Gaud Strikes! Celebrini Hits 100 Points, Sharks Win 5-4 Last Minute

San Jose, CA – Adam Gaudette buried the game-winner with 60 seconds left and Macklin Celebrini potted his 100th point of the season as the Sharks edged the St. Louis Blues 5-4 on Saturday night at SAP Center.

Celebrini reached the century mark in style, wiring a top-shelf blast past Joel Hofer midway through the second period to knot the score 2-2. The 18-year-old center added a second goal late in the frame, converting a pinpoint stretch pass from Nick Leddy to send the Sharks to the locker room up 3-2.

Alex Wennberg supplied the other offense for San Jose, twice cashing in on net-front scrambles for his seventh and eighth goals of the campaign. Gaudette’s late heroics capped a wild final frame that saw the Blues erase two separate deficits.

St. Louis opened the scoring when 2023 first-round pick Lindstein beat Yaroslav Askarov one-on-one for his first NHL tally. Pavel Buchnevich and Philip Broberg also found the net for the visitors, while Fowler tied it 4-4 on a power-play deflection with 4:12 remaining.

The Sharks, however, would not be denied. Will Smith won a clean defensive-zone draw and Gaudette’s quick wrister eluded Hofer at 19:00, igniting a deafening roar from the 17,435 in attendance.

San Jose out-shot the Blues 34-20 and controlled stretches of play behind a relentless forecheck led by Sherwood and Eklund. Askarov finished with 16 saves in his second straight start.

The victory moves the Sharks within four points of the final wild-card spot with five games remaining.