Montreal Canadiens vs. San Jose SharksMar 3, 2026

FinalTuesday, Mar 3, 2026· SAP Center at San Jose

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	1	1	3	5		MTL	8	10	18	36
SJS	1	3	3	7		SJS	8	9	11	28

: MTL 69SJS 56
: MTL 3.81SJS 3.70
PP goals: MTL 2SJS 2
Hits: MTL 20SJS 21
Blocks: MTL 18SJS 9
PIM: MTL 10SJS 14
: MTL 55%SJS 45%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

San Jose Sharks beat Montreal Canadiens 7–5

San Jose Sharks beat Montreal Canadiens 7–5 at home. Macklin Celebrini (SJS) led the scoring with 1G 3A. MTL's first power-play unit (Suzuki, Caufield, Hutson, Slafkovský and Demidov) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 5:43 together.

Points
Macklin Celebrini had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 7 shots in 22:49.Celebrini
Points
Mike Matheson had 3 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 24:18.Matheson
Points
Alex Newhook had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:53.Newhook
Points
Collin Graf had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 13:11.Graf
Points
Kiefer Sherwood had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 13:46.Sherwood
Points
Will Smith had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:37.Smith
Points
Jake Evans had 2 assists (2 points) in 15:36.Evans
PP1
MTL's first power-play unit (Suzuki, Caufield, Hutson, Slafkovský and Demidov) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 5:43 together.Suzuki Caufield Hutson Slafkovský Demidov

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← MTL attacks left (bottom on phones)SJS attacks right (top on phones) →

SJS
MTL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 125 of 125 attempts · SJS 56 · MTL 69

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

SJS
MTL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

SJS pressure
MTL pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: MTL 32% of the game, SJS 32%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

SJS

MTL

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

SJS skaters (rows) against MTL skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the SJS side.

Matchup matrix

SJS xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	MTL	SJS
	46	46
	1.83	1.73
	1.74	1.73
	8	6
	2	4
	20	20
	+0.037	−0.037
	32%	32%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Montreal Canadiens

L1Suzuki – Dach – Caufield
10:1738% CF
L2Evans – Newhook – Bolduc
9:2840% CF
L3Gallagher – Danault – Anderson
6:5259% CF
L4Kapanen – Slafkovský – Demidov
6:4254% CF
D1Matheson – Guhle
15:1650% CF
D2Dobson – Hutson
14:0472% CF
D3Carrier – Struble
7:4033% CF

PP1Suzuki – Caufield – Hutson – Slafkovský – Demidov
5:4389% CF
PP2Gallagher – Dobson – Dach – Newhook – Bolduc
1:55100% CF
PK1FDanault – Evans
3:45
PK2FAnderson – Kapanen
1:00
PK1DMatheson – Carrier
4:04
PK2DDobson – Guhle
1:00

Current MTL line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Smith – Celebrini – Graf
10:0962% CF
L2Wennberg – Sherwood – Kurashev
8:2558% CF
L3Toffoli – Eklund – Misa
7:2045% CF
L4Goodrow – Gaudette – Ostapchuk
6:3238% CF
D1Orlov – Klingberg
12:1755% CF
D2Ferraro – Mukhamadullin
11:0048% CF
D3Desharnais – Dickinson
10:2561% CF

PP1Orlov – Toffoli – Wennberg – Smith – Celebrini
4:0060% CF
PP2Klingberg – Sherwood – Kurashev – Eklund – Misa
1:15100% CF
PK1FGoodrow – Ostapchuk
3:53
PK2FWennberg – Graf
1:38
PK1DDesharnais – Ferraro
4:24
PK2DMukhamadullin – Dickinson
2:11

Current SJS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Suzuki C	L1	0	1	1	-3	4	0.24	0	1	2	22:26	—	—	38	15
Cole Caufield R	L1	0	0	0	-3	3	0.28	0	0	0	20:48	—	—	44	16
Kirby Dach C	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.04	3	0	2	14:32	—	—	35	11
Alex Newhook C	L2	2	0	2	+1	3	0.66	1	1	0	15:53	—	—	55	83
Jake Evans C	L2	0	2	2	+2	0	0.00	1	1	0	15:36	—	—	37	53
Zachary Bolduc R	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.09	4	0	0	13:10	—	—	48	54
Phillip Danault C	L3	1	0	1	-1	1	0.32	1	0	0	13:46	—	—	55	64
Brendan Gallagher R	L3	0	1	1	-1	3	0.30	2	1	0	11:17	—	—	64	52
Josh Anderson R	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.32	3	1	2	10:04	—	—	57	65
Juraj Slafkovský L	L4	0	1	1	-1	3	0.79	0	0	0	18:31	—	—	56	76
Ivan Demidov R	L4	1	0	1	-1	3	0.29	0	0	0	15:43	—	—	50	71
Oliver Kapanen C	L4	1	0	1	0	3	0.28	0	1	2	9:55	—	—	57	72
Mike Matheson D	D1	0	3	3	0	3	0.04	0	0	0	24:18	—	—	47	44
Kaiden Guhle D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.07	2	1	0	20:14	—	—	52	59
Lane Hutson D	D2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.03	1	2	0	25:03	—	—	68	66
Noah Dobson D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	0	4	0	20:58	—	—	61	43
Alexandre Carrier D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.01	0	5	0	12:39	—	—	35	55
Jayden Struble D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	2	8:47	—	—	35	46

