One other night, one other big win for red-hot Macklin Celebrini and the San Jose Sharks, as they outlasted the Minnesota Wild on the road on Tuesday.
Thanks largely to Celebrini’s performance, the Sharks thwarted Minnesota to the tune of a 2-1 rating. Celebrini assisted on the game-tying goal by Will Smith on the ability play within the third period after which found Collin Graf for the game-winning goal in time beyond regulation.
With those pair of assists against the Wild, the 19-year-old Celebrini became just the third teenager within the history of the NHL to have a minimum of 26 points within the first 17 games of a season, as noted by Josh Dubow of the Associated Press.
Wayne Gretzky had 27 points within the 1980-81 NHL season with the Edmonton Oilers, while Sidney Crosby had 26 in the identical span within the 2006-07 campaign. Nearly twenty years later, Celebrini achieved the identical feat in grand style, because the Sharks prolonged their win streak to 4 games.
Celebrini has also scored a minimum of some extent in all 4 wins, including three multi-point performances. His streak began when he scored a few goals and registered an assist in a 6-1 victory last week over the Seattle Kraken on the road.
Chosen first overall by the Sharks on the 2024 NHL Draft, Celebrini is proving instantly why he had scouts salivating over his hockey potential long before he arrived in The Show. Within the 2024-25 campaign, he had 63 points on the strength of 25 goals and 38 assists. He’s on pace to surpass those numbers this season, as he continues to enhance on the ice for a Sharks team that seems to have a superstar within the making.