{"id":497861,"date":"2026-03-11T08:28:49","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T08:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/497861\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T08:28:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T08:28:49","slug":"macklin-celebrini-enters-wayne-gretzky-sidney-crosby-nhl-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/497861\/","title":{"rendered":"Macklin Celebrini enters Wayne Gretzky, Sidney Crosby NHL club"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The incredible 2025-26 NHL season continues for <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nhl\/san-jose-sharks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">San Jose Sharks<\/a> star Macklin Celebrini.<\/p>\n<p>With his goal in the first period of Tuesday night&#8217;s game <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nhl\/san-jose-sharks\/sharks-news-sabres-lindy-ruff-bomb-preparing-macklin-celebrini\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">against the Buffalo Sabres<\/a> on the road at KeyBank Center in Buffalo, the 19-year-old Celebrini joined an extremely exclusive club.<\/p>\n<p>That goal was Celebrini&#8217;s 90th point of the season, making him just the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NHL\/status\/2031514650546700545\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">third teenager<\/a> in NHL history to reach that scoring level in 62 games or fewer, according to a social media post by the league on X (formerly Twitter).<\/p>\n<p>Crosby did it in 54 games during the 2006-07 campaign, while Gretzky pulled that off in 56 games during the 1979-80 season.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a look at Celebrini&#8217;s goal off an assist from Will Smith:<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">That&#8217;s \u203c\ufe0f90\u203c\ufe0f points on the year for Mack. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TheFutureIsTeal?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#TheFutureIsTeal<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AgSb416RTC\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/AgSb416RTC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 San Jose Sharks (@SanJoseSharks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SanJoseSharks\/status\/2031513889608020184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 10, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>That was also Celebrini&#8217;s 33rd goal of the season. The first-overall pick in the 2024 NHL Draft, has already surpassed his totals in his rookie season in the 2024-25 campaign, where he had 25 goals and 38 assists for 63 points in 70 games.<\/p>\n<p>Celebrini&#8217;s improvement in the NHL is <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nhl\/san-jose-sharks\/sharks-news-macklin-celebrini-incredible-praise-wyatt-johnston\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">getting scarier for Sharks rivals<\/a>. He is on the right path to superstar status, but he&#8217;s already one in the eyes of San Jose fans. Celebrini, who will turn 20 in June, has been a huge reason the Sharks are turning things around after years of playoff irrelevance.<\/p>\n<p>The Sharks, who have not been to the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs since 2019, are still fighting for a spot in the postseason. They entered Tuesday fifth in the Pacific Division with 66 points, but just a point behind the Seattle Kraken for the final spot in the Western Conference&#8217;s wild-card picture.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The incredible 2025-26 NHL season continues for San Jose Sharks star Macklin Celebrini. 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