{"id":532457,"date":"2026-03-31T07:32:40","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T07:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/532457\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T07:32:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T07:32:40","slug":"celebrini-surpasses-100-points-sharks-defeat-blues-on-gaudettes-late-goal-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/532457\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrini surpasses 100 points, Sharks defeat Blues on Gaudette&#8217;s late goal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wennberg tied it 1-1 with a power-play goal at 8:30. After his attempted pass deflected off the stick of Blues defenseman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/player\/logan-mailloux-8482733\" title=\"Logan Mailloux\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Logan Mailloux<\/a>, Wennberg gathered the puck and put it under Hofer&#8217;s left arm from in front.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It felt like we were moving our feet. We were creating chances down low,&#8221; Wennberg said. &#8220;I would say there&#8217;s some lucky bounces. [You] try to make plays. You get it back, and then a rebound. We talked about it, we got to get in front of the net.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Celebrini made it 2-1 with another on the power play at 13:25 when his wrist shot from between the circles deflected in off the left leg of Mailloux past Hofer&#8217;s left shoulder for his 100th point of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Buchnevich evened the score 2-2 at 16:39. Neighbours picked off <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/player\/dmitry-orlov-8475200\" title=\"Dmitry Orlov\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dmitry Orlov<\/a>&#8216;s pass at San Jose&#8217;s blue line and fed a pass to Buchnevich, who deflected the puck between Askarov&#8217;s pads from the slot.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Disappointing. We left a little on the table. I don&#8217;t think we forced their hand enough into playing the style we want to play. Getting into a track meet-type game, and that&#8217;s the way they like to play,&#8221; Neighbours said.<\/p>\n<p>Celebrini regained the lead for the Sharks, 3-2, while on the power play at 19:04. He chipped in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/player\/nick-leddy-8475181\" title=\"Nick Leddy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nick Leddy<\/a>&#8216;s backhanded centering pass off Hofer&#8217;s blocker and into the net.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It [stinks] when [Leddy] was getting sent down, but now that he&#8217;s up, I think you can see just the way he plays, how solid he is,&#8221; Celebrini said. &#8220;It was nice to see that pass come through.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Wennberg&#8217;s second power-play goal extended it to 4-2 at 10:13 of the second period, sweeping in the rebound of Toffoli&#8217;s chance from in tight past the left pad of Hofer.<\/p>\n<p>Broberg cut the deficit to 4-3 while on the power play at 19:34, burying a snap shot from the slot past a lunging Askarov to the glove side.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We started playing to their goal line. Started possessing pucks in their end. Started creating chaos in their end and got some looks out of it,&#8221; Neighbours said. &#8220;Proud of the way we fought back, but at the end of the day, we don&#8217;t get a point.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Fowler tied it 4-4 with a power-play goal at 12:53 of the third period with a wrist shot from the right circle to the far side.<\/p>\n<p>NOTES: Celebrini is the third player in Sharks history to record 100 points in a season, following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/player\/joe-thornton-8466138\" title=\"Joe Thornton\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joe Thornton<\/a>\u00a0(114 in 2006-07) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/player\/erik-karlsson-8474578\" title=\"Erik Karlsson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Erik Karlsson<\/a>\u00a0(101 in 2022-23). &#8230; Gaudette&#8217;s goal was the latest go-ahead goal for San Jose since March 12, 2019 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/player\/joe-pavelski-8470794\" title=\"Joe Pavelski\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joe Pavelski<\/a>\u00a0at 59:55). &#8230; Lindstein became the fourth Blues skater to score their first NHL goal this season (also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/player\/dalibor-dvorsky-8484164\" title=\"Dalibor Dvorsky\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dalibor Dvorsky<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/player\/hugh-mcging-8481070\" title=\"Hugh McGing\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hugh McGing<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/player\/otto-stenberg-8484230\" title=\"Otto Stenberg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Otto Stenberg<\/a>). The last time St. Louis had as many players score their first goal in the same campaign was 2017-18 (four). &#8230; The Blues are 10-2-2 in their past 14 games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wennberg tied it 1-1 with a power-play goal at 8:30. 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