The San Jose Sharks ended a month’s price of frustration on Thursday as Will Smith scored on the 1:37 mark of time beyond regulation to offer his workforce an exciting 6-5 win over the New York Rangers at Madison Sq. Backyard.
Macklin Celebrini recorded his second profession NHL hat trick and matched a career-high with 5 factors, as he assisted on Smith’s second objective of the sport, which set off a wild celebration for the beforehand winless Sharks (1-4-2).
On the successful objective, Celebrini stole the puck from defensemen Braden Schneider within the nook to the left of the Rangers, took a stride, and fed Smith with a cross-ice go for a one-timer that beat goalie Igor Shesterkin.
Celebrini scored twice within the first interval and accomplished the hat trick with 8.3 seconds left within the second interval, taking a go from Smith and beating Shesterkin to tie the sport 4-4. Smith then scored his first objective of the season, proper after a Sharks energy play had expired, with 13:29 left in regulation time to offer the Sharks a 5-4 lead.
However Taylor Raddysh accomplished his personal hat-trick with 8:10 left to go within the third interval to tie the sport 5-5.
Celebrini’s first profession hat trick got here on the finish of his rookie season on April 9 towards the Minnesota Wild. He additionally had two assists in that sport in an 8-7 loss to the host Wild.
Along with his efficiency on Thursday, Celebrini, 19, turned simply the third NHL participant previously 32 years with a number of hat methods as an adolescent.
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Initially Printed: October 23, 2025 at 6:51 PM PDT
