SAN JOSE – The San Jose Sharks are understandably excited about the way forwards Macklin Celebrini and William Eklund are playing right now.

Eklund is enjoying the fastest start to a season of his relatively brief NHL career, and Celebrini is starting to establish himself as one of the league’s premier players. Both will be pillars of the Sharks franchise for years to come and are carrying lengthy point streaks into Thursday’s home game against the New Jersey Devils.

The Sharks, in time, would love to see goalie Yaroslav Askarov start to show that same kind of consistency. But he’s not there yet, as Tuesday’s game against the Los Angeles Kings painfully demonstrated.

Playing in just his 22nd NHL game, Askarov saw 14 shots and made just 10 saves in what turned into a frustrating 4-3 Shar

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