{"id":536175,"date":"2026-04-02T07:24:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T07:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/536175\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T07:24:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T07:24:34","slug":"celebrini-ties-it-late-then-sets-up-wennbergs-winner-as-the-sharks-beat-the-ducks-4-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/536175\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrini ties it late then sets up Wennberg&#8217;s winner as the Sharks beat the Ducks 4-3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) \u2014 Macklin Celebrini tied the game with less than two minutes to play then assisted on Alexander Wennberg&#8217;s winning goal with 31 seconds left to complete a four-point game as the San Jose Sharks beat the Anaheim Ducks 4-3 on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>With two goals and two assists, Celebrini now has 40 goals and 105 points this season, moving him past Erik Karlsson (101 points in 2022-23) for the second highest single-season point total in franchise history behind Joe Thornton\u2019s 114-point effort in 2006-07.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The 19-year-old Celebrini also now has 17 games this season with three or more points, second among teenagers in NHL history only to Wayne Gretzky, who had 19 in 1979-80.<\/p>\n<p>Will Smith had a goal and two assists for the Sharks and Yaroslav Askirov made 28 saves.<\/p>\n<p>Troy Terry scored 4:04 into the third period to give the Ducks a 3-2 lead.<\/p>\n<p>Celebrini tied it with 1:39 to play.<\/p>\n<p>Ryan Poehling and Alex Killorn also scored for Anaheim, which has lost three straight games but remains atop the Pacific Division. Drew Helleson had a pair of assists and Lukas Dostal made 16 saves and also got his first assist of the season on Poehling&#8217;s goal.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The Ducks played without their leading goal scorer, Cutter Gauthier, who suffered an upper-body injury in Monday night&#8217;s 5-4 loss to Toronto.<\/p>\n<p>Nathan Gaucher made his NHL debut for the Ducks. He was selected 22nd overall by Anaheim in the 2022 draft.<\/p>\n<p>San Jose now has a 2-1 lead in the four-game regular-season series between the teams.<\/p>\n<p>Up next<\/p>\n<p>Ducks: Return home to play St. Louis on Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>Sharks: Host Toronto for the third game of a six-game homestand on Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP NHL: <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nhl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nhl;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;https&quot;}\" class=\"link \">https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nhl<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN JOSE, Calif. 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