The Sharks wrapped up their short 2-game road trip in St Louis on Thursday night, but they continued on without captain Macklin Celebrini. San Jose elected to sit Celebrini, which turned out to be the right call after Darnell Nurse deposited a Ivar Stenberg feed in overtime as the Sharks knocked off the Blues 3-2 at the Enterprise Center in Missouri.

Celebrini practiced with the team on Wednesday and participated in the pre-game skate but the Sharks continue to be cautious with their franchise player. The lower body that has now sidelined him for a second straight game is something the Sharks don't want to have manifest until something more serious.

His teammates were tasked with trying to find a way to generate some offense in his absence. Things got off to a slot start early, which extended the team's scoreless streak to 4 consecutive periods.

The Sharks got caught in an outnumbered situation 3:42 into the game when Mason McTavish gathered a Jonatan Berggren pass as he skated inside the right circle. Drawing goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic to the right side, McTavish waited out the Sharks goaltender before sending a pass toward the far post where Connor McMichael was able to tap it home for his 2nd goal of the season.

San Jose spent the majority of the period chasing the puck, failing to establish any offensive flow. The Blues out-shot San Jose 11-3 in the frame. The Sharks only generated 13 shots in their 5-0 loss to Dallas on Sunday. The lack of shots translated directly to their inability to put any pucks in the opposing net.

St Louis goaltender Joel Hofer was called for tripping 6:39 into the 2nd period to put the Sharks on the power play for the second time. The Blues killed the penalty, but Tyler Toffoli jammed home a puck 9 seconds after the infraction expired.

The veteran forward collected a Michael Misa feed near the left corner before lopping back toward the net. Toffoli's initial shot attempt was denied by Hofer, but Toffoli continued to drive toward the net and getting a second chance to find the right side of the goal line for his 2nd goal of the season.

San Jose started to apply more offensive pressure which translated into another power play chance after Cam Fowler was forced to slash Alexander Wennberg on a quality scoring chance in front of the Blues net.

St Louis generated the best scoring chance during the Sharks power play after a soft clearing pass landed on Dillon Dube's stick for a put back chance that missed wide left.

Ivar Stenberg nullified the man-advantage by taking his own slashing penalty at 16:14, his 1st career infraction. San Jose took care of that penalty, then went back on the power play with 4.8 ticks left in the period after Brandon Carlo lofted a puck into the stands for a delay of game penalty.

San Jose shot themselves in the foot when Toffoli sent a blind backhand pass up the middle from the left wing board. Dube intercepted it and race up ice on a 2-on-1 before snapping it past Nedeljkovic for the short-handed goal and a 2-1 lead.

Colin Graf evened things up at 6:05 on a put back chance after a Sam Dickinson shot from the right side hit Hofer and kicked out to the slot. Graf came barreling down the lane and was in perfect position to pounce on the big rebound.

Robert Thomas just missed putting the Blues back on top with 3 minutes to play on a shot from the slot that banged off the crossbar.

Nurse ended it after the Sharks controlled the puck in the offensive zone and Stenberg found him with a rink wide pass from the right wing boards. It was the only shot of the overtime but it was all San Jose needed.

All three of their wins have come via the extra period, but this one differed in that San Jose had to come from behind in the 3rd period. They achieved that and realize they can win without their captain.

Game Notes:

* The Sharks had 4 power play chances in the game and they ended up giving up 4 short-handed shots including Dillon Dube's that resulted in a go-ahead goal.

* Kiefer Sherwood, Sam Dickinson, Zack Ostapchuk and Jacob Trouba combined for 22 hits between the 4 of them. Sherwood recorded a game high 10 hits by himself.

* Michael Misa was a +2 on the night and played a more physical game that we didn't see last season. The 2nd year forward has bulked up this season and is using his size to play a more physical game.

* Blues forward Jimmy Snuggerud is the son of former Shark Dave Snugerrud. The elder played 36 games for the Sharks from 1991-93.

* The Sharks placed forward Brett Leason on waivers earlier in the day. That likely means Adam Gaudette is close to returning from his upper body injury.