By Ivan Makarov

SAN JOSE, CA — It was a wild game at the SAP Center on Tuesday night when Sharks faced Edmonton Oilers. While it turned out a 5-4 victory for the home team, it wasn’t a game that the Sharks were proud of, having lost a two-goal lead in the game, and having have to come back from behind to earn the two points.

“It was a bittersweet win,” said Todd McLellan after the game. “It was nice to see us come back and score five, and the power play contributed. Those types of things are nice but I’m going to leave the rink a little more frustrated than excited. I’m sure some of the players will leave that way too.”

It all started well for the Sharks, with a quick goal just 3:11 into the game. It was Sharks fourth line putting the pressure on the opposing top line inside the Oilers zone that resulted in the turnover picked up by Jason Demers. He skated deeper into the zone and passed it to Tyler Kennedy on the ring wing. Sharks forward took the shot and Andrew Desjardins scored his third goal of the season on a rebound. But the Sharks went into a deep sleep for the next 10 minutes and had a stretch of no shots that lasted that long. Oilers in the meantime tied the game on apower play when Taylor Hall scored with a snap shot from the face-off circle. But Sharks began playing again as the period was ending and Dan Boyle put them ahead when he scored on a wrist shot from the top of the right circle, scoring his 11th goal of the season.

Sharks took 3-1 lead in the second period on a goal by Tommy Wingels. They looked confident for a while creating all kind of chances inside the Oilers territory and should have put the game away. But the game took a surprising turn when Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Jordan Eberle scored two quick goals within 30 seconds of each other and tied the game at 3-3 heading into second intermission.

Oilers then took the 4-3 lead in the third period 6:16 into it when Nugent-Hopkins scored his second of the night from close range after getting a quick pass from Jordan Eberle who made a great play skating around Matt Irwin inside Sharks zone.

The goal seemed to have woken up the Sharks one more time. They started played with more urgency and speed, finishing their checks and dominating puck possession.

The change have paid off, and they not only tied the game when Brent Burns scored in front of the empty net after across the crease pass from Joe Thornton, but when they took the lead three minutes later as Patrick Marleau scored just 6 seconds into the power play, his 32nd on the season.

While they earned the two important point, coach wasn’t happy.

“We weren’t where we needed to be. We gave up too much, we were sloppy. We will not trusting each other. To play the system, we’ve got to fix that quickly before the playoffs roll around. Before Thursday gets here. We are going to face a very good team [LA Kings], that plays a disciplined game, that plays for the full sixty. They don’t take many off, so we have to get fixed over the next day or two.”