Celebrini’s 2 points help San Jose Sharks dump Vancouver Canucks 6-3

Published 10:45 pm Saturday, December 27, 2025

Igor Chernyshov’s first NHL goal stood up as the winner, lifting the San Jose Sharks to a 6-3 win over the Vancouver Canucks in NHL action Saturday at Rogers Arena.

Ryan Reaves, John Klingberg, William Eklund, Macklin Celebrini and Collin Graf also scored for San Jose (18-17-3), with Yaroslav Askarov stopping 23 shots for the win in goal.

Linus Karlsson, Marco Rossi and Drew O’Connor for Vancouver (15-19-3), while Conor Garland and Filip Hronek had two assists each. Thatcher Demko stopped 31 of the 36 shots he faced and took the netminding loss.

Sharks tough guy Reaves opened the scoring at 6:11 of the first period, bulling through Vancouver defenceman Tom Willander to tap in a loose puck in the crease as Demko was attempting to cover it with his blocker.

Klingberg made it 2-0 less than two minutes later when his wrist shot from the point found its way past Demko. On the play, San Jose centre Celebrini, who won the faceoff back to Klingberg, extended his point-scoring streak to seven games. He has 14 points in that span.

Vancouver pulled within 2-1 at 10:04, when Karlsson scored his eighth of the year on the power play, converting a nifty cross-crease pass from Garland.

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San Jose held a 10-8 shots on goal advantage after one period.

Eklund scored the only goal of the season period, getting credit when Vancouver’s Marco Rossi knocked the puck out of mid-air into the goal behind Demko at 12:38.

Vancouver pulled within one at 3-2 just 36 seconds into the third period, when Rossi’s shot from the slot deflected off Askarov’s blocker up into the air and then into the net. Rossi now has five goals on the season.

Chernyshov scored his first NHL goal, off a nice pass from Adam Gaudette, on the power play at 4:47 to restore San Jose’s two-goal lead at 4-2.

At 10:43, O’Connor tallied a shorthanded goal, breaking down the left wing and beating Askarov glove-side for his ninth of the year to bring Vancouver within one again at 4-3.

Celebrini, a North Vancouver product, took a feed from Chernyshov and ripped a shot from the left circle past Demko to make it 5-3 at 16:20. Celebrini has 20 goals on the year.

With 3:05 to go, Graf scored into an empty net to finish the scoring at 6-3.

The Canucks visit the Seattle Kraken Monday (7 p.m.).

NOTES: Vancouver forward Filip Chytil remains in concussion protocol, but skated with the team for the first time since Oct. 19. There was no word on when he might return to the lineup… The game marked the first time that Rossi, Zeev Buium and Liam Öhgren played before the home fans for Vancouver. They were acquired in a blockbuster trade for then Canucks captain Quinn Hughes, but played their first five games as Canucks on the road, then had a Christmas break… Centre Elias Pettersson (upper body injury) returned to the Vancouver lineup for the first time since Dec. 5… The Canucks are now 4-11-1 at home this season… Celebrini had eight shots on goal and 15 shot attempts… The Canucks were 1-for-4 on the power play, while the Sharks were 1-for-5… San Jose ended a nine-game losing skid in Vancouver, with their last win at Rogers Arena coming on Feb. 11, 2019.