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Oilers beat Sharks 3–1: third-period goals secure a fourth straight win
McDavid reaches 13 points and Celebrini scores on his return. The decisive goals came in the third period, not the second.
Edmonton beat San Jose 3–1 on October 10, extending its winning run to four games. Connor McDavid added an assist for his 13th point of the season, while Macklin Celebrini scored in his return to the Sharks lineup. The Associated Press report and Field Level Media agree on the result and the third-period scoring sequence.
Two goals turned a one-goal lead into three
Mattias Ekholm opened the scoring at 12:37 of the first period. Vasily Podkolzin made it 2–0 at 3:13 of the third, assisted by McDavid. Alex Formenton followed with a backhand goal at 5:40, before Celebrini answered at 11:19.
Field Level Media reports that Edmonton did not put a shot on goal in the second period until 6:09 remained, and Celebrini hit the post with five seconds left in that period. That puts the third-period goals in context: the Oilers had not established a three-goal advantage during the quiet second.
Keep season totals separate from this game
AP identifies Podkolzin’s goal as his fifth of the season and McDavid’s assist as his tenth. McDavid’s 13 points are his season total, not points scored in this game. Tristan Jarry made 19 saves; San Jose’s Yaroslav Askarov made 17.
The four-game winning streak describes consecutive completed wins. That is a different measure from a player’s point total or a team’s points streak. Keep each label with its number rather than treating a season total as this game’s performance.
Celebrini’s return and the next scheduled games
Celebrini had missed two games with a lower-body injury. AP calls Saturday’s goal his first of the season. A scoring return establishes what happened in this game; it does not establish a medical prognosis or guarantee availability for every subsequent match.
AP lists Edmonton’s next game at Los Angeles on Tuesday night and San Jose’s next at home against Boston that night. Those are upcoming fixtures, not results. For a replay, follow the period and elapsed-time labels above; don’t confuse a scoring timestamp with time remaining.
