Celebrini remained on the bench for the final three-plus minutes of regulation time, but he and other Sharks skaters poured onto the ice after the game and mobbed new goalie Alexandar Georgiev as they ended a 13-day road trip with a 3-3-0 record.
It was really important (to close the road trip with a win), Celebrini told reporters after the game. We didn't play as well as we wanted to the last couple of games. I felt like tonight, we did a good job of sticking to our identity.
I could say the world about (Celebrini). He's the engine of our team, said defenseman Jake Walman, whose third-period goal proved to be the game-winner, on the Sharks' Audio Network. When he's going and he's pretty much always going - he's a playmaker.
Certainly, if he keeps this up, Celebrini would have to be the favorite - or close to it - to win the Calder Memorial Trophy as the NHL's Rookie of the Year.
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