Edmonton Oilers at San Jose Sharks: game preview
EdmontonOilers2026-27: 2-0-1 · 5 pts · 2025-26: 41-30-11 · 93 pts · 14that
San JoseSharks2026-27: 2-1-0 · 4 pts · 2025-26: 39-35-8 · 86 pts · 24thSeven points apart last season
Edmonton finished last season 14th in the league on 93 points. San Jose finished 24th on 86, and the 2025-26 season series went EDM 3-1-0.
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Meeting number 163
Across 162 completed games, Edmonton lead the head-to-head 86-60-16.
Last 5 meetings
See all: Last 5 meetings →The table on each 2025-26 meeting night
League rank after that night's games; a longer bar is a higher place. On 29 Jan 2026, Edmonton were 12th in the league and San Jose 21st. By 8 Apr 2026 it was 13th and 23rd.
Edmonton out-attempted San Jose 281 to 252
Every attempt from the last meetings, both teams shooting right.
Edmonton Oilers
San Jose Sharks
Edmonton have created the better chances, last 10 games
Shot quality both ways: expected goals weigh every unblocked attempt by its chance of scoring. Finishing above zero means more goals than the chances.
This season: 3 games for Edmonton, 3 for San Jose. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
Last 10 games: 10 games for Edmonton, 10 for San Jose.
2025-26: 82 games for Edmonton, 82 for San Jose.
Power play and penalty kill, season and series
This season's rates first, then 2025-26 and the last meetings between the two. Power-play chances are counted from the penalty log with coincidental minors cancelled; faceoffs are each club's wins over draws taken.
All bars share one scale · 0–100%SeasonLast meetings
Edmonton
Small sampleSan Jose
Small sampleConnor McDavid has 12 points in the last 5 meetings
Each club's top three forwards and defencemen by points this season, with 2025-26 one tap away, then who has produced in the last meetings.
Connor McDavid vs San Jose · game by game
See all: Connor McDavid vs San Jose · game by game →Who has stopped this matchup
Save percentage in the last meetings by goalie. Starters are confirmed on game day.
Edmonton crease
EDM · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 20 Jan
San Jose crease
SJS · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 20 Jan
Two goalies used against Edmonton
Scoring rates point to about 7.0 goals
No total is posted yet: it arrives with the game-day prices. Until then, the scoring rates and the recent meetings set the range.
Goals in the last 5 meetings
Bar length is total goals, coloured by the winner.
Scoring rates
Edmonton5.674.673.443.28
San Jose3.004.003.063.56Goals for and against per game. The estimate averages each team’s scoring with the other’s goals allowed, and leans on 2025-26 until a team has played 20 games.
15 on the injury lists
Edmonton · injuries
San Jose · injuries
Latest moves
See all: Latest moves →Placed F Ryan Nugent-Hopkins on injured reserve. Placed D Alec Regula on long-term injured reserve. Recalled F Josh Samanski under emergency conditions.
Placed G Matt Tomkins on waivers for the purpose of assignment to Bakersfield (AHL).
Loaned D Tomas Cibulka, Fs Connor Clattenburg, Quinn Hutson, Viljami Marjala, William Nicholl and Aku Raty and G Connor Ungar to Bakersfield (AHL). Waived for the purpose of assignment to Bakersfield Ds Josh Brown and Riley Stillman and F Eduards Tralmaks.
Placed C Patrick Giles on waivers.
Placed G Ilya Samsonov on waivers.
Placed RW Ethan Cardwell, D Libor Hajek and LW Tye Felhaber on waivers.
Edmonton · 2026 draft
See all: Edmonton · 2026 draft →San Jose · 2026 draft
See all: San Jose · 2026 draft →Saturday 23 January · the full slate
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