SAN JOSE – Alexandar Georgiev, not the red-hot Yaroslav Askarov, will start in net Tuesday when the San Jose Sharks play the NHL-leading Vegas Golden Knights to close out a six-game homestand. Georgiev has lost four straight starts, but Sharks coach Ryan Warsofsky said he didn’t want the veteran goalie to sit for too long.

In December, the Sharks gave up the tying or winning goal in the final three minutes of the third period four times. It happened most recently against the Edmonton Oilers on Dec. 21, when the Sharks allowed a tying goal to Mattias Ekholm with 18 seconds left in regulation before losing 3-2 in overtime.

The San Jose Sharks have lost their sixth game in a row, giving up the lead in five of those games. While they are in a rebuild, they struggle to win in this league and string them together. The team is battling more for the puck,

Cody Ceci scored with 24.2 seconds left in the third period to lift the San Jose Sharks to a 3-2 win over the New Jersey Devils on Saturday before a sellout crowd at SAP Center. Ceci took a pass from Alexander Wennberg at the point and fired a shot that got past Devils goalie Jacob Markstrom for his third goal of the season.

The San Jose Sharks hosted the New Jersey Devils for some matinee hockey. The game was a close one, but ultimately it was the Sharks who were victorious, 3-2.

Instead, the puck remained in play, paving the way for Sharks Alex Wenneberg to feed the puck up to the blueline where defenseman Cody Ceci was waiting to fire a slapshot through traffic. With just 24 seconds remaining on the clock Ceci's shot wired past the goal line to send the home team into a raucous cheer.