Graf scores in OT as Sharks come back to beat Wild 2-1

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Collin Graf scored 2:41 into overtime and the surging San Jose Sharks came back to beat the Minnesota Wild 2-1 on Tuesday night.

Macklin Celebrini fed Graf the puck in the middle near the goal mouth. Graf deked Wild goaltender Filip Gustavsson, leaving an open net to put away the winner for just his second goal of the season.

Will Smith had his seventh goal of the season and Yaroslav Askarov made 28 saves in goal for San Jose, which has won four in a row and has points in seven straight. Celebrini had two assists in the game and has three goals and five assists during a four-game point streak.

Matt Boldy had a second-period, power-play goal for Minnesota, which had won two in a row and four of five since losing five straight to end October. Gustavsson stopped 16 shots.

Boldy’s ninth goal of the season was a one-timer off a cross-ice pass from Mats Zuccarello, who has two assists in three games after missing the season’s first 15 contests with a lower-body injury.

For Boldy, it was his fourth goal in four games. He’s scored five times on the power play as Minnesota continues to excel with the man advantage.

The Wild were 1 of 4 on the power play Tuesday and are now 19 of 66 (28.8%) for the season. They entered the day fourth in the league in converting power-play chances at 29%.

But Celebrini and the young Sharks came back in the third with their own power-play tally, with Smith finishing off some nifty tic-tac-toe passing in the offensive zone.

Smith has three goals and four assists in a five-game point streak.

Sharks: Play at Calgary on Thursday.

Wild: Host Anaheim on Saturday.

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San Jose Sharks defenseman Mario Ferraro (38) looks on during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Minnesota Wild, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

San Jose Sharks goaltender Yaroslav Askarov (30) blocks a shot during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Minnesota Wild, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

Minnesota Wild center Vinnie Hinostroza (18) skates with the puck as San Jose Sharks defenseman Shakir Mukhamadullin (85) defends during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

San Jose Sharks goaltender Yaroslav Askarov (30) blocks a shot by Minnesota Wild center Vinnie Hinostroza (18) during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

Minnesota Wild right wing Ryan Hartman (38) and San Jose Sharks center Macklin Celebrini (71) battle for the puck during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

San Jose Sharks goaltender Yaroslav Askarov (30) stops a shot as Minnesota Wild left wing Marcus Foligno (17) pressures during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran hit a tanker off the coast of Qatar and Kuwait International Airport early Wednesday as Tehran remained unrelenting in its attacks on its Gulf Arab neighbors, while acknowledging for the first time that Washington had been in direct contact about a possible ceasefire.

Israel sounded warnings of incoming fire from both Yemen and Iran, while launching its own attacks in Lebanon that killed at least five people.

An airstrike on Tehran appeared to have hit the former U.S. Embassy compound, which has been controlled by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard since the 1979 hostage crisis. Witnesses said buildings outside the massive compound had their windows blown out and that it appears the strike happened inside the walled facility.

With no sign of the war abating and more than 3,000 lives already lost, U.S. President Donald Trump suggested it could be over within two weeks even as he moved to bring thousands more troops to the region.

Trump has been under growing pressure to end the war as Iran’s grip on shipping through the Strait of Hormuz and its attacks on regional energy infrastructure have sent gas prices skyrocketing to their highest level since 2022 and caused broad stock market fluctuations.

Iran throttled ship traffic through the strait, which leads from the Persian Gulf to the open ocean, after it was attacked by the U.S. and Israel on Feb. 28. In peacetime, a fifth of the world’s oil transits the strait and the spot price of Brent crude, the international standard, is up more than 40% since the start of the war, trading at more than $104 a barrel.

The U.S. has presented Iran with a 15-point plan aimed at bringing about a ceasefire, which includes a demand for the strait to be reopened. Iran’s own five-point response includes it retaining sovereignty over the waterway, and Trump on Tuesday suggested that the war could be brought to an end even with Iran still controlling the strait.

