Montréal Canadiens 5 — 7 San Jose Sharks
2026-03-03 · SAP Center at San Jose
Shots on goal by period
| Period | MTL | SJS |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | 8 |
| 2 | 10 | 9 |
| 3 | 18 | 11 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yaroslav Askarov start | SJS | W | 31 | 36 | 5 | 21/24 | 7/9 | 3/3 | 59:48 |
| Jakub Dobes start | MTL | L | 21 | 27 | 6 | 13/17 | 7/9 | 1/1 | 58:03 |
MTL skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Matheson | D | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24:18 |
| Alex Newhook | C | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15:53 |
| Jake Evans | C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 15:36 |
| Nick Suzuki | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22:26 |
| Brendan Gallagher | R | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11:17 |
| Oliver Kapanen | C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 09:55 |
| Juraj Slafkovský | L | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:31 |
| Ivan Demidov | R | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:43 |
| Lane Hutson | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 25:03 |
| Kaiden Guhle | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 20:14 |
| Phillip Danault | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:46 |
| Josh Anderson | R | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10:04 |
| Cole Caufield | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:48 |
| Alexandre Carrier | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 12:39 |
| Noah Dobson | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 20:58 |
| Kirby Dach | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:32 |
| Jayden Struble | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 08:47 |
| Zachary Bolduc | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13:10 |
SJS skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Macklin Celebrini | C | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 22:49 |
| Kiefer Sherwood | L | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 13:46 |
| Collin Graf | R | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:11 |
| Will Smith | C | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19:37 |
| Alexander Wennberg | C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18:54 |
| Adam Gaudette | R | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:32 |
| Michael Misa | C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12:37 |
| Philipp Kurashev | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:58 |
| Dmitry Orlov | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:44 |
| William Eklund | L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:43 |
| Sam Dickinson | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 16:51 |
| Tyler Toffoli | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:54 |
| John Klingberg | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:56 |
| Mario Ferraro | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 22:25 |
| Vincent Desharnais | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 20:45 |
| Barclay Goodrow | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11:41 |
| Zack Ostapchuk | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:37 |
| Shakir Mukhamadullin | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:06 |
Recent meetings
| Date | Season | Away | Home | End | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-14 | 2025-26 | SJS | 4 | MTL | 2 | |
| 2026-03-03 | 2025-26 | MTL | 5 | SJS | 7 | |
| 2025-02-27 | 2024-25 | SJS | 3 | MTL | 4 | OT |
| 2025-02-04 | 2024-25 | MTL | 4 | SJS | 3 | |
| 2024-01-11 | 2023-24 | SJS | 3 | MTL | 2 | |
| 2023-11-24 | 2023-24 | MTL | 3 | SJS | 2 | SO |
| 2023-02-28 | 2022-23 | MTL | 3 | SJS | 1 | |
| 2022-11-29 | 2022-23 | SJS | 4 | MTL | 0 | |
| 2021-10-28 | 2021-22 | MTL | 4 | SJS | 0 | |
| 2021-10-19 | 2021-22 | SJS | 5 | MTL | 0 |