"SAN JOSE The San Jose Sharks made several moves in the offseason to try to address their most glaring issues, which included a repeated inability to protect third-period leads. Two games into the 2025-26 season, the heartache the Sharks have felt in that area has only gotten worse. Just two days after coughing up a late third-period lead to the Vegas Golden Knights, then losing bizarrely in overtime, the Sharks had it happen again Saturday against the Anaheim Ducks."
"(Carlsson) was coming out with probably more speed than I thought, and I kind of found myself in a position where I felt I needed to try to make a move, Celebrini said. He had a good angle, and it can't happen. I can't turn over the puck there. I can't give up that chance for them. Live to fight another day sometimes, and that's a mistake that I'm going to have to sleep on."
"Sharks coach Ryan Warsofsky called Celebrini's turnover awful, but added it's Not just Mack. Really, our whole game wasn't great, let's be honest. So, keep working with these young guys and our team here to have an understanding of what that looks like. LEO CARLSSON CALLS GAME WE WIN!!!#FlyTogether pic.twitter.com/zovBwOTaUO Anaheim Ducks (@AnaheimDucks) October 12, 2025"
San Jose made offseason moves to address repeated failures to protect third-period leads. Two games into the 2025-26 season the team surrendered late leads in consecutive losses. Two days after giving up a late lead to Vegas and losing in overtime, the Sharks allowed Chris Kreider to score with under a minute remaining and then lost in overtime after Macklin Celebrini turned the puck over, leading to Leo Carlsson's 2-on-1 goal. Celebrini called the turnover a mistake he will have to "sleep on." Coach Ryan Warsofsky labeled the turnover awful and said the whole team's game fell short.
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