Macklin Celebrini scored the game-winning goal 3:47 into overtime to lift the San Jose Sharks to a 6-5 win over the Minnesota Wild on Sunday evening in Saint Paul, Minn.
Celebrini finished with one goal and two assists for San Jose, which won for the second time in its last three games. William Eklund scored two goals and added one assist, and Michael Misa notched his first NHL goal.
Marco Rossi and Ryan Hartman each scored one goal and assisted once for Minnesota. Marcus Johansson, Zeev Buium and Joel Eriksson Ek all added one goal each.
Sharks goaltender Yaroslav Askarov made 28 saves on 33 shots.
Wild goaltender Jesper Wallstedt allowed six goals on 25 shots.
Eriksson Ek tied the game at 5-all with 2:18 remaining. He redirected a shot from Kirill Kaprizov to set up overtime and secure a point for the Wild.
The Sharks opened the scoring on the power play 5:28 into the first period, with Eklund scoring on a sharp-angle shot from the right side of the crease.
San Jose increased its lead to 2-0 on Misa’s milestone goal with 6:25 remaining in the first. The 18-year-old rookie punched in a loose puck for his first goal in his fifth NHL game.
The Wild cut the deficit to 2-1 on a power-play goal by Johansson with 2:58 left in the first period, giving Johansson his third goal in the past two games.
Thirty-two seconds later, Minnesota evened the score. Kaprizov won a battle for the puck and slid a pass to Rossi, who buried a one-timer.
Eklund put the Sharks back on top 3-2 with his second goal of the game and his fourth of the season near the midpoint of the second period. He scored from point-blank range.
San Jose struck again 19 seconds later. Ryan Reaves redirected a shot from the front of the crease.
The fast-paced tempo continued in the third period, as Hartman scored on the power play to bring the Wild within 4-3 with 15:32 remaining.
The Sharks responded with a power-play goal of their own to make it 5-3 with 12:08 remaining. Tyler Toffoli scored on a one-timer off a pass from Celebrini.
Minnesota refused to go away, with Buium scoring 36 seconds later to cut the Wild’s deficit to 5-4.
–Field Level Media
