San Jose Sharks vs Columbus Blue Jackets
Regular season · Saturday, March 28, 2026 · Nationwide Arena
FDSNOH · NBCSCA+
Game summary
The San Jose Sharks beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 3-2 on Saturday, March 28, 2026 at Nationwide Arena. The Sharks outshot the Blue Jackets 36-24.
Igor Chernyshov scored twice. Denton Mateychuk, Cole Sillinger and Macklin Celebrini also scored.
Alex Nedeljkovic made 22 saves on 24 shots for the win; Elvis Merzlikins stopped 33 of 36.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Denton Mateychuk (12)Adam Fantilli (33)0–100:31 CBJ
Igor Chernyshov (4)Will Smith (27)1–117:17 SJS
2nd period
Cole Sillinger (8)Ivan Provorov (20)Desharnais 1:11 into shift1–212:09 CBJ
3rd period
Macklin Celebrini (36)Dmitry Orlov (27), Alexander Wennberg (32)2–200:57 SJS · PPG- Igor Chernyshov (5)Will Smith (28), Macklin Celebrini (62)3–218:35 SJS
Tired legs
Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.
1–2 · 2nd 12:09 · Sillinger. Desharnais was 1:11 into his shift when it went in.
0–1 CBJ
1st 0:31 · Mateychuk
Orlov 0:31
1–1 SJS
1st 17:17 · Chernyshov
Provorov 0:54
1–2 CBJ
2nd 12:09 · Sillinger
Long shift: Desharnais 1:11
2–2 SJS
3rd 0:57 · PP · Celebrini
Gudbranson 0:03
3–2 SJS
3rd 18:35 · Chernyshov
Jenner 0:41
Hover or tap a bar for the skater.
1.9×
Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).
30%
of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.
Team stats
Penalties
- 2nd 03:05
Boone Jenner · hooking2 min - 2nd 14:45
Zack Ostapchuk · holding2 min - 3rd 00:54Charlie Coyle · tripping2 min
Season series
San Jose Sharks
| 2Will SmithC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 19:14 |
| 71Macklin CelebriniC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 6 | 19:42 |
| 92Igor ChernyshovL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 15:31 |
| 21Alexander WennbergC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 16:47 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 22:13 |
| 23Barclay GoodrowC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:56 |
| 44Kiefer SherwoodL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 16:52 |
| 51Collin GrafR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 15:21 |
| 63Zack OstapchukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 08:58 |
| 72William EklundL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 16:12 |
| 73Tyler ToffoliC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:48 |
| 77Michael MisaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:09 |
| 81Adam GaudetteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:41 |
| 4Nick LeddyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:37 |
| 5Vincent DesharnaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 19:37 |
| 6Sam DickinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:23 |
| 38Mario FerraroD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 20:58 |
| 85Shakir MukhamadullinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | 20:30 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Alex NedeljkovicG | W | 24 | 22 | 2 | .917 | 59:31 |
| 93Laurent BrossoitG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Columbus Blue Jackets
| 4Cole SillingerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:23 |
| 19Adam FantilliC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:58 |
| 5Denton MateychukD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:57 |
| 9Ivan ProvorovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 25:39 |
| 3Charlie CoyleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:26 |
| 10Dmitri VoronkovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:03 |
| 17Mason MarchmentL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 14:18 |
| 21Isac LundeströmC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:49 |
| 23Sean MonahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:34 |
| 24Mathieu OlivierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 15:40 |
| 38Boone JennerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:17 |
| 83Conor GarlandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 12:41 |
| 86Kirill MarchenkoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 4 | 20:50 |
| 91Kent JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:37 |
| 2Jake ChristiansenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:43 |
| 8Zach WerenskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 30:51 |
| 15Dante FabbroD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:52 |
| 44Erik GudbransonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:09 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 73Jet GreavesG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 90Elvis MerzlikinsG | L | 36 | 33 | 3 | .917 | 59:10 |