COLUMBUS \u2014 Ryan Warsofsky thinks Macklin Celebrini is still playing excellent hockey.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s not just coach-speak, despite Celebrini\u2019s recent mini-slump, two assists in his last six games. No coincidence, Celebrini\u2019s San Jose Sharks have also slipped: They\u2019re on a six-game losing streak that\u2019s pretty much finished their playoff hopes.<\/p>\n
It seems strange to call out what\u2019s basically a two-week cold spell, but such is Celebrini\u2019s importance to San Jose: The Sharks are 1-16-2 when Celebrini doesn\u2019t notch a point.<\/p>\n
Celebrini, however, is still impacting the game on multiple levels, even when he\u2019s not scoring.<\/p>\n
Thursday\u2019s 2-1 OT loss will be remembered for what Macklin Celebrini<\/a> called his misjudgment of the time left on the clock, which caused him to slow down his backcheck of Dylan Holloway, the last-second game-winner. Thought is, the 19-year-old is wearing down, as his sophomore season winds to a close.<\/p>\n We don’t need no stinkin’ shootout. #stlblues<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/waHipmMS8M<\/a><\/p>\n