"For more than 3:30 the Minnesota Wild had the Sharks (Eklund, Alex Wennberg and Timothy Liljegren) hemmed in and would not allow them to change. While the trio did a good job of keeping the Wild to the perimeter and limiting scoring chances, there was no opportunity to change. Finally, Eklund managed to find an opening and get off. Celebrini jumped on just in time to snag a rebound shot off of Yaroslav Askarov's pads and head the other way."
"Celebrini's game winner puts him in some rarified company. In fact, this road trip has caused the kid to heat up. In nine games, Celebrini has 15 points (6 G, 9 A). There are very few teens who have hit those levels. According to the Sharks' PR team, only two teens have ever had more points than that through nine games - Bryan Trottier, who had 18 in 1976, and Wayne Gretzky, who had 16 in 1981."
Macklin Celebrini scored the overtime winning goal as the San Jose Sharks defeated the Minnesota Wild 6-5 and completed a four-game road trip at .500. The 19-year-old had a multi-point game and jumped onto the ice after William Eklund made a risky line change, capitalizing on a rebound off Yaroslav Askarov’s pads to finish the rush. For more than 3:30 the Wild hemmed in a trapped trio of Sharks, preventing a change, before Eklund escaped. Celebrini has 15 points (6 goals, 9 assists) in nine games, a total matched or exceeded by only a handful of NHL teenagers historically.
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