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Macklin Celebrini's 4 points help Sharks pull away from Flames
Celebrini became the fastest San Jose Sharks player to reach 50 points in just 34 games, surpassing legends like Joe Thornton and Erik Karlsson.
- Macklin Celebrini delivered a four-point night as the San Jose Sharks beat the Calgary Flames 6-3 at SAP Center on Tuesday, including a highlight third-period goal and an empty-netter that sealed the win.
- After assisting early, Celebrini set up John Klingberg and Barclay Goodrow in the first period, then took a Collin Graf pass, spun past a defender, and beat Dustin Wolf for his 17th goal.
- Team context: the Sharks are 4-1-0 in his last five and Yaroslav Askarov made 27 saves, while the game drew 14,261 fans and Tyler Toffoli scored his 300th career goal.
- Celebrini set a franchise speed mark by reaching 50 points in 34 games, three games faster than Erik Karlsson, Joe Thornton and Owen Nolan who did it in 37 games.
- The milestone places Celebrini alongside Thornton and Nolan as rare early-season achievers, with only Crosby and Gretzky reaching 50 points earlier as teenagers in NHL history.
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