Celebrini lifts Sharks past Predators in shootout on Thursday

NASHVILLE (Interstat) — Macklin Celebrini scored the only goal of a shootout to give the San Jose Sharks a 3-2 victory over the Nashville Predators on Thursday. Mason Marchment and Will Smith scored in regulation for San Jose, which improved to 4-3. Alex Nedeljkovic stopped 32 shots for the Sharks, who snapped a two-game losing streak and have won both of Nedeljkovic’s starts this season. Ryan O’Reilly and Steven Stamkos scored in the third period for Nashville, which fell to 2-5. Roman Josi had an assist and eight shots on goal, while Filip Forsberg added an assist and six shots. Jonathan Marchessault assisted on O’Reilly’s goal. Tyler Toffoli and Michael Kesselring each had an assist for San Jose. Igor Chernyshov had an assist and two penalty minutes for San Jose. The Predators tied the game with two third-period goals before Celebrini won it in the shootout. The game was played at Bridgestone Arena in front of 17,181.