MINNEAPOLIS \u2014 In another season, this is a game that the Sharks might have given up for lost.<\/p>\n
Down 1-0 going into the third period, but dominated in the middle frame by the Minnesota Wild, the Sharks looked like they were running on fumes.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s something we talked about after the second period, probably in years past, we punted this game and just moved on and took the loss,\u201d Sharks head coach Ryan Warsofsky said. \u201cWhether it\u2019s 2-0 or whatever it was.\u201d<\/p>\n
This isn\u2019t years past.<\/p>\n
The Sharks now appear to have a bona fide superstar in Macklin Celebrini, and they\u2019re getting elite goaltending from Yaroslav Askarov.<\/p>\n
Celebrini was bottled up for two periods and in the midst of one of his worst performances of the season. But in a mark of greatness, the Wild gave him a sliver of space in the third period and OT, and the 2024 No. 1 pick made brilliant passes to Will Smith and Collin Graf to win the game.<\/p>\n
Askarov has been willing the Sharks to wins in November, 4-0-0 with a .963 Save % so far this month, and in three of his last four victories, against the Colorado Avalanche, Florida Panthers, and Wild, San Jose has been soundly outshot.<\/p>\n