At the forefront of the Sharks’ rebuild is Macklin Celebrini, the No. 1 pick in the 2024 NHL Draft. The 18-year-old center is having a Calder Trophy-type season; he leads all rookies in goals (16) and is second in points (36) in 41 games. Celebrini missed 12 games because of a lower-body injury sustained in his debut on Oct. 10.

The San Jose Sharks are getting their leading goal scorer back in the lineup against the Nashville Predators on Thursday.

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NASHVILLE -- The Nashville Predators scored six straight goals to come back from down four to win 7-5 against the San Jose Sharks at Bridgestone Arena on Tuesday. It was the first four-goal comeback for the Predators in their history.

Jonathan Marchessault scored and added three assists, and Tommy Novak and Filip Forsberg each tallied a goal and two assists for the Predators, who have won four straight. Fedor Svechkov, Justin Barron and Roman Josi also scored for Nashville, which improved to 10-6-1 over the last 17.

NASHVILLE -- The Nashville Predators scored six straight goals to come back from down four to win 7-5 against the San Jose Sharks at Bridgestone Arena on Tuesday. It was the first four-goal comeback for the Predators in their history.

The Columbus Blue Jackets are concluding their season series matchup with the San Jose Sharks in their second and final meeting of the year. Columbus dropped the first game during the California trip in November.

Welcome back to NHL Predictions! Tonight, the San Jose Sharks take on one of the surprise teams in the league, the Columbus Blue Jackets. Today, like every day, Last Word on Hockey looks at the games happening and gives our predictions for each one,

San Jose Sharks snap Red Wings' seven-game win streak with a 6-3 victory, fueled by solid defense and special-teams

Eklund notched a power-play assist and a minus-2 rating in Thursday's 6-5 loss to the Predators. Eklund has gone five games without a goal, but he has earned three assists over his last two outings.

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Sidney Crosby + Rickard Rakell + Macklin Celebrini + William Eklund Over 0.5 points each (+400 at bet365) This is my favorite game for goals tonight. The Pittsburgh Penguins still have one of the ...