Kings Lose to Sharks in OT, Celebrini Shines

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It's January 8th for the San Jose Sharks. Let's get into it. The Los Angeles Kings fell 4-3 in overtime to the San Jose Sharks on Wednesday night at Crypto.com Arena. Missing key penalty killers like Anze Kopitar, Joe Armia, Trevor Moore, and Corey Perry are

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The Kings knew they had to stay disciplined against San Jose's strong power play featuring 19-year-old superstar Macklin Celebrini. But things went south fast as they took four penalties, surrendering two power play goals in the loss. In the second period alone, the Kings racked up three penalties, including two from defenseman Drew Dowdy.

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that left former King Tyler Toffoli score and a rebound for the first goal. Then early in the third, Adrian Kempe went off, and the Sharks cashed in again with Timothy LoJegren's slap shot, tipped by Adam Gaudette. Coach Jim Hiller called it out, saying they've taken too many minors all year, putting their thin penalty kill under huge pressure. Players echoed that frustration.

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Defenseman Joel Edmondson admitted they played sloppy without energy, unlike their recent wins over Minnesota. Hiller added they turned the puck over a lot, failing to grind to the net like they should. Still, at even strength, the Kings dominated, out-shooting San Jose 24-18 and controlling play as the game wore on. It all came down to Celebrini.

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With just over a minute left in regulation, he poked the puck at the blue line, danced past two Kings, and fired a wrister through Darcy Quimpers. Legs to tie it. In overtime, he stripped a pass from Kempe for a two-on-one and set up William Eklund's winner. Celebrini finished with a goal and two assists, his 11th multi-point game this season, now third in NHL scoring with 67 points in. 43 games.

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A bright spot for the Kings was their third line of Kevin Fiala, Alex Turcotte, and Andrei Kuzmenko, who fired 10 shots and scored two goals. including Turcotte ending a 13-game drought. Now at 18 wins, 14 losses, and 10 overtime losses for 46 points, they hold a slim wild-card edge over Anaheim and Utah. As Edmondson said, with standing so tight past the halfway mark, every game fuels the fire.