Sharks score late, rally past Blue Jackets 3-2 to snap six-game skid
Rookie Igor Chernyshov scored twice, including the winning goal with 1:25 left, helping the Sharks snap a six-game losing streak and improve their road trip record to 1-1-1.
- On Saturday, San Jose Sharks rookie forward Igor Chernyshov scored twice, including the go-ahead goal with 1:25 remaining, to lift the team to a 3-2 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets at Nationwide Arena.
- The win snapped a six-game losing streak for the Sharks, who had collected just one of a possible 12 points during the skid on their three-game road trip.
- Goalie Alex Nedeljkovic stopped 22 shots, stating, "We played hard, and I think we wore them down." Macklin Celebrini added a goal and an assist, while Will Smith contributed two assists.
- The victory places San Jose within four points of the Predators for the second Western Conference wild-card spot, with two games in hand.
- With four games scheduled in six days at home, the Sharks await updates on goalie Yaroslav Askarov, who remains day-to-day with an upper-body injury sustained Thursday.
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Sharks score late, rally past Blue Jackets 3-2 to snap six-game skid
Igor Chernyshov scored twice, including the go-ahead goal with 1:25 remaining, to rally the San Jose Sharks to a 3-2 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets, snapping a six-game losing streak.
SJS 3, CBJ 2: Blue Jackets’ 12-Game Home Point Streak Ends in Heartbreaker
Things could slip away fast. 1 2 3 F 1 0 2 3 1 1 0 2 CBJ GOALS: Denton Mateychuk (1st, 0:31) Cole Sillinger (2nd, 12:09) Igor Chernyshov's third-period goal with 1:25 remaining broke a 2-2 tie as the San Jose Sharks came away with two points and the 3-2 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday night at Nationwide Arena. Alex Ne…
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