyle Brodziak after the Sharks turned the puck over in the offensive zone on a power play.“Obviously it says something about your team, that you need to start playing better Custom Boston Bruins Jerseys ,” Nugent-Hopkins said. “We need to make a push here now. Our last eight or so games haven’t been good enough. I felt tonight we responded well, so we just have to keep that going.”NOTES: McDavid has 31 points, becoming the first Oilers player to reach 30 in 21 or fewer games since Mark Messier did it in 19 games in 1989-90. … Thornton needs seven assists to tie Marcel Dionne for 10th place. … F Tomas Hertl returned to the Sharks lineup after missing two games with a lower-body injury.UP NEXTOilers: Visit the Anaheim Ducks on Friday.Sharks: Host the Vancouver Canucks on Friday. TAMPA, Fla. (AP) Steven Stamkos had two goals and three assists for a career-high five points and added a shootout goal in the Tampa Bay Lightning’s 7-6 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday.Brayden Point also scored in the shootout to help Tampa Bay improve to 6-0-1 in its past seven.Victor Hedman had two goals and two assists and tied his career high with four points. Nikita Kucherov returned after missing two games because of an injury and added three assists.Dan Girardi and J.T. Miller also scored for Tampa Bay. Andrei Vasilevskiy finished with 37 saves, including four in overtime. Ivan Provorov had a goal and two assists for the Flyers, Claude Giroux, Nolan Patrick and Jakub Voracek each had a goal and an assist, and Robert Hagg also scored.CAPITALS 5, MAPLE LEAFS 2ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) – Alex Ovechkin moved closer to 600 goals and Washington put on an offensive showcase in beating Toronto outdoors at the U.S. Naval Academy.Ovechkin scored his 40th goal of the season and 598th of his career. Evgeny Kuznetsov, Nicklas Backstrom, John Carlson and Jakub Vrana also scored for Washington, which hardly looked like a team that had recently lost four of six to shrink its large lead atop the Metropolitan Division.The Capitals got 27 saves from Braden Holtby in their second consecutive victory. They improved to 3-0-0 in outdoor games.The Capitals were lights out well before the lights went out at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, a power surge that caused a roughly 15-minute delay midway through the third period. The lopsided margin sent many fans to the exits at the second intermission, though some of those remaining used their cellphones to light the stadium during the extended stoppage.Ovechkin became the sixth player in NHL history with at least nine 40-goal seasons, joining Wayne Gretzky www.officialsabres.com , Marcel Dionne, Mario Lemieux, Mike Gartner and Mike Bossy. Carlson got first-star honors with a goal and two assists.Maple Leafs goalie Frederik Andersen was chased 11:10 into the second period.PENGUINS 3, ISLANDERS 2 OTPITTSBURGH (AP) – Sidney Crosby finished off a 2-on-1 by burying a shot past Chris Gibson 3:48 into overtime in Pittsburgh’s victory over New York.Derick Brassard’s first goal with Pittsburgh tied it with less than nine minutes to go in regulation. The Penguins killed off a penalty early in the extra period before Crosby’s 22nd goal of the season helped Pittsburgh snap a three-game losing streak.Patric Hornqvist added his 18th goal of the season, and Phil Kessel had two assists to become the sixth American-born player to reach 400. Tristan Jarry overcame an ugly start to finish with 25 saves.Brandon Davidson scored his first goal with New York since being acquired in a trade last week, and Anders Lee added his team-leading 31st.BRUINS 2, CANADIENS 1, OTBOSTON (AP) – Brad Marchand scored 2:06 into overtime to lift Boston over Montreal.Jake DeBrusk tied it for the Bruins with 2:45 left in regulation. Boston won its third straight and completed a four-game sweep of the season series with the Canadiens for the first time since 1994-95.Anton Khudobin made 27 saves for Boston, allowing only Brendan Gallagher’s goal.BLACKHAWKS 5, KINGS 3LOS ANGELES (AP) – Jonathan Toews broke a tie on a power play with 1:58 left and Chicago beat Los Angeles to snap a seven-game road losing streak.Chicago tied it with 5:36 to go when Los Angeles’ Derek Forbort failed to clear the puck in front of the net, instead sending it right to Vinnie Hinostroza for a shot past goalie past Jonathan Quick.Then, with Los Angeles’ Tanner Pearson off for hooking, Toews beat Quick for his 17th of the season.Patrick Kane added an empty-net goal for Chicago, Jordan Oesterle and Artem Anisimov also scored, and Anton Forsberg made 29 saves. Pearson, Alec Martinez and Alex Iafallo scored for the Kings.COYOTES 2 Buffalo Sabres T-Shirts Authentic , SENATORS 1GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) – Antti Raanta made 23 saves and Arizona rallied to beat Ottawa.Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Jordan Martinook scored to help NHL-worst Arizona improve to 8-2-1 in its last 11 games.Jean-Gabriel Pageau scored his second goal in two nights for Ottawa, and Mike Condon made 25 saves. The Senators have lost six of their last seven games.STARS 3, BLUES 2, OTDALLAS (AP) – Jamie Benn scored 3:04 into overtime to lift Dallas past St. Louis.Benn scored from the high slot after Alexander Radulov pulled Dallas even with 2:56 remaining in regulation. Tyler Pitlick also scored for Dallas, and Ben Bishop stopped 35 shots.Jaden Schwartz and Ivan Barbashev scored for St. Louis. The Blues have lost eight of nine.RANGERS 3, OILERS 2EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) – Mika Zibanejad had a goal and an assist, and Alexander Georgiev made 35 saves for his first NHL win as the resurgent New York Rangers held off Edmonton.Chris Kreider and Paul Carey also scored for the Rangers (30-30-6), who swept a three-game road trip through Western Canada that followed their seven-game losing streak. After trading away several veteran stars, including captain Ryan McDonagh and forward Rick Nash, leading up to Monday’s deadline, the rebuilding Rangers – tied for last place in the Metropolitan Division – are just three points out of a playoff spot in the crowded Eastern Conference race.Connor McDavid and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored for the disappointing Oilers (27-34-4), who have lost three in a row.Georgiev made his third career start in place of No. 1 goalie Henrik Lundqvist, rested on the second night of a back-to-back after two straight 50-save wins.—