{"id":532329,"date":"2026-03-31T05:21:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T05:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/532329\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T05:21:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T05:21:25","slug":"san-jose-sharks-macklin-celebrini-reaches-100-points-in-game-vs-st-louis-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/532329\/","title":{"rendered":"San Jose Sharks’ Macklin Celebrini reaches 100 points in game vs. St. Louis"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN JOSE \u2013 It didn\u2019t take long for San Jose Sharks center Macklin Celebrini<\/a> on Monday to reach a major single-season milestone.<\/p>\n

Celebrini assisted on Alex Wennberg\u2019s power play goal at the 8:25 mark of the first period and scored his own goal<\/a> on the man advantage 4:55 later to give him 100 points on the season and the Sharks an early 2-1 lead over the St. Louis Blues<\/a> at SAP Center.<\/p>\n

Celebrini, who entered Monday with 98 points in 71 games, then scored his second goal with 56 seconds left in the first period off a nice assist from Nick Leddy, giving the second-year forward a three-point first period and the Sharks a 3-2 lead.<\/p>\n

With the scoring outburst, Celebrini became just the third player<\/a> in the 35-year history of the Sharks organization to reach 100 points. Joe Thornton had 114 points in 2006-07, and Erik Karlsson had 101 points in 2022-23, when he won his third Norris Trophy as the NHL\u2019s best defenseman.<\/p>\n

Celebrini joins Wayne Gretzky, Dale Hawerchuk, Mario Lemieux, Jimmy Carson, and Sidney Crosby as the only teenagers<\/a> in NHL history to record 100 points in a single season.<\/p>\n

Chants of \u201cMVP, MVP\u201d echoed throughout SAP Center after both of Celebrini\u2019s goals, his 37th and 38th of the season.<\/p>\n

MVP chants at the Tank \ud83d\udd0a pic.twitter.com\/NJFJO5CQE7<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Sharks on NBCS (@NBCSSharks) March 31, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

Celebrini, 19, entered Monday as the NHL\u2019s fourth-leading scorer, trailing only Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid (124 points), Tampa Bay Lightning winger Nikita Kucherov (121 points), and Colorado Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon (117 points).<\/p>\n

The Blues had been the NHL\u2019s stingiest team since the Olympic break ended in late February, allowing a league-low 1.53 goals per game in 15 games. Goalie Joel Hofer, in that time, had a 7-0-2 record and a stellar .959 save percentage with two shutouts before Monday.<\/p>\n

In 14 games before March, the Sharks had averaged 2.71 goals per game, ranking 27th in the NHL. They had just five even-strength goals in their last five games before Monday.<\/p>\n

Celebrini had just one point, an assist, in five games between March 17 and 26. But he had a goal and an assist in the Sharks\u2019 3-2 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday, forming a dangerous line with wingers Will Smith and Igor Chernyshov, who scored twice in the victory. The Sharks are 1-16-2 this season when Celebrini has been held without a point.<\/p>\n

After going 1-1-1 on last week\u2019s three-game road trip, the Sharks came into Monday four points back of the Nashville Predators for the second and final wild card spot in the Western Conference, with three games in hand.<\/p>\n

Please check back for updates to this story.<\/p>\n

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