National Hockey League

FINAL Tuesday, October 20, 2026
San Jose Sharks 4
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Montreal Canadiens 3
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Match Report

Celebrini scores his 2nd goal of the game on an OT power play to lift the Sharks past the Canadiens

— Macklin Celebrini scored his second goal of the game on a power play at 2:13 of overtime to give the San Jose Sharks a 4-3 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday night.

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Team Stats

21
Blocked Shots
8
22
Hits
15
4
Takeaways
5
30
Shots
34
2
Power Play Goals
0
3
Power Play Opportunities
2
66.7
Power Play Percentage
0.0
0
Short Handed Goals
0
0
Shootout Goals
0
32
Faceoffs Won
30
51.6
Faceoff Win Percent
48.4
21
Giveaways
17
5
Total Penalties
6
10
Penalty Minutes
12

Top Performers

SJ

  • Macklin Celebrini · ·
  • Igor Chernyshov · ·
  • Ty Dellandrea · ·
  • Barclay Goodrow · ·

MTL

  • Josh Anderson · ·
  • Zack Bolduc · ·
  • Cole Caufield · ·
  • Kirby Dach · ·

Recent Plays

  1. 2:13 · OT Game End
  2. 2:13 · OT End of OT
  3. 2:13 · OT Macklin Celebrini Goal (5) Snap Shot, assists: Ivar Stenberg (5), Will Smith (4)
  4. 1:53 · OT Macklin Celebrini faceoff won against Jake Evans
  5. 1:53 · OT Jakub Dobes Interference against Collin Graf served by Alex Newhook
  6. 1:32 · OT Michael Kesselring shot blocked by Lane Hutson
  7. 1:02 · OT Takeaway by Macklin Celebrini
  8. 0:58 · OT Ivar Stenberg Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes

Highlights

01:17 San Jose Sharks vs. Montreal Canadiens: Game Highlights Watch on ESPN 00:49 Macklin Celebrini comes out of nowhere for the steal and goal Watch on ESPN 00:46 Nick Suzuki nets goal for Canadiens Watch on ESPN 00:48 Juraj Slafkovsky scores goal vs. Sharks Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

SJ leads series 1-0

Injuries

Montreal Canadiens

  • Nick Suzuki Out
  • Sam Montembeault Injured Reserve
  • Ivan Demidov Injured Reserve
  • Bryce Pickford Injured Reserve
  • Lucas Condotta Injured Reserve

San Jose Sharks

  • Igor Chernyshov Out
  • Alexander Wennberg Out
  • Quentin Musty Injured Reserve
  • Kyle Keyser Injured Reserve

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