The San Jose Sharks dug themselves out of a two-goal hole in the third period Wednesday night en route to a 4-3 shootout victory over the Edmonton Oilers that ended San Jose's five-game road losing streak.

Two goals by Logan Couture and one that tied the game at 3-3 by Tommy Wingels provided the San Jose offense in regulation, and the Oilers got goals from Sam Gagner, Shawn Horcoff and Ryan Jones. In the shootout, Couture and Dan Boyle scored for San Jose, and Jordan Eberle was the only shooter to get the puck past Sharks goalie Antti Niemi.

"He gets excited to play here in Edmonton," Sharks coach Todd McLellan said of Couture. "I don't know why, but six shots on goal, a couple goals, a shootout goal - an amazing shot there."

Though the Sharks held a two-point edge on Edmonton in the tightly bunched Western Conference standings entering the game, the two teams were heading in opposite directions. The Oilers were 3-0-1 in their last four, while San Jose had only one victory in its previous seven games.

"For us, it's been awhile since we won on the road," McLellan said. "It still took a comeback in the third period and a shootout to do it, but I liked the way we played for most of the game."

Edmonton opened the scoring with a power-play goal, as Gagner's seeing-eye shot from the left faceoff circle beat Niemi at 10:47 of the first period.

But the Sharks showed good perseverance around the net to tie the score at 1-1 when Couture threw the puck toward Oilers netminder Devan Dubnyk and it caromed into the crease off Edmonton defenseman Mark Fistric's skate at 14:19.

Marty Havlat earned an assist on that goal, but in the second period he put San Jose in jeopardy when he complained about a questionable interference penalty and earned an extra two minutes for unsportsmanlike conduct, plus a 10-minute misconduct.

The Sharks killed off the two minors but later fell behind 2-1 when Oilers defenseman Nick Schultz exited the penalty box and helped set up an odd-man rush that ended with Horcoff's goal at 12:07.

Edmonton made it a 3-1 game early in the third period when Jones stole the puck from Matt Irwin behind the San Jose net and tucked in a wraparound at 4:07.

Still, the Sharks were able to tie the game a little more than five minutes later.

Couture's second of the night came on a power-play shot at 6:50 from the right faceoff circle on a play that started when he dug the puck out from a pile of players in front of the Edmonton net. And Wingels tied it at 9:15 after TJ Galiardi won a battle along the boards and set up Wingels for a 33-foot wrist shot.

- Multiple sources say the New York Rangers are interested in acquiring Dan Boyle before the April 3 trade deadline, and Wednesday the Sharks defenseman acknowledged it's impossible for a player not to be aware of what's in the rumor mill.

"I've got friends texting me and emailing," Boyle said. "I do the best I can to keep it out, but I don't like hearing that stuff."

Boyle, whose contract gives him some control over where he could be traded, made it clear he wants to stay in San Jose.

"This is where I want to be," he said of the Sharks. "I don't want to be anywhere else. . . . It's not fun to hear it."