VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Jake DeBrusk scored with 17.6 seconds left on the clock in overtime and the Vancouver Canucks beat the struggling San Jose Sharks 2-1 on Monday night.
Linus Karlsson, a third-round draft pick by the Sharks in 2018, also scored for Vancouver, and Nikita Tolopilo stopped 15 shots in his NHL debut.
Macklin Celebrini got his 25th goal of the season for San Jose, which lost its 10th straight (0-7-3). Alexandar Georgiev made 35 saves.
Celebrini, who grew up in North Vancouver and played his second professional game at Rogers Arena on Monday, now leads all NHL rookies in goals.
In the extra period, Brock Boeser sent a shot over the San Jose net, and the puck bounced back to DeBrusk, who popped it in for his 28th goal of the season with just seconds left on the game clock.
Celebrini gave the Sharks a 1-0 lead with a power-play goal 4:20 into the second period, and Karlsson tied the score at 9:03 of the third with his third goal.
Both the Sharks and Canucks were without several of their top players, including Vancouver center Elias Pettersson and San Jose defenseman Mario Ferraro. The Sharks were also without defensemen Jan Rutta and Jack Thompson and forwards Thomas Bordeleau and Zack Ostapchuk, who all sustained injuries during Sunday’s game against the Calgary Flames.
Takeaways
Canucks: Vancouver had ample scoring chances in the first period, including a four-minute power play where they peppered Georgiev with seven shots. Vancouver was 0 for 5 with the man advantage.
Sharks: After losing more bodies to injury in Sunday’s loss to Calgary, San Jose called in reinforcements for this game. Left-wing Danil Gushchin, defensemen Luca Cagnoni, and Jimmy Schuldt all played after joining the team in Vancouver.
Key moment
With Victor Mancini in the box for interference, Celebrini unleashed a rocket from the faceoff dot, sending the puck pinging in off the crossbar early in the second period to give the Sharks a 1-0 lead.
Key stat
The Sharks have given up 48 goals during their 10-game losing skid.
Up next
The Sharks host Edmonton on Wednesday in their season finale, and the Canucks host Vegas in their last game.
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Source: Paradise Post
