Canadiens 5 - 7 Sharks — Recap

Tue, Mar 3, 2026

03:00 AM

FinalRegular season

SAP Center at San Jose

MTL

5–7

SJS

W OL W OL W

W W OL W OL W

W L L OW W W OL W OL W

OW W L L L

OW W L L L L

OW W L L L L OL W W L

Retroactive prediction

Wrong winner predicted

MTL 64%36% SJS

Probable score

4 - 3

Regulation win (home)

26%

OT / shootout probability

14%

Elo home / away

1385 / 1504

1 injured/absent player(s) excluded from predictions.

Likely goal scorers

3/6 correct

Cole Caufield0.62 goal · 46%0

Macklin Celebrini0.30 goal · 26%1

Nick Suzuki0.28 goal · 25%0

Will Smith0.24 goal · 22%1

Alex Newhook0.24 goal · 22%2

Tyler Toffoli0.24 goal · 22%0

Likely goal scorers

3/6 correct

Cole Caufield0.62 goal · 46%0

Macklin Celebrini0.30 goal · 26%1

Nick Suzuki0.28 goal · 25%0

Will Smith0.24 goal · 22%1

Alex Newhook0.24 goal · 22%2

Tyler Toffoli0.24 goal · 22%0

Likely assists

4/6 correct

Lane Hutson0.43 assist · 35%1

Nick Suzuki0.40 assist · 33%1

Noah Dobson0.28 assist · 24%0

Macklin Celebrini0.28 assist · 24%3

Ivan Demidov0.26 assist · 23%0

William Eklund0.25 assist · 22%1

Likely point getters

4/6 correct

Cole Caufield0.81 point · 56%0

Nick Suzuki0.69 point · 50%1

Macklin Celebrini0.57 point · 44%4

Lane Hutson0.56 point · 43%1

Noah Dobson0.48 point · 38%0

Ivan Demidov0.47 point · 37%1

Tonight's matchup

Nick Suzuki

MTL · C · 82 GP

vs

Macklin Celebrini

SJS · C · 82 GP

MTL	Stat	SJS
29	G	45
72	A	70
101	PTS	115
15.8%	S%	15.7%
20.8	TOI	21.3

MTL 3 – 1 SJS · goal diff (home) -0.50

Feb 27SJS3–4MTLOT2024-25 Feb 4MTL4–3SJS2024-25 Jan 11SJS3–2MTL2023-24 Nov 24MTL3–2SJSSO2023-24

Result

Three stars

1

M. Celebrini

C · SJS

1G · 3A · 4P

2

W. Smith

C · SJS

1G · 1A · 2P

3

K. Sherwood

L · SJS

1G · 1A · 2P

Scoring summary

1st period

06:18
MTLO. Kapanen(19)
J. Slafkovský (26), M. Matheson (24)
MTL 1–0 SJS
15:32
SJSC. Graf(16)TYING
W. Smith (24), M. Celebrini (55)
MTL 1–1 SJS

2nd period

05:09
MTLP. Danault(4)
M. Matheson (25), J. Evans (7)
MTL 2–1 SJS
10:28
SJSM. Misa(5)TYING
MTL 2–2 SJS
18:23
SJSM. Celebrini(30)
C. Graf (18)
MTL 2–3 SJS
18:48
SJSA. Wennberg(12)
K. Sherwood (7)
MTL 2–4 SJS

3rd period

03:29
SJSW. Smith(19)PP
M. Celebrini (56), D. Orlov (23)
MTL 2–5 SJS
05:02
MTLI. Demidov(13)PP
L. Hutson (50), N. Suzuki (50)
MTL 3–5 SJS
05:20
MTLA. Newhook(7)
J. Evans (8), K. Guhle (4)
MTL 4–5 SJS
10:56
MTLA. Newhook(8)TYINGPP
B. Gallagher (14), M. Matheson (26)
MTL 5–5 SJS
16:34
SJSK. Sherwood(18)PP
P. Kurashev (12), W. Eklund (27)
MTL 5–6 SJS
19:56
SJSA. Gaudette(14)EN
M. Celebrini (57)
MTL 5–7 SJS

Team comparison

MTL	Stat	SJS
36	Shots	28
2	Power play	2
20	Hits	21
18	Blocked shots	9
10	PIM	14

Actual result

Goal scorers(11)

Retroactive prediction

Likely goal scorers

Likely goal scorers

Likely assists

Likely point getters

Tonight's matchup

Result

Three stars

Scoring summary

Team comparison

Actual result

Goal scorers(11)

Goal scorers(11)

Assists(14)

Points(21)