Montreal Canadiens @ San Jose Sharks

33-18-9, 16-7-7 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Canadiens MTL	1	1	3	5
Sharks SJ	1	3	3	7

San Jose SharksSharksSJ

30-25-4, 17-10-3 Home

Montreal Canadiens


forwards
Josh AndersonJ. Anderson#17
Zack BolducZ. Bolduc#76
Cole CaufieldC. Caufield#13
Kirby DachK. Dach#77
Phillip DanaultP. Danault#24
Ivan DemidovI. Demidov#93
Jake EvansJ. Evans#71
Brendan GallagherB. Gallagher#11
Oliver KapanenO. Kapanen#91
Alex NewhookA. Newhook#15
Juraj SlafkovskyJ. Slafkovsky#20
Nick SuzukiN. Suzuki#14
defensemen
Alexandre CarrierA. Carrier#45
Noah DobsonN. Dobson#53
Kaiden GuhleK. Guhle#21
Lane HutsonL. Hutson#48
Mike MathesonM. Matheson#8
Jayden StrubleJ. Struble#47

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	4	0	1	1	2	3	0	0	16	10:04	0:00	1:00	9:04	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	2	2	17	13:10	1:53	0:00	11:17	0	0	0.0
0	0	-3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	20	20:48	5:53	0:00	14:55	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	0	1	0	1	2	3	0	0	20	14:32	1:57	0:00	12:35	0	0	0.0
1	0	-1	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	19	13:46	0:00	3:49	9:57	5	5	50.0
1	0	-1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	15:43	5:41	0:00	10:02	0	0	0.0
0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	22	15:35	0:00	4:16	11:19	11	2	84.6
0	1	-1	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	15	11:17	2:15	0:00	9:02	0	0	0.0
1	0	0	3	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	18	9:55	0:05	1:08	8:42	5	3	62.5
2	0	1	3	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	20	15:53	2:05	0:00	13:48	3	5	37.5
0	1	-1	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	18	18:31	5:52	0:00	12:39	0	1	0.0
0	1	-3	4	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	21	22:26	5:50	0:19	16:17	11	13	45.8
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-1	2	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	20	12:38	0:00	4:04	8:34	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	25	20:58	1:48	1:09	18:01	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	25	20:15	0:00	1:12	19:03	0	0	0.0
0	1	-1	1	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	23	25:03	6:19	0:00	18:44	0	0	0.0
0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	26	24:19	0:47	4:07	19:25	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	1	14	8:47	0:00	0:00	8:47	0	0	0.0

goalies
Jakub DobesJ. Dobes#75

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
27	6	21	.778	13	7	1	0	0	58:03	0

San Jose Sharks


forwards
Macklin CelebriniM. Celebrini#71
William EklundW. Eklund#72
Adam GaudetteA. Gaudette#81
Barclay GoodrowB. Goodrow#23
Collin GrafC. Graf#51
Philipp KurashevP. Kurashev#96
Michael MisaM. Misa#77
Zack OstapchukZ. Ostapchuk#63
Kiefer SherwoodK. Sherwood#44
Will SmithW. Smith#2
Tyler ToffoliT. Toffoli#73
Alexander WennbergA. Wennberg#21
defensemen
Vincent DesharnaisV. Desharnais#5
Sam DickinsonS. Dickinson#6
Mario FerraroM. Ferraro#38
John KlingbergJ. Klingberg#3
Shakir MukhamadullinS. Mukhamadullin#85
Dmitry OrlovD. Orlov#9

