“It didn’t happen in warmups,” Warsofsky told SJ Hockey Now after practice in Dallas on Tuesday. “This has been something we’ve been trying to manage here a little bit.”
Celebrini had picked up right where he left off last season for San Jose (2-1-0). The 20-year-old had three assists in a 4-3 overtime win against the Florida Panthers on Thursday before following that up with two assists in a 5-4 overtime win against the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday.
Last season, he ranked fourth in the NHL with 115 points (45 goals, 70 assists) in 82 games.
Selected by the Sharks with the No. 1 pick in the 2024 NHL Draft, Celebrini has 183 points (70 goals, 113 assists) in 154 games.
NHL.com independent correspondents Lou Korac and Max Miller contributed to this report