Deadspin | Macklin Celebrini breaks Sharks’ season points record in win over Jets Apr 16, 2026; Winnipeg, Manitoba, CAN; San Jose Sharks forward Igor Chernyshov (92) scores on Winnipeg Jets goalie Eric Comrie (1) during the first period at Canada Life Centre. Mandatory Credit: Terrence Lee-Imagn Images Macklin Celebrini tallied one goal and two assists to become the Sharks’ franchise leader for points in a single season, guiding San Jose to a 6-1 win against the host Winnipeg Jets on Thursday in the season finale for both teams. Celebrini, 19, reached 115 points (45 goals, 70 assists) to break Joe Thornton’s record of 114 points set in the 2006-2007 season. The Vancouver native broke the record with a snap shot at 1:14 of the third period that capped the game’s scoring. William Eklund also logged a goal and two assists, Will Smith had a goal and an assist and Alex Nedeljkovic made 25 saves for the Sharks (39-35-8, 86 points), who had lost four of their previous five games (1-3-1). San Jose’s John Klingberg recorded three assists in his 700th NHL game, and Igor Chernyshov, Collin Graf and Michael Misa contributed a goal apiece. Cole Koepke scored the lone goal for the Jets (35-35-12, 82 points), who ended their season with four straight losses. Eric Comrie made 27 saves. Koepke put Winnipeg up 1-0 at 3:28 of the first period when he caught a breakaway and scored on a snap shot. Chernyshov tied it 1-1 at 6:26 of the first. Celebrini set the play up on a power play by feeding Eklund up for a slap shot. Comrie defended the shot, and Chernyshov scored on the rebound. Smith gave San Jose a 2-1 lead at 16:54 of the opening period when Celebrini set him up with a cross-ice pass. Smith scored on a snap shot close to the net. Graf extended the Sharks’ lead to 3-1 at 5:51 of the second period. The forward broke up the ice on a 2-on-1 and scored on a wrist shot. Misa made it 4-1 at 18:01 of the second when he scored on his own rebound. Eklund scored on a rebound with chaos in front of the net to put the Sharks up 5-1 with five seconds left in the middle period. –Field Level Media #Deadspin #Macklin #Celebrini #breaks #Sharks #season #points #record #win #Jets

Deadspin | Giants turn to ace Logan Webb to tame improving Nats Mar 31, 2026; San Diego, California, USA; San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Logan Webb (62) throws during the first inning against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park. Mandatory Credit: Denis Poroy-Imagn Images The Washington Nationals return home from a strong road trip and open a three-game series against the struggling San Francisco Giants on Friday night. Washington went 5-2 against the Milwaukee Brewers and the Pittsburgh Pirates and enters the weekend tied for second in the National League East. The road has not been kind to the Giants thus far. After salvaging the finale of a three-game series against the Cincinnati Reds on Thursday, San Francisco is 2-4 on a nine-game Eastern swing. The Nationals capped their trip with an 8-7, 10-inning win against the Pirates on Thursday. Washington split four games at Pittsburgh after sweeping three from Milwaukee and sits one game under .500. “Couldn’t be happier, couldn’t be more proud of our guys,” Nationals manager Blake Butera said. “I think our first 19 games have been against really good teams. It’s a good challenge early on to face these clubs and test where we’re at. When you go on the road like this and come out of it 5-2, it’s huge.” Giants veteran Logan Webb (1-2, 5.25 ERA) will oppose fellow right-hander Zack Littell (0-1, 4.20) in the opener. Last time out, Webb gave up four runs on five hits over six innings in a loss to the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday. He struck out six and walked three. Webb is 4-1 with a 4.25 ERA in six starts vs. the Nationals. Littell is coming off a no-decision against the Brewers on Sunday, when he allowed three runs on six hits — three of them home runs — over five innings. He struck out three without a walk. Littell lost his lone career start against the Giants when he gave up two runs in 5 2/3 innings for the Tampa Bay Rays on Aug. 15, 2023. San Francisco snapped a four-game losing streak on Thursday with a 3-0 win at Cincinnati. Landen Roupp tossed six innings of one-hit ball to help the Giants avert a sweep. “I think I just wanted to go out there and stop the bleeding and get us back on the right track,” Roupp said. “I just wanted to go out there today, throw strikes and just give the team the best chance to win.” Jung Hoo Lee went 3-for-4 in his fourth multi-hit game of the road trip. He has raised his average from .143 to .246 over his past six contests. Tempers flared in the eighth inning when the Giants’ Willy Adames was hit by a pitch, and then the benches emptied after the Reds’ Sal Stewart struck out to end the game. “I do think it is a team that’s already got strong camaraderie,” manager Tony Vitello said of his Giants. “I do think there does need to be a little bit more battle to them. It doesn’t mean breaking a bat or starting a fight or anything like that.” In Pittsburgh, Washington’s James Wood singled home the automatic runner with two outs in the top of the 10th and Orlando Ribalta pitched the bottom half to secure an 8-7 Nationals win. Wood, Daylin Lile and Drew Millas had two hits each for the Nationals, who scored eight runs despite going 1-for-14 with runners in scoring position. Ribalta, 28, gave up a hit but earned his first major league save in his 28th big-league appearance. “He seems to have a slow heartbeat at all times,” Butera said. “And it’s nice to have a guy like that on the mound in that situation.” –Field Level Media #Deadspin #Giants #turn #ace #Logan #Webb #tame #improving #Nats

