The Sharks took their 3-game winning streak on the road for the first of four games away from SAP Center on Tuesday night. San Jose made a stop in St Paul to play the Minnesota Wild at Grand Casino Arena. San Jose stunned the Wild at the end of October with a wild finish in overtime when Macklin Celebrini scored on the Sharks only possession in the extra session. Tuesday's affair ended with a similar feel except this time Celebrini setup the game winner in overtime as San Jose steals 2 points with a 2-1 win in the extra period.

Minnesota controlled the ice for two and a half periods before the Sharks finally figured out to generate any offense. To the Sharks credit their defensive schemes are working. They held the Wild to a single goal even though it could have easily been a much worse outcome for San Jose.

San Jose simply hung around until Will Smith tied the game in the 3rd period. Collin Graf scored the game winner 2:41 into overtime after Celebrini set him up with a pass between a defender's skates. Graf collected Celebrini's feed then deeked Wild goaltender Filip Gustavsson with a move to his left before sliding the puck home for his 2nd tally of the season and a 4th straight victory for his club.

If the Sharks game plan was to let Minnesota punch themselves out early, mission accomplished. Minnesota had the after burners set to full the entire opening 20 minutes. The Sharks held them off with solid defense, but the offensive opportunities were limited.

Both teams traded penalties in the first 10 minutes of the game, but neither team would cash in. The Sharks used their opportunity to record their first shot on goal 9 minutes into the game.

Minnesota held an 8-5 advantage in shots after 20 minutes.

A Barclay Goodrow tripping penalty 4:05 into the 2nd period setup the game's first score of the night. Matt Boldy one-timed a Mats Zuccarello pass from the bottom of the right circle. Zuccarello sent a long diagonal pass from the bottom of the left circle, allowing Boldy to lift a shot that beat Yaroslav Askarov over the left shoulder.

Alexander Wennberg intercepted an errant Yakov Trenin pass in the high slot at the 9 minute mark, but the Shark centerman's shot attempt was smothered by Gustavsson. Minnesota countered with a push on the other end of the ice that ended with a shot clanking off the right post.

San Jose went on the power play after Joel Eriksson Ek interfered with Macklin Celebrini. Sharks head coach Ryan Warsofsky was forced to throw his 2nd power play unit out on the ice first, which did nothing with the opportunity.

John Klingberg had to haul down Boldy after a puck skipped past him on the penalty box side boards to put the Wild back on the power play 2 seconds after Ericksson Ek's penalty expired.

The Sharks top line was caught in the long end late in the period, skating a shift that exceeded 2 minutes. Minnesota pinned the Sharks in their own end, capped by a nice chance for Trenin who redirected a shot that clipped the left post.

Alexander Wennberg was sent off for slashing at 17:09 to put the Wild on the power play for the 4th time.

Warsofsky tried to mix things up early in the 3rd period to try and ignite something. Collin Graf was moved on to the top line, joining Celebrini and Will Smith. with Tyler Toffoli was moved to the 2nd line with Wennberg and Philipp Kurashev.

San Jose finally found a crack when David Jiricek was sent off for slashing 11:08 into the frame. The Sharks top power play unit then went to work with Will Smith depositing the back end of a tic-tac-toe sequence that started with Tyler Toffoli hitting Celebrini on the left side. Celebrini saw Smith lurking on the right side, setting him up with the immediate feed. Smith pushed the puck past Gustavsson for his 7th of the year.

Game Notes:

* Wild winger Marcus Johansson was honored before the game for playing in his 1,000 NHL game, which occurred on Sunday.

* In a late change, Yaroslav Askarov was given the start over Alex Nedeljkovic in net as was scheduled.

* The Sharks had their consecutive penalty kills streak end at 18 straight when Boldy scored on the man advantage in the 2nd period.

* Will Smith extended his scoring streak to 5 games (3 goals, 4 assists) and Macklin Celebrini extended his own streak to 4 games (3 goals, 4 assists).

* Sam Disckinson earned his 1st career NHL assist with the secondary helper on the game winning goal by Collin Graf.