NEW YORK -- Macklin Celebrini had a hat trick and two assists, and Will Smith had two goals and two assists, including the overtime winner, to give the San Jose Sharks their first win of the season, 6-5 against the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden on Thursday.

It was Celebrini's second career hat trick and five-point game in the NHL, and Smith's second four-point game. Smith won the game with a one-timer from the left circle off a cross-ice pass from Celebrini at 1:38 of overtime.

"They live for this type of moment, at MSG," Sharks coach Ryan Warsofsky said. "They're competitive. But I think if you put them on a pond in rural Boston they'd be just as excited to play and go compete. That's what's special about them is they're ultra-competitive. They're driven and nothing rea

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