San Jose Sharks earn first win behind Smith’s OT goal, Celebrini’s huge game

The San Jose Sharks ended a month s worth of frustration on Thursday as Will Smith scored at the mark of overtime to give his crew a thrilling - win over the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden Macklin Celebrini recorded his second career NHL hat trick and finished with five points as he assisted on Smith s second goal of the encounter which set off a wild celebration Celebrini stole the puck from defensemen Braden Schneider in the corner to the left of the Rangers took a stride and fed Smith with a cross-ice pass for a one-timer that beat Igor Shesterkin Celebrini scored twice in the first period and completed the hat trick with seconds left in the second period taking a pass from Smith and beating Shesterkin to tie the match - Smith then scored his first goal of the season right after a Sharks power play had expired with left in regulation time to give the Sharks a - lead But Taylor Raddysh completed his own hat-trick with left to go in the third period to tie the competition - Celebrini s first career hat trick came at the end of his rookie season on April against the Minnesota Wild He also had two assists in that competition in an - loss to the host Wild With his performance on Thursday Celebrini became just the third NHL sportsman in the past years with multiple hat tricks as a teenager Please check back for updates to this story