Igor Chernyshov scored twice, including the go-ahead goal with 1:25 remaining, as the San Jose Sharks rallied to beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 3-2 on Saturday
San Jose Sharks center Will Smith celebrates his goal with teammates during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Nashville Predators, Tuesday, March 24, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn. Igor Chernyshov scored twice, including the go-ahead goal with 1:25 remaining, as the San Jose Sharks rallied to beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 3-2 on Saturday in Columbus, Ohio, snapping a six-game losing streak.
The win moved San Jose within four points of Nashville for the second Western Conference wild-card spot. Macklin Celebrini had a goal and an assist for the Sharks, and Will Smith added two assists. Alex Nedeljkovic made 21 saves. For Columbus, Denton Mateychuk and Cole Sillinger scored, and Elvis Merzlikins stopped 33 shots. Despite the loss, the Blue Jackets slipped into the second Eastern Conference wild-card spot. Columbus struck early, taking the lead 31 seconds into the game on Mateychuk’s wrist shot from the right circle. It was the fastest goal of the Blue Jackets’ season. The goal was also the team’s 55th by a defenseman this year, a franchise record and the most in the NHL. San Jose tied it late in the first period when Chernyshov scored off a neutral-zone turnover with 2:33 left. Sillinger put Columbus back in front 2-1 with 7:51 remaining in the second period. Celebrini answered early in the third, tying it 57 seconds in by scoring three seconds into a power play to snap a six-game scoring slump.BE THE FIRST TO COMMENTThe Ohio Statehouse will be bustling Saturday as the community gathers for a No Kings protest.Two decades after Ohio State medical student Brian Shaffer walked into a campus bar and vanished, the mystery that has gripped central Ohio remains unsolved.Thousands of protesters gathered at the Ohio Statehouse on Saturday afternoon, joining a nationwide "No Kings Day" movement aimed at the current presidential adOhio Congressional candidate arrested during Grove City 'No Kings' Protest GROVE CITY, Ohio — Don Leonard, a Democratic candidate for Ohio’s 15th Congressional District, was arrested Saturday morning during a "No Kings" protest
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