Edmonton managed just seven shots in the first two periods of Game 5, but scored on two of them. Dwayne Roloson, the veteran trade-deadline pickup who finished with 21 saves, was outstanding behind a penalty-killing unit that held San Jose scoreless on seven power-play opportunities in the first two periods.

Vesa Toskala made just 12 saves on 18 shots for the Sharks, who earned 2-1 victories in the first two games of this series. San Jose had lost in regulation at home just twice since shortly before the Olympic break in early February.

“We’ve made it obviously pretty hard on ourselves,” Sharks coach Ron Wilson said. “You can’t blame Tosk. We gave up 2-on-1’s, a giveaway, a deflection ... very easily correctable mistakes, and we have to hold each other accountable to do things right. We’ve got to work a heck of a lot harder.”

Smyth scored a power-play goal on a rebound in the second period, and generated Edmonton’s short-handed goal in the opening minute of the third by stripping the puck from Patrick Marleau and feeding Horcoff, the hero of Edmonton’s triple-overtime win in Game 3.

Ehrhoff and Cheechoo scored goals 107 seconds apart to breathe life into San Jose — but Pisani and Horcoff capitalized on San Jose’s defensive mistake for an easy goal 2½ minutes later.

Notes: Pisani, who had 18 goals in the regular season, scored one goal in six games in his only previous NHL playoff experience, with the Oilers in 2003. ... Sharks RW Milan Michalek returned to the lineup after missing the two games in Edmonton with an apparent eye injury.

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