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01/07 00:08 CST Wennberg has goal and assist against former team as Sharks beat
Blue Jackets 5-2
Wennberg has goal and assist against former team as Sharks beat Blue Jackets 5-2
MICHAEL WAGAMAN
Associated Press
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) --- Alex Wennberg had a goal and an assist against his
former team, and the San Jose Sharks bounced back from a frustrating loss three
days earlier and beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 5-2 on Tuesday night.
Zack Ostapchuk also had a goal while Macklin Celebrini and Mario Ferraro added
empty-netters to help the Sharks win their fourth in five games. Alex
Nedeljkovic stopped 34 shots for San Jose, which was coming off a 7-3 loss to
Tampa Bay on Saturday night.
Wennberg, the Blue Jackets' first-round pick in 2013, assisted on Pavol
Regenda's goal in the first period then scored on a power play early in the
second for his eighth goal of the season. That moved the 31-year-old within two
points of reaching 400 for his career.
Celebrini's goal was his 23rd of the season and extended the 19-year-old's
career-high point streak to 11 games.
Zach Werenski scored his team-leading 16th goal for Columbus, and Sean Monahan
also had a goal. Jet Greaves finished with 31 saves.
San Jose broke through moments after Nedeljkovic stopped Charlie Coyle's wrist
shot. Regenda responded quickly and broke free to score his sixth of the season
on a cross-ice pass from Wennberg with 49 seconds left.
Wennberg made it 2-0 with a power-play goal at 4:14 of the second when he fired
the puck between Greaves' legs. It gave Wennberg his seventh multi-point game
of the season.
Werenski trimmed San Jose's lead to 2-1 with his goal late in the second. He
has five points in three games since returning from an ankle injury.
Ostapchuk's second goal of the season made it 3-1 before Monahan pulled the
Blue Jackets within one with 3:55 to go.
Ferraro and Celebrini scored into the empty net 45 seconds apart to seal San
Jose's win.
Up next
Blue Jackets: At Vegas on Thursday night.
Sharks: At Los Angeles on Wednesday night.
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