{"id":419062,"date":"2025-12-02T08:14:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T08:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/419062\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T08:14:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T08:14:11","slug":"will-smith-goal-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/419062\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Smith: Goal of the Year?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Will Smith might have just scored the goal of the year.<\/p>\n<p>The San Jose Sharks, up 3-2 in the second period, but the Utah Mammoth surging, needed a shot in the arm from someone, and they got it.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Will Smith is breaking ankles out here. \ud83d\ude28 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OehmbtjxKC\">pic.twitter.com\/OehmbtjxKC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 San Jose Sharks (@SanJoseSharks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SanJoseSharks\/status\/1995710814959939793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 2, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Macklin Celebrini (71) gained the zone, feinting a pass forward and drawing John Marino (6) in , before a behind-the-back drop to Will Smith (2). Smith put the puck between the legs of Nate Schmidt (88) and past a sprawling Brandon Tanev (13), before firing a shot along the ice past ex-San Jose Sharks goalie Vitek Vanecek. Defenseman Shakir Mukhamadullin (85) had jumped up to provide a screen.<\/p>\n<p>The Sharks didn\u2019t look back, totaling three unanswered goals in the middle frame, to race out to a 6-2 lead. Smith added another, and Adam Gaudette struck too.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">THE SHARKS ARE A WAGON <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pwZjT44NhY\">pic.twitter.com\/pwZjT44NhY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sharks on NBCS (@NBCSSharks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBCSSharks\/status\/1995712658906251388?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 2, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Smith now has 12 goals on the season, roughly a 36-goal pace for the season. He\u2019s just two behind team leader Celebrini\u2019s 14.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of Celebrini, he\u2019s got three assists on the night. The 19-year-old\u2019s triple gives him 40 points on the season:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This assist put Celebrini at the 40-point mark for the season. Per <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NHLPR?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@NHLPR<\/a>, Celebrini is the fourth teen in NHL history to reach 40 points in 27 or fewer games, joining Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux and Sidney Crosby. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tOxz3Hs9Wb\">https:\/\/t.co\/tOxz3Hs9Wb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 San Jose Sharks PR (@SanJoseSharksPR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SanJoseSharksPR\/status\/1995721649732153704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 2, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Sleepover Line mate Tyler Toffoli also broke out of his slump with two goals and two assists.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DRvQIpGkv7s\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Will Smith might have just scored the goal of the year. 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