Darin Stephens
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Darin Stephens
@sharksstats.bsky.social
Spewing NHL, NFL and MLB stats. Tweets are for everyone to enjoy, views are my own.

Former President, IATSE Local 119
Snaps #SJSharks 9-game win streak in OT period. Only team with a longer streak was the 2024-25 Maple Leafs, who won 10 straight.

Last time Sharks led 3-0 in 1st period and lost: Jan. 21, 2025 at NSH (lost 7-5)
January 30, 2026 at 4:49 AM
60th assist for #Oilers Connor McDavid, his 10th consecutive 60+ assist season, 2nd-most in NHL history (Gretzky 13 straight)
January 30, 2026 at 4:48 AM
Eighth consecutive 50+ assist season for #Oilers Leon Draisaitl this season. McDavid also has eight consecutive. He and McDavid first teammates in NHL history to each have 50+ assists in same 8 consecutive seasons
January 30, 2026 at 4:46 AM
20th point (7 G, 13 A) for Evan Bouchard in January 2026. First #Oilers d-man to have 20+ in a calendar month since March 1986 (Paul Coffey 27)
January 30, 2026 at 4:16 AM
First time in franchise history #SJSharks have scored as many as 3+ goals in 1st period in three straight games
January 30, 2026 at 3:09 AM
Michael Misa (18 years, 347 days) 3rd-youngest #SJSharks skater to score a goal in Edmonton. Marleau (18-142) and Michalek (18-306) were younger. Michalek’s goal was Oct. 9, 2003

Misa first 18-year-old Sharks skater ever to score a goal assisted by a teenaged defenseman (Dickinson)
January 30, 2026 at 3:08 AM
142 points for #SJSharks Celebrini are tied 7th-most all-time as a teenager (with Ron Francis). 6th is Brian Bellows with 148

Celebrini reached 90 career assists in 122 games, 4th-fewest by a teenager in NHL history. Gretzky reached it in 83 games, Crosby in 107 and Ron Francis in 115
January 30, 2026 at 3:08 AM
Tonight: 4th-fastest two goals from start of game in #SJSharks history. Fastest two since Apr. 4, 2017 vs VAN when they scored twice in first :30

Sharks 10 goals within game’s first 2 minutes of games this season are 2nd-most in NHL (Avalanche 11)
January 30, 2026 at 3:06 AM
Smith and Celebrini with assists on Graf’s goal
January 30, 2026 at 3:04 AM
Collin Graf 3rd-fastest goal from start of game by undrafted #SJSharks skater: Jeff Odgers had two different goals :19 into a game
January 30, 2026 at 3:00 AM
From NHLPR:

Macklin Celebrini collected his 4th career four-point game to tie Jimmy Carson for the fourth-most by a teenager in NHL history. Wayne Gretzky (14), Sidney Crosby (8) and Dale Hawerchuk (7) round out the top three.
January 28, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Courtesy @sportradar.bsky.social:

Tonight was the fastest the Sharks scored 3 goals from the start of a game in franchise history (3 goals in the first 5:55).

The previous fastest was 5:56 on 3/29/1994 vs Winnipeg Jets
January 28, 2026 at 5:57 AM
Sharks had 9 points tonight by players age 20 or younger. Team record is 10, accomplished twice:

Apr. 9, 2025 at MIN
Oct. 23, 2025 at NYR

Celebrini had 4 points, Smith 3, Dickinson 2
January 28, 2026 at 5:54 AM
#SJSSharks defeated 3 different Canucks goalies this season: Tolopilo, Demko & Lankinen. 11th they defeated a team 3+ times in a season while beating 3 or more different goalies

Last time they did it: 2018-19 vs Canucks. Defeated Anders Nilsson, Michael DiPietro and Jacob Markstrom
January 28, 2026 at 5:52 AM
#SJSharks Yaroslav Askarov first NHL rookie goalie age 23 or younger to record 2 wins in a season at Vancouver since 1993-94. Last: Trevor Kidd (CGY)
January 28, 2026 at 5:50 AM
#SJSharks Macklin Celebrini the 4th visiting NHL teenager to have 4+ points in a game at Vancouver, first by a opposing player born in Greater Vancouver

Most points at Vancouver, Sharks:

Owen Nolan 5
Mar. 10, 2002

Joe Thornton 4
Apr. 12, 2006

Macklin Celebrini 4
Jan. 27, 2026
January 28, 2026 at 5:49 AM
6th career season with double-digit goals for #SJSharks John Klingberg, his first since 2022-23

9th Klingberg goal assisted by Macklin Celebrini, tied most by any NHL d-man/forward duo (Raddysh-Kucherov and Bouchard-McDavid)
January 28, 2026 at 5:47 AM
Most assists through 51 games, teens all-time:

Sidney Crosby
61 in 2006-07

Wayne Gretzky
58 in 1980-81 in 47 games before turning 20

Wayne Gretzky
52 in 1979-80

Macklin Celebrini
50 in 2025-26

#SJSharks
January 28, 2026 at 4:49 AM
2nd consecutive game #SJSharks had 5 points in a period by players age 20 or younger. Also did so in 1st period last Friday vs NYR.

Only other times in team history they did so were Apr. 9, 2025 at Wild, when they did it in both 2nd and 3rd periods, and Jan. 19, 2026 at FLA (2nd period)
January 28, 2026 at 4:11 AM
Sam Dickinson youngest d-man in #SJSharks history (19 years, 234 days) to have a 2-point game. 5th teenaged SJ d-man overall to do so, first since Vlasic Jan. 6, 2007 vs CBJ (Vlasic did so twice)
January 28, 2026 at 4:08 AM
Will Smith joins Jeff Friesen, Marco Sturm, Patrick Marleau and Macklin Celebrini as Sharks to have two seasons with 20+ assists before age 21
January 28, 2026 at 4:05 AM
Celebrini’s 12th goal in 1st period this season, tied 2nd-most in NHL (Nathan MacKinnon leads with 13)

Celebrini’s goal was Sharks first at 4v4 since Nov. 25, 2023 vs Canucks (Mikael Granlund)
January 28, 2026 at 4:04 AM
Reposted by Darin Stephens
Imagine. Just fucking imagine. 😳👇
January 10, 2026 at 3:35 AM
#SJSharks Alex Nedeljkovic last 5 starts: 5-0-0, 1.99 GAA, .931 sv pct (28 saves tonight)

Sharks sweep a 2-game season series vs Rangers for 3rd time (1999-00, 2013-14, 2025-26)
January 24, 2026 at 5:54 AM
Per NHLPR:

#SJSharks Macklin Celebrini reached 50 goals in 120 games, fewest in Sharks history (previous: Couture 135 games)
January 24, 2026 at 5:52 AM