DeBrusk scores late in OT to give Canucks 2-1 win over Sharks

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Jake DeBrusk scored with 17.6 seconds left on the clock in overtime and the Vancouver Canucks beat the struggling San Jose Sharks 2-1 on Monday night.

Linus Karlsson also scored for Vancouver, and Nikita Tolopilo stopped 15 shots in his NHL debut.

Macklin Celebrini got his 25th goal of the season for San Jose, which lost its 10th straight (0-7-3). Alexandar Georgiev made 35 saves.

In the extra period, Brock Boeser sent a shot over the San Jose net and the puck bounced back to DeBrusk, who popped it in for his 28th goal of the season with just seconds left on the game clock.

Celebrini gave the Sharks a 1-0 lead with a power-play goal 4:20 into the second period, and Karlsson tied the score at 9:03 of the third with his third goal.

Both teams were without a number of its top players, including Vancouver center Elias Pettersson and San Jose defenseman Mario Ferraro.

Canucks: Vancouver had ample scoring chances in the first period, including a four-minute power play where they peppered Georgiev with seven shots. Vancouver was 0 for 5 with the man advantage.

Sharks: After losing more bodies to injury in the loss to Calgary on Sunday, San Jose called in reinforcements for this game. Left wing Danil Gushchin, and defensemen Luca Cagnoni and Jimmy Schuldt all played after joining the team in Vancouver.

With Victor Mancini in the box for interference, Celebrini unleashed a rocket from the faceoff dot, sending the puck pinging in off the crossbar early in the second period to give the Sharks a 1-0 lead.

The Sharks have given up 48 goals during their 10-game losing skid.

Sharks host Edmonton on Wednesday in season finale, and Canucks host Vegas to end season.

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San Jose Sharks goaltender Alexandar Georgiev (40) stops Vancouver Canucks' Pius Suter (24) as Sharks' Timothy Liljegren (37) and Henry Thrun (3) watch during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver, British Columbia, Monday, April 14, 2025. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP)

Vancouver Canucks goaltender Nikita Tolopilo (60) prepares to stop San Jose Sharks' Carl Grundstrom (91) as Canucks' Quinn Hughes (43) watch during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver, British Columbia, Monday, April 14, 2025. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP)

San Jose Sharks' William Eklund (72) and Vancouver Canucks' Quinn Hughes (43) vie for the puck during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver, British Columbia, Monday, April 14, 2025. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP)

Vancouver Canucks goaltender Nikita Tolopilo, right, stops San Jose Sharks' William Eklund, left, during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver, British Columbia, Monday, April 14, 2025. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP)

Vancouver Canucks' Ty Mueller (39) and San Jose Sharks' Carl Grundstrom (91) vie for the puck during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver, British Columbia, Monday, April 14, 2025. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP)

Vancouver Canucks goaltender Nikita Tolopilo watches the puck during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the San Jose Sharks in Vancouver, British Columbia, Monday, April 14, 2025. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP)

San Jose Sharks' Nikolai Kovalenko (15) watches as Macklin Celebrini, not seen, scores on Vancouver Canucks goaltender Nikita Tolopilo (60) during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver, British Columbia, Monday, April 14, 2025. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP)

San Jose Sharks' Macklin Celebrini (71) celebrates after his goal against the Vancouver Canucks with teammates Nikolai Kovalenko (15), Luca Cagnoni (42) and Tyler Toffoli (73) during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver, British Columbia, Monday, April 14, 2025. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP)

Vancouver Canucks goaltender Nikita Tolopilo (60) celebrates with his teammates after defeating the San Jose Sharks in overtime in an NHL hockey game in Vancouver, British Columbia, Monday, April 14, 2025. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP)

Vancouver Canucks goaltender Nikita Tolopilo (60) celebrates with his teammates after defeating the San Jose Sharks in overtime in an NHL hockey game in Vancouver, British Columbia, Monday, April 14, 2025. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP)

WASHINGTON (AP) — White House national security adviser Mike Waltz is leaving the administration just weeks after it was revealed he added a journalist to a Signal chat being used to discuss military plans, according to two people familiar with the matter Thursday, marking the first major staff shake-up of President Donald Trump’s second term.

Waltz came under searing scrutiny in March after revelations that he added journalist Jeffrey Goldberg to a private text chain on the encrypted messaging app Signal, which was used to discuss planning for a sensitive March 15 military operation against Houthi militants in Yemen. A far-right ally of the president, Laura Loomer, has also targeted Waltz, telling Trump in a recent Oval Office conversation that he needs to purge aides who she believes are insufficiently loyal to the “Make America Great Again” agenda.

Waltz’s deputy, Alex Wong, is also expected to depart, according to the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a personnel move not yet made public. The National Security Council did not respond do a request for comment.

Waltz, who served in the House representing Florida for three terms before his elevation to the White House, is the most prominent senior administration official to depart since Trump returned to the White House. In his second term, the Republican president had been looking to avoid the tumult of his first four years in office, during which he cycled through four national security advisers, four White House chiefs of staff and two secretaries of state.

The Signal chain also showed that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth provided the exact timings of warplane launches and when bombs would drop. Waltz had previously taken “full responsibility” for building the message chain and administration officials described the episode as a “mistake” but one that caused Americans no harm. Waltz maintained that he was not sure how Goldberg ended up in the messaging chain, and insisted he did not know the journalist.

Trump and the White House — which insisted that no classified information was shared on the text chain — have stood by Waltz publicly throughout the episode. But the embattled national security adviser was also under siege from personalities such as Loomer, who had been complaining to administration officials that she had been excluded from the vetting process for National Security Council aides. In her view, Waltz relied too much on “neocons” — referring to hawkish neoconservatives within the Republican Party — as well as others who Loomer argued were “not-MAGA-enough” types.

Waltz was on television as late as Thursday morning, promoting the administration’s agreement with Kyiv that would allow the U.S. to access Ukraine’s critical minerals and other natural resources. As reports began to circulate that Waltz could be leaving the administration, Loomer appeared to take credit in a post on the social media site X, writing: “SCALP.”

“Hopefully, the rest of the people who were set to be fired but were given promotions at the NSC under Waltz also depart,” Loomer wrote in another post.

Loomer had taken a similar victory lap when several other NSC officials were dismissed last month one day after she met with Trump. Those firings included Brian Walsh, a director for intelligence; Thomas Boodry, a senior director for legislative affairs; and David Feith, a senior director for technology and national security, as well as other lower-ranking aides.

Waltz’s resignation comes as questions are swirling around Hegseth and his role in the Signal chat.

While Waltz set it up, Hegseth posted times for aircraft launches and bomb drops into the unsecured app and shared the same information with dozens of people in a second chat, including his wife and brother.

The Associated Press reported that Hegseth also bypassed Pentagon security protocols to set up an unsecured line for a personal computer in his office –- beside terminals where he was receiving classified information. That raises the possibility that sensitive information could have been put at risk of potential hacking or surveillance.

The Pentagon inspector general is investigating Hegseth’s use of Signal, and he has faced criticism from Democrats and even some Republicans. It has added to the turmoil at the Pentagon at a time when Hegseth has dismissed or transferred multiple close advisers. Nonetheless, Trump has maintained public confidence in Hegseth.

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Associated Press writer Tara Copp contributed to this report.

White House national security adviser Mike Waltz listens as President Donald Trump meets with Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, April 17, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

National Security Advisor Mike Waltz speaks during a television interview at the White House, Thursday, May 1, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

National Security Advisor Mike Waltz speaks during a television interview at the White House, Thursday, May 1, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)