The U.S. “will not have anything to do with” what happens in the Strait of Hormuz, instead telling reporters that the responsibility for keeping the vital waterway open would belong with countries that rely on it.

“That’s not for us. That’ll be for France. That’ll be for whoever’s using the strait,” Trump said.

It was not clear why Trump brought up France, since Europe receives very little oil shipped through the strait, with most going to Asian countries. The president plans a prime-time address on Wednesday.

Trump, who has vacillated between insisting there is progress in diplomatic talks with Iran and threatening to widen the war, added that the U.S. is “finishing the job” in Iran and predicted it will be “maybe two weeks, maybe a couple of days longer to do the job.”

Trump has warned that if a ceasefire is not reached “shortly,” and if the strait is not reopened, the U.S. would broaden its offensive, including by attacking the Kharg Island oil export hub and possibly desalination plants.

Thousands of Marines and paratroopers have been ordered to the region in possible preparation for an assault in Kharg, though to reach the island by ship would mean transiting the Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf, which Iran has threatened to mine.

In an interview with pan-Arab broadcaster Al Jazeera, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi acknowledged receiving direct messages from U.S. Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff. He insisted, however, that there were no direct negotiations and said Iran has no faith that talks with the U.S. could yield any results, saying “the trust level is at zero.”

He warned against any attempt to launch a ground offensive, saying “we are waiting for them.”

“We know very well how to defend ourselves,” Araghchi said.

Early Wednesday a tanker off the coast of Qatar was hit with a projectile, the British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center said. The crew was reportedly unharmed. A fully-loaded Kuwaiti oil tanker came under attack off Dubai the day before, one of more than 20 ships attacked by Iran during the war.

Bahrain sounded two alerts for incoming missiles, and said an Iranian attack had caused a fire at a business facility.

In Kuwait, the state-run KUNA news agency said a drone had hit a fuel tank at Kuwait International Airport, sparking a “large fire” that crews were working to control.

Two drones were also intercepted in Saudi Arabia, which has come under repeated Iranian attack, and air raid sirens sounded in Israel though there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.

In Iran, Israel said it had hit a plant producing fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid, to allegedly be used in a chemical weapons program. Iran acknowledged the strike on Tofigh Daru factory, but insisted it only supplied “hospital drugs” used for medical purposes.

The strike happened Tuesday, both the Israelis and the Iranians said.

Hospitals extensively use fentanyl to treat severe pain. But a small amount of the drug can be fatal.

Both Israel and the United States have alleged in recent years that Iran was experimenting with fentanyl in munitions.

In Beirut, at least five people were killed in an Israeli strike on a Beirut neighborhood. Lebanon’s Health Ministry said another 21 people were wounded.

Israel invaded southern Lebanon after the Iran-linked Hezbollah militant group began launching missiles into northern Israel days after the outbreak of the wider war. Many Lebanese fear another prolonged military occupation.

More than 1,200 people have been killed in Lebanon and more than 1 million displaced, according to authorities. Ten Israeli soldiers have also died there.

In Iran, authorities say more than 1,900 people have been killed, while 19 have been reported dead in Israel.

Since the Iran war began, 13 U.S. service members have been killed and 348 wounded, six seriously, according to U.S. Central Command.

More than two dozen people have died in Gulf states and the occupied West Bank.

Rising reported from Bangkok. AP writer Giovanna Dell’Orto in Miami, Florida contributed to this report.

Firefighters and rescue workers work at the site of Israeli airstrikes, in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, April 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

A firefighter extinguishes a car at the site of Israeli airstrikes, in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, April 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Israel's rescue teams and residents take shelter as sirens sounds next to a site struck by an Iranian missile in Bnei Brak, Wednesday, April 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

A police vehicle is seen through a shattered windshield at the site of an Israeli strike in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, April 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Two men ride scooters past charred debris at the site of an Israeli strike in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, April 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)