Sharks earn comeback win over Mammoth in game full of dramatic moments

Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News on Nov 15, 2026

Published in Hockey

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Mason Marchment scored in the fifth round of the shootout to give the Sharks a dramatic 6-5 win over the Utah Mammoth on Saturday at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City.

Goalie Yaroslav Askarov had 27 saves through three periods and overtime and allowed only one goal in the shootout as the Sharks earned at least one point in their third straight game.

Macklin Celebrini also scored for the Sharks in the shootout, and Tyler Toffoli, Adam Gaudette, Zack Ostapchuk, Dmitry Orlov and Eric Pohlkamp scored during regulation time as the Sharks won for just the second time in their last eight games. Orlov also had two assists.

It was the Sharks’ fourth straight close game and their third straight to end in a shootout, with Askarov in net for all three. They lost 4-3 to the Dallas Stars last Saturday, beat the New York Islanders 3-2 in a shootout on Monday, and lost 3-2 in a shootout to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday.

The Sharks enjoyed some memorable moments against the Mammoth, notably setting a new team record for the fastest two goals scored in a regular-season game and seeing Pohlkamp score his first career NHL goal.

One big highlight for the Sharks was Orlov’s fluttering slap shot from 50 feet past goalie Karel Vejmelka, giving the Sharks a 5-4 lead with 5:43 left in regulation. Mammoth forward Barrett Hayton scored with 3:38 left in regulation time to tie the game 5-5.

Pohlkamp’s first goal came at the 5:23 mark of the third period as he took a pass from Macklin Celebrini on a Sharks rush and fired a shot past Mammoth goalie Karel Vejmelka to tie the game 4-4.

The Sharks played a much more intense second period but still trailed by one going into the final 20 minutes of regulation time.

With the Sharks trailing 3-1, Adam Gaudette and Zack Ostapchuk set a new team record by scoring goals six seconds apart to tie the game, with Ostapchuk’s tying goal coming at the 3:13 mark. The former team record was seven seconds, first set in Nov. 1992 and matched in Dec. 2021.

But minutes later, the Mammoth took advantage of a Darnell Nurse turnover in the Sharks’ end, resulting in a Jack McBain go-ahead goal at the 8:59 mark of the second.

Both Ty Dellandrea and Gaudette fought Mammoth defenseman after perceived liberties, with Gaudette’s second scrap coming after Peeke hit Macklin Celebrini in the neutral zone.

The Sharks were hoping to get off to a good start, but didn’t compete and instead were outshot 12-5 and allowed three goals in the first 12:40 of opening period

Just 2:15 into the first period, after a faceoff in the Utah zone, the Sharks had four players caught deep, leading to a 2-on-1 the way that Zac Jones finished for his first goal of the season. It marked the 17th time in 22 games this season that the Sharks had allowed the first goal.

With Will Smith serving a tripping penalty, Mikhail Sergachev scored a power play goal at the 8:53 mark of the first period before the Sharks responded 2:42 later on a power play goal by Tyler Toffoli.

Jones gave Utah a 3-1 lead at the 12:40 mark after a league-initiated video review determined a shot by Anders Lee would have entered the net as the culmination of a continuous play. Per Rule 37.3 (i), apparent goals shall be subject to video review when the “puck enters the net as the culmination of a continuous play where the result of the play was unaffected by any whistle blown by the Referee upon his losing sight of the puck.”