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
1	3	0	7	1	1	1	2	1	0	3	24	22:50	4:00	0:38	18:12	5	10	33.3
0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	18	14:43	1:16	1:46	11:41	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	2	2	0	1	2	0	0	1	17	10:32	0:00	0:00	10:32	7	2	77.8
0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	18	11:41	0:00	3:54	7:47	0	0	0.0
1	1	-1	3	1	0	1	2	2	0	1	21	13:11	0:00	2:05	11:06	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	19	12:58	1:16	0:51	10:51	0	2	0.0
1	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	16	12:37	1:16	0:00	11:21	3	5	37.5
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	18	11:36	0:00	4:06	7:30	5	5	50.0
1	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	22	13:46	1:15	0:05	12:26	0	0	0.0
1	1	-1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	22	19:37	4:00	0:10	15:27	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	15	11:54	4:00	0:00	7:54	0	0	0.0
1	0	2	3	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	24	18:54	4:00	2:33	12:21	9	11	45.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	2	0	0	2	1	2	1	0	0	21	20:45	0:00	4:46	15:59	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	0	2	21	16:51	0:00	2:27	14:24	0	0	0.0
0	0	2	1	0	2	1	2	2	0	1	22	22:25	0:01	4:40	17:44	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	18	15:56	1:30	0:00	14:26	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	22	19:06	0:00	3:21	15:45	0	0	0.0
0	1	-1	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	21	19:44	3:46	0:58	15:00	0	0	0.0

goalies
Yaroslav AskarovY. Askarov#30

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
37	5	32	.865	21	8	3	0	0	59:48	0

* - A player receives a "plus" if they are on the ice when their Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. They receive a "minus" if on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

ESPN+		1	2	3	T
	Canadiens	1	1	3	5
	Sharks	1	3	3	7

1st Period			MTL	SJ
6:18		Oliver Kapanen (19) Assists: Juraj Slafkovsky (26), Mike Matheson (24)	1	0
15:32		Collin Graf (16) Assists: Will Smith (24), Macklin Celebrini (55)	1	1

2nd Period		MTL	SJ
5:09	Phillip Danault (4) Assists: Mike Matheson (25), Jake Evans (7)	2	1
10:28	Michael Misa (5) Unassisted	2	2
18:23	Macklin Celebrini (30) Assists: Collin Graf (18)	2	3
18:48	Alexander Wennberg (12) Assists: Kiefer Sherwood (7)	2	4

3rd Period		MTL	SJ
3:29	Will Smith (19) (Power Play) Assists: Macklin Celebrini (56), Dmitry Orlov (23)	2	5
5:02	Ivan Demidov (13) (Power Play) Assists: Lane Hutson (50), Nick Suzuki (50)	3	5
5:20	Alex Newhook (7) Assists: Jake Evans (8), Kaiden Guhle (4)	4	5
10:56	Alex Newhook (8) (Power Play) Assists: Brendan Gallagher (14), Mike Matheson (26)	5	5
16:34	Kiefer Sherwood (18) (Power Play) Assists: Philipp Kurashev (12), William Eklund (27)	5	6
19:56	Adam Gaudette (14) (Empty Net) Assists: Macklin Celebrini (57)	5	7

Regular Season Series

SJ leads 1-0

Canadiens
5
Sharks
7

Game 1

3/3

Sharks
Canadiens

Game 2

3/14

ESPN+

SAP Center at San Jose

10:00 PM, March 3, 2026Coverage: ESPN+

San Jose, CA

Attendance: 17,435

Referees:
Francois St. Laurent
Tom Chmielewski

Linesmen:
Trent Knorr
Devin Berg

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Tampa Bay	38	17	4	80
Buffalo	36	19	6	78
Detroit	35	20	6	76
Montreal	33	18	9	75
Boston	34	21	5	73
Ottawa	29	22	9	67
Toronto	27	24	10	64
Florida	30	28	3	63

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Vegas	28	19	14	70
Anaheim	33	24	3	69
Edmonton	30	24	8	68
Seattle	29	22	9	67
San Jose	30	25	4	64
Los Angeles	24	22	14	62
Calgary	24	29	7	55
Vancouver	18	35	7	43

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Montreal Canadiens @ San Jose Sharks

Regular Season Series

SJ leads 1-0

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