Philipp Kurashev scored twice, including the overtime winner, to lead the San Jose Sharks to a 3-2 victory over the Colorado Avalanche at SAP Center on November 1, 2025. Macklin Celebrini also scored for San Jose, extending his point streak to seven games. The win improves the Sharks to 4-6-2, while the Avalanche fall to 7-1-5.
The game began with Martin Necas giving the Avalanche a 1-0 lead just 30 seconds into the first period. His spinning wrist shot from the left face-off dot deflected off San Jose defenseman Timothy Liljegren's foot and past Sharks goaltender Yaroslav Askarov.
San Jose tied it at 1-1 late in the period when Macklin Celebrini scored at 18:21. Assisted by Tyler Toffoli from the right boards, Celebrini wristed the puck from the top of the slot to the blocker side of Avalanche goaltender Mackenzie Blackwood, who was making his season debut with 20 saves. Celebrini's goal extended his career-high point streak to seven games, during which he has 13 points (six goals, seven assists).
In the second period, Kurashev put the Sharks ahead 2-1 at 4:07 on a breakaway. Ty Dellandrea sent him in alone, and Kurashev scored with a wrist shot from the left hash marks to the far side.
Nathan MacKinnon evened the score at 2-2 at 9:10, a goal confirmed after NHL Situation Room review showed Sharks forward Jeff Skinner had displaced the net before the puck crossed the line. MacKinnon, on a 2-on-1 with Artturi Lehkonen, deked around Askarov at the left post. It was MacKinnon's 10th goal of the season, extending his point streak to six games (nine points: four goals, five assists).
Askarov made 36 saves in the victory, helping San Jose win three of their last four games. Liljegren left late in the first period with an upper-body injury after taking a puck to the face on the bench.
In overtime, Kurashev sealed the win at 1:48. Taking a pass from Alexander Wennberg in the left face-off circle, he wristed the puck over Blackwood's glove.
