Game

Sharks at Blue Jackets

Sharks 3, Blue Jackets 2 · first star Igor Chernyshov (2 G, 0 A).

2025-26 regular season · Preseason. The 2026-27 regular season starts Sep 29. Data as of September 28, 2026, source NHL.

San Jose Sharks 3 at Columbus Blue Jackets 2

Sharks SJS

3 FINAL 2

Blue Jackets CBJ

Saturday, March 28, 2026 · 5:00 PM ET · Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Sharks	1	0	2	3	36
Blue Jackets	1	1	0	2	24

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Sharks attack left, Blue Jackets attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so a mark in a team's own end would be an attempt logged from there (none in this game). Boxscore shots on goal: SJS 36, CBJ 24.

SJS in red CBJ in blue goal shot on goal missed blocked Sharks 36 shots on goal (3 goals, 15 missed, 14 blocked) attacking left; Blue Jackets 24 shots on goal (2 goals, 11 missed, 10 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	SJS SOG	SJS G	SJS ATT	CBJ SOG	CBJ G	CBJ ATT
1st	8	1	21	9	1	20
2nd	18	0	29	8	1	13
3rd	10	2	15	7	0	12
Total	36	3	65	24	2	45

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	SJS SOG	SJS G	CBJ SOG	CBJ G
Even strength	33	2	23	2
Power play	2	1	1	0
Short-handed	1	0	0	0

Attempt share by period

Sharks took 59.1% of the shot attempts, and 58.3% of the 103 attempts taken at 5-on-5. An attempt is a goal, a shot on goal, a miss or a blocked shot; CF% is the share of them belonging to the Blue Jackets and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Sharks hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Sharks at Blue Jackets
Period	CBJ CF%	CBJ FF%
1st	48.8	46.7
2nd	30.9	33.3
3rd	44.4	43.5
Game	40.9	40.7

Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.

Scoring summary

1st period

00:31 Denton Mateychuk (12) Adam Fantilli (33) · wrist 0–1
17:17 Igor Chernyshov (4) Will Smith (27) · snap 1–1

2nd period

12:09 Cole Sillinger (8) Ivan Provorov (20) · snap 1–2

3rd period

00:57 Macklin Celebrini (36) PP Dmitry Orlov (27), Alexander Wennberg (32) · slap 2–2
18:35 Igor Chernyshov (5) Will Smith (28), Macklin Celebrini (62) · snap 3–2

Three stars

Igor Chernyshov SJS · L #92 · 2 G, 0 A
Elvis Merzlikins CBJ · G #90 · 0 GA, .917 SV%
Macklin Celebrini SJS · C #71 · 1 G, 1 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
2nd	03:05	CBJ	Boone Jenner	hooking	2	Collin Graf
2nd	14:45	SJS	Zack Ostapchuk	holding	2	Ivan Provorov
3rd	00:54	CBJ	Charlie Coyle	tripping	2	William Eklund

Boxscore

San Jose Sharks

Sharks skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Igor Chernyshov #92	L	2	0	2	+1	3	1	0	0	0.0	15:31
Macklin Celebrini #71	C	1	1	2	+2	6	0	0	0	35.0	19:42
Will Smith #2	C	0	2	2	+1	3	0	0	0	50.0	19:14
Alexander Wennberg #21	C	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	47.4	16:47
Dmitry Orlov #9	D	0	1	1	-2	1	1	0	0	0.0	22:13
Barclay Goodrow #23	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	11:56
Michael Misa #77	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	60.0	15:09
Tyler Toffoli #73	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	14:48
Zack Ostapchuk #63	C	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	2	100.0	08:58
Kiefer Sherwood #44	L	0	0	0	-1	2	6	0	0	0.0	16:52
William Eklund #72	L	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	0.0	16:12
Adam Gaudette #81	R	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	66.7	09:41
Collin Graf #51	R	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0.0	15:21
Mario Ferraro #38	D	0	0	0	+2	0	0	2	0	0.0	20:58
Nick Leddy #4	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.0	17:37
Sam Dickinson #6	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0.0	17:23
Shakir Mukhamadullin #85	D	0	0	0	+2	3	0	0	0	0.0	20:30
Vincent Desharnais #5	D	0	0	0	-2	2	2	1	0	0.0	19:37

Sharks goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Alex Nedeljkovic #33	W	24	22	2	.917	21/23	1/1	59:31

Columbus Blue Jackets

Blue Jackets skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Cole Sillinger #4	C	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	50.0	16:23
Denton Mateychuk #5	D	1	0	1	+1	1	0	0	0	0.0	14:57
Adam Fantilli #19	C	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	53.8	19:58
Ivan Provorov #9	D	0	1	1	+1	3	1	0	0	0.0	25:39
Boone Jenner #38	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	2	68.8	17:17
Charlie Coyle #3	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	50.0	18:26
Isac Lundeström #21	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50.0	12:49
Kent Johnson #91	C	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	13:37
Sean Monahan #23	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	30.8	15:34
Dmitri Voronkov #10	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0.0	04:03
Mason Marchment #17	L	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	0.0	14:18
Conor Garland #83	R	0	0	0	-1	3	1	0	0	0.0	12:41
Kirill Marchenko #86	R	0	0	0	+2	4	1	0	0	100.0	20:50
Mathieu Olivier #24	R	0	0	0	-1	2	4	1	0	0.0	15:40
Dante Fabbro #15	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	0.0	16:52
Erik Gudbranson #44	D	0	0	0	-1	1	0	3	0	0.0	19:09
Jake Christiansen #2	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0.0	09:43
Zach Werenski #8	D	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	30:51

Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Elvis Merzlikins #90	L	36	33	3	.917	31/33	1/2	59:10

SOG shots on goal · BLK blocked shots · FO% faceoff win percentage · EV / PP saves over shots by strength. Skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Source NHL (boxscore, play-by-play, game summary). Shot locations are the league's tracked coordinates; the chart and the situation tables are computed by Play-Pause Hockey. Data as of 2026-09-28.