{"id":775,"date":"2025-10-13T07:11:19","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T07:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/775\/"},"modified":"2025-10-13T07:11:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T07:11:19","slug":"san-jose-sharks-macklin-celebrini-lose-to-anaheim-ducks-in-overtime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/775\/","title":{"rendered":"San Jose Sharks, Macklin Celebrini lose to Anaheim Ducks in overtime"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN JOSE \u2013 Structure and discipline took most of the night off Saturday when the San Jose Sharks played the Anaheim Ducks<\/a> at SAP Center.<\/p>\n

Exciting for fans, not so much for coaches.<\/p>\n

The Sharks and Ducks combined for nine goals, including four on the power play, and eight minor penalties through the first two periods, a reasonably accurate good indication that this was in the second game of the season<\/a> for both teams.<\/p>\n

But after allowing a game-tying goal to Chris Kreider with 51 seconds left in regulation time, the Sharks allowed the game-winning goal to Leo Carlsson at the 46-second mark of overtime in a 7-6 loss to the Ducks.<\/a><\/p>\n

On the play, Macklin Celebrini had the puck inside the Ducks\u2019 blue line and tried to put it through Carlsson\u2019s skates. Instead, Carlsson stopped it before Mikael Granlund grabbed the loose puck. Granlund then fed Carlsson, who streaked into the Sharks\u2019 zone and fired a shot past goalie Yaroslav Askarov to hand the Sharks another bitter loss to start the season.<\/p>\n

\u201c(Carlsson) was coming out with probably more speed than I thought, and I kind of found myself in a position where I felt I needed to try to make a move,\u201d Celebrini said. \u201cHe had a good angle, and it can\u2019t happen. I can\u2019t turn over the puck there. I can\u2019t give up that chance for them.<\/p>\n

\u201cLive to fight another day sometimes, and that\u2019s a mistake that I\u2019m gonna have to sleep on.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jeff Skinner\u2019s goal with 14:26 left in regulation time gave the Sharks a 6-4 lead at the 5:34 mark of the third period. But San Jose continued to play loose, carefree hockey, and allowed three unanswered goals for their second straight heartbreaking loss.<\/a><\/p>\n

The Sharks lost 4-3 to the Golden Knights on Thursday as a pair of gaffes by goalie Alex Nedeljkovic allowed Vegas to score late in the third period and early in overtime.<\/p>\n

Against the Ducks, the Sharks, per Natural Stat Trick,<\/a> gave up 20 high-danger chances and created only seven.<\/p>\n

Celebrini and Will Smith had three assists each, and goalie Yaroslav Askarov finished with 36 saves. The Sharks were outshot 43-23.<\/p>\n

Tyler Toffoli, Ryan Reaves, Mario Ferraro, John Klingberg, and Adam Gaudette also scored for the Sharks, with Klingberg and Gaudette\u2019s goals coming on the power play in the second period.<\/p>\n

Three takeaways from the Sharks\u2019 game on Saturday, before a second straight announced sellout crowd.<\/p>\n

POWER PLAY MAKES AN IMPACT<\/p>\n

The Sharks ranked 26th in the NHL last season on the power play. Considering the Sharks added Klingberg to run the point with the man advantage. They added Skinner, Philipp Kurashev, and Dmitry Orlov as second-unit options; the Sharks should be better on the power play this season.<\/p>\n

Klingberg scored on a two-man advantage at the 10:34 mark of the second period, and Gaudette, who scored three of his 19 goals on the power play last season, made it 5-3 Sharks at the 17:14 mark of the second.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a good thing the Sharks took advantage of their power plays, as Anaheim was essentially the better team during 5-on-5 play through the first two-plus periods.<\/p>\n

ASKAROV\u2019S NIGHT<\/p>\n

Askarov was making his first start of the season after Nedeljkovic had, shall we say, an adventurous start on Thursday against the Golden Knights.<\/p>\n

Askarov\u2019s last game came in the preseason when the Sharks lost 6-4 to the Utah Mammoth. Askarov wasn\u2019t at his best in the first period as the Mammoth scored four times, but he looked much more comfortable in the second period after his teammates woke up from their early slumber.<\/p>\n

Saturday\u2019s game followed a similar pattern, as the Sharks were outshot 11-2 over the final 10 minutes of the first period. Askarov gave up a questionable goal to Cutter Gauthier at the 11:53 mark of the first, as the Ducks forward\u2019s shot went through the goalie\u2019s seven-hole, but he finished with 13 saves in the opening 20 minutes.<\/p>\n

Askarov didn\u2019t have much of a chance on a power play goal by Chris Kreider on a rebound late in the second period, or on Gauthier\u2019s third-period goal as he redirected a shot from the point by Mason McTavish at the 10:29 mark.<\/p>\n

THIRD LINE MAKES IMPACT<\/p>\n

The Sharks\u2019 third line, with center Ty Dellandrea and wingers Skinner and Collin Graf, had another positive night. While Celebrini\u2019s line and Alexander Wennberg\u2019s line had an uneven night at even strength, while facing a bigger workload, Dellandrea and company outchanced their opponents at even strength.<\/p>\n

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