NHL · Mar 28, 2026

San Jose Sharks

3–2

Final

Columbus Blue Jackets

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The Sharks slipped past the Blue Jackets 3–2 at Nationwide Arena. I. Chernyshov took first star with 2 goals.

Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Sharks	1	0	2	3	36
Blue Jackets	1	1	0	2	24

★ Three Stars

1I. ChernyshovSJS · 2G 0A

2E. MerzlikinsCBJ

3M. CelebriniSJS · 1G 1A

Scoring Summary

1st Period

00:31

Denton Mateychuk (Adam Fantilli)

0-1

17:17

Igor Chernyshov (Will Smith)

1-1

2nd Period

12:09

Cole Sillinger (Ivan Provorov)

1-2

3rd Period

00:57

Macklin Celebrini (Dmitry Orlov, Alexander Wennberg)PP

2-2

18:35

Igor Chernyshov (Will Smith, Macklin Celebrini)

3-2

Boxscore

Sharks3

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Igor ChernyshovL	2	0	2	+1	0	3	1	0	15:31
Macklin CelebriniC	1	1	2	+2	0	6	0	0	19:42
Will SmithC	0	2	2	+1	0	3	0	0	19:14
Alexander WennbergC	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	16:47
Dmitry OrlovD	0	1	1	-2	0	1	1	0	22:13
William EklundL	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	16:12
Adam GaudetteR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	9:41
Barclay GoodrowC	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	11:56
Collin GrafR	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	15:21
Michael MisaC	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	15:09
Zack OstapchukC	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	8:58
Kiefer SherwoodL	0	0	0	-1	0	2	6	0	16:52
Tyler ToffoliC	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	14:48
Sam DickinsonD	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	17:23
Shakir MukhamadullinD	0	0	0	+2	0	3	0	0	20:30
Nick LeddyD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	17:37
Vincent DesharnaisD	0	0	0	-2	0	2	2	1	19:37
Mario FerraroD	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	2	20:58

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Alex NedeljkovicStart	24	22	2	.917	59:31
Laurent Brossoit	0	0	0	-	0:00

Blue Jackets2

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Cole SillingerC	1	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	16:23
Denton MateychukD	1	0	1	+1	0	1	0	0	14:57
Adam FantilliC	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	19:58
Ivan ProvorovD	0	1	1	+1	0	3	1	0	25:39
Charlie CoyleC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	18:26
Conor GarlandR	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	0	12:41
Kent JohnsonC	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	13:37
Isac LundeströmC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12:49
Kirill MarchenkoR	0	0	0	+2	0	4	1	0	20:50
Sean MonahanC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	15:34
Mathieu OlivierR	0	0	0	-1	0	2	4	1	15:40
Dmitri VoronkovL	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	4:03
Jake ChristiansenD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	9:43
Dante FabbroD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	16:52
Zach WerenskiD	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	30:51
Erik GudbransonD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	3	19:09
Boone JennerC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	1	17:17
Mason MarchmentL	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0	14:18

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Elvis MerzlikinsStart	36	33	3	.917	59:10
Jet Greaves	0	0	0	-	0:00