Sharks skate past Oilers, ’Canes clip Jackets

Mikkel Boedker, who had three goals all season, scored three in the first two periods to give the San Jose Sharks a lead they would never relinquish in a 5-3 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday. Boedker had three goals on his first three shots, scoring at 1:39 of the first period and 2:24 and 8:55 of the second. It was his fourth career hat trick.

Brent Burns also scored in the first period for the Sharks, who led 2-1 after one period and 4-1 after two.

The Oilers launched a fierce rally in the third period to turn a blowout into a nail biter. Defenseman Matt Benning put a wrist shot past Martin Jones before defenseman Oscar Klefbom cut the deficit to 4-3.

San Jose’s Logan Couture stopped the bleeding with a breakaway goal. Drake Caggiula scored Edmonton’s first period goal. Elsewhere around the NHL, Jordan Staal scored on a strange deflection to break a third-period tie as the Carolina Hurricanes produced a 5-3 victory against the Columbus Blue Jackets.

Staal’s goal came from Elias Lindholm’s shot deflecting off Staal’s mid-section and the puck ending up in the net.

Jeff Skinner, Derek Ryan and Brock McGinn scored in the second period for the Hurricanes, while Victor Rask added an empty-net goal with 20 seconds to play.

Cam Atkinson, Josh Anderson and Brandon Saad scored for Columbus (28-8-4), who have the NHL’s best record but lost for the third time in the last four games after winning 16 in a row.

Also, Duncan Keith scored a power-play goal 38 seconds into overtime and Corey Crawford made 33 saves as the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Detroit Red Wings 4-3.

Keith’s game-winner came after the Blackhawks began overtime with an extra-man advantage after Detroit’s Justin Abdelkader was sent off for boarding late in the third period.

Crawford helped preserve the 3-3 tie in the third period with several key saves, including one after he turned the puck over before sliding back into the crease to knock down a Frans Nielsen shot on goal.