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Mar 31, 2026; San Diego, California, USA; San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Logan Webb (62) throws during the first inning against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park. Mandatory Credit: Denis Poroy-Imagn Images

The Washington Nationals return home from a strong road trip and open a three-game series against the struggling San Francisco Giants on Friday night.

Washington went 5-2 against the Milwaukee Brewers and the Pittsburgh Pirates and enters the weekend tied for second in the National League East.

The road has not been kind to the Giants thus far. After salvaging the finale of a three-game series against the Cincinnati Reds on Thursday, San Francisco is 2-4 on a nine-game Eastern swing.

The Nationals capped their trip with an 8-7, 10-inning win against the Pirates on Thursday. Washington split four games at Pittsburgh after sweeping three from Milwaukee and sits one game under .500.

“Couldn’t be happier, couldn’t be more proud of our guys,” Nationals manager Blake Butera said. “I think our first 19 games have been against really good teams. It’s a good challenge early on to face these clubs and test where we’re at. When you go on the road like this and come out of it 5-2, it’s huge.”

Giants veteran Logan Webb (1-2, 5.25 ERA) will oppose fellow right-hander Zack Littell (0-1, 4.20) in the opener.

Last time out, Webb gave up four runs on five hits over six innings in a loss to the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday. He struck out six and walked three.

Webb is 4-1 with a 4.25 ERA in six starts vs. the Nationals.

Littell is coming off a no-decision against the Brewers on Sunday, when he allowed three runs on six hits — three of them home runs — over five innings. He struck out three without a walk.

Littell lost his lone career start against the Giants when he gave up two runs in 5 2/3 innings for the Tampa Bay Rays on Aug. 15, 2023.

San Francisco snapped a four-game losing streak on Thursday with a 3-0 win at Cincinnati. Landen Roupp tossed six innings of one-hit ball to help the Giants avert a sweep.

“I think I just wanted to go out there and stop the bleeding and get us back on the right track,” Roupp said. “I just wanted to go out there today, throw strikes and just give the team the best chance to win.”

Jung Hoo Lee went 3-for-4 in his fourth multi-hit game of the road trip. He has raised his average from .143 to .246 over his past six contests.

Tempers flared in the eighth inning when the Giants’ Willy Adames was hit by a pitch, and then the benches emptied after the Reds’ Sal Stewart struck out to end the game.

