SAN JOSE, Calif., May 9 (UPI) -- San Jose goaltender Vesa Toskala made 24 saves in helping the Sharks to a 2-1 NHL playoff victory over the Edmonton Oilers.
Joe Thornton and Tom Preissing each scored San Jose goals in Monday's game, which gave the Sharks a 2-0 lead over the Oilers in their best-of-seven Western Conference semifinal. Game Three is scheduled for Wednesday in Edmonton.
Dwayne Roloson made 36 saves for Edmonton, which lost its sixth one-goal game of the 2006 playoffs.
Sergei Samsonov tied the score at 1-1 for the Oilers with 4:37 to go in the second period, the only shot to get past Toskala. But shortly after that the Sharks were able to convert a power play. Thornton took a pass from Jonathan Cheechoo and tipped the puck into a wide open right side of the net for what proved to be the game-winner.
The Sharks took a 1-0 lead in the first period with Preissing's first goal of the playoffs.
