Overview
- San Jose beat Anaheim 4-3 in Wednesday's game at SAP Center after Macklin Celebrini tied it with 1:39 left and Alexander Wennberg scored the winner 31 seconds later.
- Celebrini posted two goals and two assists for a four-point night, including his 40th goal, and he now has 10 points in three games against the Ducks this season.
- The Sharks became the first NHL team to win three straight games on goals scored inside the final 90 seconds of regulation, according to Sportradar and the team’s PR.
- The win moved San Jose to 35-31-7 with 77 points and a three-game streak, one point behind the Kings for the last West wild-card berth with a game in hand, while Anaheim fell to 41-29-5 and has dropped consecutive games after leading in the third period.
- Anaheim played without leading scorer Cutter Gauthier, who is day-to-day with an upper-body injury and did not travel, and the Ducks outshot the Sharks 31-21 as Yaroslav Askarov made 28 saves for San Jose.