“I do think it is a team that’s already got strong camaraderie,” manager Tony Vitello said of his Giants. “I do think there does need to be a little bit more battle to them. It doesn’t mean breaking a bat or starting a fight or anything like that.”

In Pittsburgh, Washington’s James Wood singled home the automatic runner with two outs in the top of the 10th and Orlando Ribalta pitched the bottom half to secure an 8-7 Nationals win.

Wood, Daylin Lile and Drew Millas had two hits each for the Nationals, who scored eight runs despite going 1-for-14 with runners in scoring position.

Ribalta, 28, gave up a hit but earned his first major league save in his 28th big-league appearance.

“He seems to have a slow heartbeat at all times,” Butera said. “And it’s nice to have a guy like that on the mound in that situation.”

–Field Level Media

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Mar 31, 2026; San Diego, California, USA; San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Logan Webb (62) throws during the first inning against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park. Mandatory Credit: Denis Poroy-Imagn Images

The Washington Nationals return home from a strong road trip and open a three-game series against the struggling San Francisco Giants on Friday night.

Washington went 5-2 against the Milwaukee Brewers and the Pittsburgh Pirates and enters the weekend tied for second in the National League East.

The road has not been kind to the Giants thus far. After salvaging the finale of a three-game series against the Cincinnati Reds on Thursday, San Francisco is 2-4 on a nine-game Eastern swing.

The Nationals capped their trip with an 8-7, 10-inning win against the Pirates on Thursday. Washington split four games at Pittsburgh after sweeping three from Milwaukee and sits one game under .500.

“Couldn’t be happier, couldn’t be more proud of our guys,” Nationals manager Blake Butera said. “I think our first 19 games have been against really good teams. It’s a good challenge early on to face these clubs and test where we’re at. When you go on the road like this and come out of it 5-2, it’s huge.”

Giants veteran Logan Webb (1-2, 5.25 ERA) will oppose fellow right-hander Zack Littell (0-1, 4.20) in the opener.

Last time out, Webb gave up four runs on five hits over six innings in a loss to the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday. He struck out six and walked three.

Webb is 4-1 with a 4.25 ERA in six starts vs. the Nationals.

Littell is coming off a no-decision against the Brewers on Sunday, when he allowed three runs on six hits — three of them home runs — over five innings. He struck out three without a walk.

Littell lost his lone career start against the Giants when he gave up two runs in 5 2/3 innings for the Tampa Bay Rays on Aug. 15, 2023.

San Francisco snapped a four-game losing streak on Thursday with a 3-0 win at Cincinnati. Landen Roupp tossed six innings of one-hit ball to help the Giants avert a sweep.

“I think I just wanted to go out there and stop the bleeding and get us back on the right track,” Roupp said. “I just wanted to go out there today, throw strikes and just give the team the best chance to win.”

Jung Hoo Lee went 3-for-4 in his fourth multi-hit game of the road trip. He has raised his average from .143 to .246 over his past six contests.

Tempers flared in the eighth inning when the Giants’ Willy Adames was hit by a pitch, and then the benches emptied after the Reds’ Sal Stewart struck out to end the game.

“I do think it is a team that’s already got strong camaraderie,” manager Tony Vitello said of his Giants. “I do think there does need to be a little bit more battle to them. It doesn’t mean breaking a bat or starting a fight or anything like that.”

In Pittsburgh, Washington’s James Wood singled home the automatic runner with two outs in the top of the 10th and Orlando Ribalta pitched the bottom half to secure an 8-7 Nationals win.

Wood, Daylin Lile and Drew Millas had two hits each for the Nationals, who scored eight runs despite going 1-for-14 with runners in scoring position.

Ribalta, 28, gave up a hit but earned his first major league save in his 28th big-league appearance.

“He seems to have a slow heartbeat at all times,” Butera said. “And it’s nice to have a guy like that on the mound in that situation.”

–Field Level Media

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