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Utah Mammoth at San Jose Sharks

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Celebrini's hat trick and overtime goal lift Sharks over Mammoth

Macklin Celebrini's hat trick wins it for Sharks in OT

Celebrini scored twice in the first six minutes of the game and capped it when he beat Vitek Vanacek with 2:09 left in overtime after Utah had been called for too many men on the ice.

That gave the 19-year-old Celebrini 30 points this season, joining Wayne Gretzky and Sidney Crosby as the only teenagers ever to do that in the first 20 games of a season.

JJ Peterka scored twice in the third period to force overtime and earn Utah a point. He got the tying goal with 2:51 to play when his shot on the rush snuck past Yaroslav Askarov for a rare soft goal allowed by the San Jose netminder this month.

The Mammoth have lost their last three games in overtime and have one win in their last seven games.

Askarov made 24 saves for San Jose.

Vanacek made 19 saves.

Celebrini got the Sharks off to a fast start when he finished a nifty passing sequence with Will Smith and Philipp Kurashev with a wrist shot from the left circle just 1:47 into the game.

He struck again about four minutes later when he beat Vanacek on a breakaway for his 12th goal of the season.

Celebrini's 30 points and 13 goals are the most by a Sharks player in the first 20 games of a season.

Up next Mammoth: Host Vegas on Thursday night.

Sharks: Host Los Angeles on Thursday night.

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Scoring Summary

Goal 1st Period 1:47 Macklin Celebrini Goal (11) Wrist Shot, assists: Will Smith (11), Philipp Kurashev (6)
Goal 1st Period 5:58 Macklin Celebrini Goal (12) Wrist Shot, assists: Collin Graf (5)
Goal 3rd Period 9:25 JJ Peterka Goal (7) Wrist Shot, assists: Lawson Crouse (4), Logan Cooley (7)
Goal 3rd Period 17:09 JJ Peterka Goal (8) Snap Shot, assists: Nate Schmidt (6)
Goal 4th Period 2:52 Macklin Celebrini Goal (13) Wrist Shot, assists: William Eklund (8), Will Smith (12)

Statistics

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10 Blocked Shots 17
13 Hits 22
6 Takeaways 4
26 Shots 22
0 Power Play Goals 1
2 Power Play Opportunities 5
0.0 Power Play Percentage 20.0
0 Short Handed Goals 0
0 Shootout Goals 0
27 Faceoffs Won 33
45.0 Faceoff Win Percent 55.0
13 Giveaways 14
5 Total Penalties 2
10 Penalty Minutes 4
San Jose Sharks San Jose Sharks Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Shakir Mukhamadullin, D Out Dec 13
Ty Dellandrea, C Day-To-Day Dec 12
Vincent Desharnais, D Injured Reserve Dec 9
Logan Couture, C Injured Reserve Sep 30
Utah Mammoth Utah Mammoth Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Logan Cooley, C Injured Reserve Dec 13
Alexander Kerfoot, C Injured Reserve Dec 9

Game Information

SAP Center at San Jose

Location: San Jose, CA
Attendance: 12,101 | Capacity:

2025-26 Central Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Colorado 22 2 51 7
Dallas 21 6 47 5
Minnesota 17 9 39 5
Utah 15 15 33 3
Chicago 13 12 32 6
St. Louis 12 14 31 7
Winnipeg 14 15 29 1
Nashville 12 14 28 4

2025-26 Pacific Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Vegas 15 6 39 9
Anaheim 19 11 39 1
Los Angeles 14 8 36 8
Edmonton 14 11 34 6
San Jose 15 14 33 3
Seattle 12 11 30 6
Calgary 12 16 28 4
Vancouver 11 17 25 3
Full Standings