Celebrini completes hat trick in overtime as Sharks beat Utah Mammoth

SAN JOSE Macklin Celebrini scored at the mark of overtime to complete his third career hat trick to give the San Jose Sharks a - win over the Utah Mammoth on Tuesday at SAP Center Handling the puck near the blue line and with the Sharks on a power play Celebrini fired the puck past Utah goalie Vitek Vanecek for his th goal of the season The Sharks had a two-goal lead but allowed two third-period goals to JJ Peterka including the tying goal with left in regulation Celebrini also scored even-strength goals at the and marks of the first period for his th and th goals of the season Askarov had saves in the first two periods and more in the third but a shot by Peterka from feet away got between the goalie s upper body and left arm to tie the championship - Coming into Tuesday Askarov has been the NHL s best goalie over the past two weeks with a save percentage and a - - record in his last five games According to Sportradar Askarov is the first goalie since the - season when the NHL began tracking such statistics to have a save percentage that high over a five-game stretch without a shutout After Peterka scored at the mark of the third period to cut the Sharks lead to - the Mammoth thought they had tied the match with left in regulation But it was ruled on the ice that the Mammoth had interfered with Askarov a call that was upheld after a coach s challenge by Utah The Sharks were coming off a - - road trip that finished with losses to the Calgary Flames and Seattle Kraken and they didn t total a -on- goal in any of the three games Celebrini solved that trouble with a lightning-fast start against the Mammoth After the Sharks created a turnover inside their own zone Will Smith started a rush the other way and got the puck to Celebrini who carried it into the Utah zone He then got the puck to Philipp Kurashev who retrieved it behind the Mammoth net Kurashev then sent it out front to Smith who snapped a pass across the slot to Celebrant The -year-old took a moment before he fired it past Utah goalie Vitek Vanecek for his th of the season into the contest Just later Celebrini broke up a Mammoth pass inside the Sharks to set up another rush Sharks winger Collin Graf picked up the loose puck and sent it ahead to Celebrini who went in alone on Vanecek and beat his former San Jose teammate five-hole for a - San Jose lead Celebrini s second goal which came on a breakaway after a pass from Collin Graf represented his th point of the season the the greater part for any Sharks player through the first games of the season Before Tuesday Celebrini was third in the NHL with points in games which was also the third-most ever by a teenager through games trailing only Sidney Crosby in - and Wayne Gretzky in - He in recent times tied Crosby and Gretzky for fewest games needed by a teenager to reach points in a season Nov