San Jose Sharks at Vancouver Canucks
· National Hockey League
Celebrini gets goal and assist in return home as Sharks top Canucks 6-3 to stop 3-game slide
The 19-year-old center extended his point streak to seven games, with five goals and nine assists during that stretch.
Igor Chernyshov scored his first NHL goal and added an assist for the Sharks. Ryan Reaves, John Klingberg, William Eklund and Collin Graf each had a goal. Yaroslav Askarov stopped 24 shots as San Jose snapped a three-game skid.
The Canucks got a power-play goal from Linus Karlsson, a short-handed goal from Drew O’Connor and an even-strength goal from Marco Rossi.
It was Rossi’s first goal in a Vancouver jersey. The 24-year-old center was acquired from Minnesota with winger Liam Ohgren and defenseman Zeev Buium as part of a blockbuster trade for star defenseman Quinn Hughes on Dec. 12.
Conor Garland and Filip Hronek each had two assists for the Canucks. Thatcher Demko made 31 saves.
Celebrini made it 5-3 when he fired a one-timer past Demko from the top of the faceoff circle for his 20th goal of the season at 16:20 of the third period.
Graf scored into an empty net 35 seconds later.
Chernyshov has five points (one goal, four assists) in his first five NHL games. Graf has scored in each of his last four games.
Rossi, Buium and Ohgren all played their first home game for Vancouver. Elias Pettersson returned from an upper-body injury to play his 500th regular-season game.
Vancouver went 4-1-0 on its pre-Christmas trip through New Jersey, New York, Boston and Philadelphia, but has just four wins on home ice this season (4-11-1).
Canucks: Visit the Seattle Kraken on Monday.
Regular Season SeriesSJ leads series 2-0
Scoring Summary
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Goal | 1st Period 6:11 | Ryan Reaves Goal (3) Wrist Shot, assists: Barclay Goodrow (4), Vincent Iorio (2) |
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Goal | 1st Period 7:55 | John Klingberg Goal (9) Wrist Shot, assists: Macklin Celebrini (37) |
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Goal | 1st Period 10:04 | Linus Karlsson Goal (8) Wrist Shot, assists: Conor Garland (14), Filip Hronek (19) |
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Goal | 2nd Period 12:38 | William Eklund Goal (9) , assists: none |
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Goal | 3rd Period 0:36 | Marco Rossi Goal (5) Wrist Shot, assists: Filip Hronek (20), Conor Garland (15) |
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Goal | 3rd Period 4:47 | Igor Chernyshov Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Adam Gaudette (5), Dmitry Orlov (18) |
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Goal | 3rd Period 10:43 | Drew O'Connor Goal (9) Snap Shot, assists: none |
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Goal | 3rd Period 16:20 | Macklin Celebrini Goal (20) Snap Shot, assists: Igor Chernyshov (4), William Eklund (15) |
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Goal | 3rd Period 16:55 | Collin Graf Goal (11) Wrist Shot, assists: Alexander Wennberg (17), Mario Ferraro (7) |
Statistics
 SJ |
 VAN |
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|---|---|---|
| 13 | Blocked Shots | 9 |
| 12 | Hits | 25 |
| 7 | Takeaways | 2 |
| 37 | Shots | 27 |
| 1 | Power Play Goals | 1 |
| 5 | Power Play Opportunities | 4 |
| 20.0 | Power Play Percentage | 25.0 |
| 0 | Short Handed Goals | 1 |
| 0 | Shootout Goals | 0 |
| 28 | Faceoffs Won | 35 |
| 44.4 | Faceoff Win Percent | 55.6 |
| 16 | Giveaways | 19 |
| 4 | Total Penalties | 5 |
| 8 | Penalty Minutes | 10 |
Vancouver Canucks Injuries
| NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
|---|---|---|
| Jack Thompson, D | Injured Reserve | Sep 29 |
| Akil Thomas, C | Injured Reserve | Sep 29 |
| Mackenzie MacEachern, LW | Injured Reserve | Sep 29 |
| Thatcher Demko, G | Injured Reserve | Sep 28 |
| Filip Chytil, C | Injured Reserve | Sep 25 |
San Jose Sharks Injuries
| NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
|---|---|---|
| Adam Gaudette, RW | Injured Reserve | Sep 28 |
| Alex Barre-Boulet, C | Injured Reserve | Sep 28 |
| Quentin Musty, LW | Injured Reserve | Sep 28 |
| Cam Lund, C | Injured Reserve | Sep 28 |
| Kyle Keyser, G | Injured Reserve | Sep 28 |