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jakub Dobes(start)	L	27	21	6	.778	2.84	58:03

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Macklin Celebrini C	L1	1	3	4	0	7	0.53	1	1	2	22:49	—	—	61	60
Will Smith C	L1	1	1	2	-1	1	0.30	0	0	0	19:37	—	—	62	60
Collin Graf R	L1	1	1	2	-1	3	0.59	2	0	2	13:11	—	—	61	67
Alexander Wennberg C	L2	1	0	1	+2	3	0.39	0	1	2	18:54	—	—	47	63
Kiefer Sherwood L	L2	1	1	2	+1	4	0.49	5	0	0	13:46	—	—	50	46
Philipp Kurashev C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	0	0	0	12:58	—	—	64	77
William Eklund L	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.06	1	0	0	14:43	—	—	42	33
Michael Misa C	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.27	0	1	0	12:37	—	—	40	36
Tyler Toffoli C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.10	1	0	0	11:54	—	—	45	39
Barclay Goodrow C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	11:41	—	—	40	22
Zack Ostapchuk C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:37	—	—	40	8
Adam Gaudette R	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.88	0	0	2	10:32	—	—	33	11
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.01	2	0	0	19:44	—	—	57	51
John Klingberg D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	0	0	15:56	—	—	52	52
Mario Ferraro D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.00	2	2	2	22:25	—	—	38	33
Shakir Mukhamadullin D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	19:06	—	—	46	45
Vincent Desharnais D	D3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	1	2	2	20:45	—	—	54	58
Sam Dickinson D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	2	1	2	16:51	—	—	56	50

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Yaroslav Askarov(start)	W	36	31	5	.861	3.81	59:48

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Oliver Kapanen (MTL) 1st 6:18 · assists Juraj Slafkovský, Mike Matheson · Rush · carried in · 42.8 mph shot · 2.2 s from entry to goal.

Oliver Kapanen · 1st 6:18 · MTL

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 2
Shot: 42.8 mph
Distance: 35 ft
Entry to goal: 2.2 s

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Michael Misa · 2nd 10:28 · SJS

Play: rebound
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 68.0 mph
Distance: 20 ft
Entry to goal: 8.8 s
Type: rebound

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Collin Graf · 1st 15:32 · SJS

Play: rebound
Passes: 2
Shot: 18.6 mph
Distance: 1 ft
Type: rebound

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Phillip Danault · 2nd 5:09 · MTL

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 64.9 mph
Distance: 67 ft

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Macklin Celebrini · 2nd 18:23 · SJS

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 64.4 mph
Distance: 37 ft
Entry to goal: 1.7 s

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Alexander Wennberg · 2nd 18:48 · SJS

Play: rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 51.1 mph
Distance: 21 ft
Entry to goal: 3.7 s

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Will Smith · 3rd 3:29 · SJS PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 5 (royal road)
Shot: 17.5 mph
Distance: 6 ft

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Ivan Demidov · 3rd 5:02 · MTL PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 6 (royal road)
Shot: 68.1 mph
Distance: 31 ft
Type: one-timer

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Alex Newhook · 3rd 5:20 · MTL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 3
Shot: 35.7 mph
Distance: 25 ft

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Alex Newhook · 3rd 10:56 · MTL PP

Play: rebound
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 31.7 mph
Distance: 14 ft
Entry to goal: 7.3 s
Type: rebound

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Kiefer Sherwood · 3rd 16:34 · SJS PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 44.3 mph
Distance: 16 ft
Type: one-timer

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Adam Gaudette · 3rd 19:56 · SJS EN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 59.1 mph
Distance: 41 ft
Entry to goal: 1.9 s

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.

Montreal Canadiens vs. San Jose SharksMar 3, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

San Jose Sharks beat Montreal Canadiens 7–5

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Montreal Canadiens

San Jose Sharks

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Montreal Canadiens

San Jose Sharks

Goal anatomy

Oliver Kapanen · 1st 6:18 · MTL

Michael Misa · 2nd 10:28 · SJS

Collin Graf · 1st 15:32 · SJS

Phillip Danault · 2nd 5:09 · MTL

Macklin Celebrini · 2nd 18:23 · SJS

Alexander Wennberg · 2nd 18:48 · SJS

Will Smith · 3rd 3:29 · SJS PP

Ivan Demidov · 3rd 5:02 · MTL PP

Alex Newhook · 3rd 5:20 · MTL

Alex Newhook · 3rd 10:56 · MTL PP

Kiefer Sherwood · 3rd 16:34 · SJS PP

Adam Gaudette · 3rd 19:56 · SJS EN