The San Jose Sharks know a pair of sales tools when they see 'em.

Brent Burns, Joe Thornton, and their famous beards starred in a hilarious new commercial promoting team ticket sales wherein they cheer on another bearded fella in a barbershop.

Thornton screaming "Oil it up, baby!" will forever be funny.

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The Winnipeg Jets are turning back to Ondrej Pavelec.

The club has recalled the veteran goaltender from the Manitoba Moose of the American Hockey League, as announced Tuesday morning.

With Pavelec coming off a miserable 2015-16 season, where he finished with a woeful .904 save percentage in 33 appearances, the Jets decided to roll with a combination of prospect Connor Hellebuyck and backup Michael Hutchinson to begin the season. This meant waiving Pavelec and then sending him to the minor leagues to begin his 10th season with the franchise.

It seemed like the obvious move. With a .941 even-strength save percentage in 26 appearances last season - and performing on a rookie deal - Hellebuyck was clearly the more cost-effective option, especially when factoring in the cap relief the Jets would obtain from burying Pavelec's $4.75-million salary.

Of course, it hasn't worked out as planned. Hellebuyck and Hutchinson have struggled immensely - the Jets are one of five teams with a sub-.900 overall save percentage, and only the Philadelphia Flyers have allowed more goals.

Simply put: the tandem hasn't given them a chance.

Pavelec, meanwhile, has a .917 save rate in 18 appearances for a Moose team with 15 wins from 37 games.

A change is needed in net for the Jets, but, unfortunately, their only option is a netminder who owns the worst statistical performance among those with at least 150 appearances over the last five years. On top of that, Pavelec's return carries with it the forfeiture of cap space.

But as Cap Friendly points out, he'll take up just a little over $1.3 million based on the timing of his recall.

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The Winnipeg Jets are turning back to Ondrej Pavelec.

The club has recalled the veteran goaltender from the Manitoba Moose of the American Hockey League, as announced Tuesday morning.

With Pavelec coming off a miserable 2015-16 season, where he finished with a woeful .904 save percentage in 33 appearances, the Jets decided to roll with a combination of prospect Connor Hellebuyck and backup Michael Hutchinson to begin the season. This meant waiving Pavelec and then sending him to the minor leagues to begin his 10th season with the franchise.

It seemed like the obvious move. With a .941 even-strength save percentage in 26 appearances last season - and performing on a rookie deal - Hellebuyck was clearly the more cost-effective option, especially when factoring in the cap relief the Jets would obtain from burying Pavelec's $4.75-million salary.

Of course, it hasn't worked out as planned. Hellebuyck and Hutchinson have struggled immensely - the Jets are one of five teams with a sub-.900 overall save percentage, and only the Philadelphia Flyers have allowed more goals.

Simply put: the tandem hasn't given them a chance.

Pavelec, meanwhile, has a .917 save rate in 18 appearances for a Moose team with 15 wins from 37 games.

A change is needed in net for the Jets, but, unfortunately, their only option is a netminder who owns the worst statistical performance among those with at least 150 appearances over the last five years. On top of that, Pavelec's return carries with it the forfeiture of cap space.

But as Cap Friendly points out, he'll take up just a little over $1.3 million based on the timing of his recall.

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Jujhar Khaira will want to keep that puck.

The Edmonton Oilers rookie forward scored the first goal of his career during a win over Arizona, and became only the third player of Punjabi descent to hit the back of the net at the NHL level.

With the goal, Khaira - who was selected in the third round of the 2012 NHL Draft - follows in the skate marks of Robin Bawa and Manny Malhotra, and carves a clearer path for those to come.

He's also looking forward to reflecting on the moment with his family.

The Oilers won 3-1, with Khaira's tally holding up as the game-winner. Edmonton's won three in a row and five of eight in the new year.

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The Washington Capitals were feeling pretty good about themselves heading into Monday night's game against their rivals the Pittsburgh Penguins. Not anymore.

The Caps blew a 3-0 lead in a crazy game, eventually losing 8-7 in overtime after coming back from 5-3 and 7-5 deficits.

Washington forward Justin Williams, who scored his 15th of the season, doesn't want to watch tape of the game, but believes lessons can be learned from the loss.

"Tonight was a good reality check just to say, 'You know what? You're not that good,'" Williams said, according to CSN's Tarik El-Bashir. "You still got to work for things.

"We came back multiple times," Williams added. "I'm proud of us for that. But again, crappy game."

Head coach Barry Trotz will take the point after his team allowed eight goals.

"We got a point and we probably didn't deserve to get a point, but we got one," he said.

The Caps remain atop the Metropolitan Division with 64 points, but Columbus has 62 and two games in hand. The Penguins moved to within five points of Washington with a game in hand.

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The Pittsburgh Penguins certainly weren't at a loss for words following Monday's 8-7 overtime victory over the Washington Capitals.

"This was kind of a wacky one," Penguins captain Sidney Crosby said postgame. "Our mindset was right though. Desperation and winning battles all pays off at the end."

The Penguins scored five straight goals in the second period, a frame in which both clubs combined for nine.

"That second period (was) one of the craziest periods I’ve been associated with," Pittsburgh head coach Mike Sullivan told reporters, according to Sam Werner of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. "I don’t even know how to assess it."

Related: Twitter explodes during insane 9-goal 2nd period between Caps, Pens

Evgeni Malkin notched a hat trick in the win, and noted afterward that the game was enjoyable, but not for everybody.

"It's fun for the forwards, but not the goalies," Malkin said.

Penguins netminder Matt Murray and Capitals goalie Braden Holtby likely agreed.

It was the first time an NHL game featured 15 or more combined goals in more than five years, and Murray earned a unique distinction for coming out on top.

The Penguins fell behind 3-0 before rallying with the aforementioned five-goal outburst that turned the game into a track meet. Sullivan seemed happy with the team's response.

"I think the thing we’re most pleased about is the resilience," the head coach said.

"That could have turned into a rout quickly," he added. "And it didn’t. I give our guys a ton of credit for that."

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How'd he do that?

Edmonton Oilers winger Jordan Eberle was presented with a prime opportunity to score his first goal since Dec. 6, only to see Mike Smith of the Arizona Coyotes snag the puck with his glove and thwart the breakaway opportunity.

Save some for All-Star weekend, Mr. Smith.

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What a game.

The final meeting of the regular season between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Washington Capitals proved to be well worth watching, with a handful of the game's 15 goals scored in spectacular fashion.

Here's a look the best five, in chronological order:

Ovi checkin'

Alex Ovechkin took out two Penguins behind the net and gave T.J. Oshie the opportunity to feed Nicklas Backstrom with a spicy backhand dish.

Williams feeling it

Justin Williams kept up his recent point-per-game pace by fending off Ian Cole's defensive attempts and firing the puck past Matt Murray.

Crosby's slap pass

Sidney Crosby appeared to be winding up for a shot, but managed to float the puck between the defender's legs and right onto Conor Sheary's stick.

Malkin's 2nd of 3

Evgeni Malkin recorded his 11th career hat trick in under 11 minutes during the second period. The second of the three was particularly impressive.

Sheary returns the favor

Sheary wanted to make sure Crosby got in on the scoring action, and set up the captain with a picture perfect cross-ice pass.

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