"Macklin Celebrini's first big road trip of the 2025-26 season? Yeah, it went pretty well. You know, pretty well in the same way a Powerball winner might call his payday decent. The kid scored a hat-trick at Madison Square Garden part of a five point night and then dropped an incredible overtime game-winner in an insane game against the Wild Sunday night. The Sharks picked up two wins and he scored 10 points in four contests. Good stuff."
"But that's not the story. No, the story is much, much bigger than that: Celebrini went on the road and planted a flag. He's real. He's spectacular. And he's already better than nearly anyone you have on your team and he's just getting started. The kid turned 19 years old this past summer. He should be trying to sneak a keg into a basement right now. Instead, he's ascended to NHL superstar status, and he has the talent to go even higher than that."
"Celebrini hasn't even played a full NHL season's worth of games in his career Sunday was regular-season game No. 79 for him in a Sharks uniform. And yet here we are: He's third in the league in points with 15 in nine games, and he's the top-scoring Canadian national in this, an Olympic season. He can make a strong case that he's one of the NHL's ten best players right now."
Macklin Celebrini dominated a road trip with a hat-trick at Madison Square Garden and an overtime game-winner against the Wild, producing 10 points in four contests. The Sharks earned two road victories during that stretch. At 19 years old and after 79 regular-season games, Celebrini ranks third in the league with 15 points in nine games and leads Canadian scorers in an Olympic season. Underlying strengths such as zone entries, puck battles, and loose-puck recoveries continue to convert into goals. Celebrini projects as an ascending NHL superstar with significant upside.
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