MTL 5 @ SJS 7 · Mar 3, 2026

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

Away

Montréal Canadiens

Final

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San Jose Sharks

Three stars

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 68% of the time.

25%

60%

SJS winsMTL wins

Who was on the ice

Model-based

Line matchups and every shift of the game.

Line matchups

SJS forward lines and defence pairs (rows) against MTL's (columns) at 5-on-5. Darker cells shared more ice; the second number is xG for–against in that time. Click a cell to highlight it below.

	Suzuki–Dach–Caufield	Evans–Newhook–Bolduc	Gallagher–Danault–Anderson	Kapanen–Slafkovský–Demidov	Suzuki–Caufield–Slafkovský	Matheson–Guhle	Dobson–Hutson	Carrier–Struble
Smith–Celebrini–Graf	2:550.40–0.00	0:540.00–0.15		3:520.16–0.11		5:070.44–0.27	3:030.15–0.01	0:340.00–0.00
Wennberg–Sherwood–Kurashev	5:070.17–0.07		1:270.00–0.01	1:320.03–0.00		3:040.12–0.00	3:250.07–0.07	1:160.02–0.00
Toffoli–Eklund–Misa		2:440.09–0.03	3:070.11–0.45	0:490.00–0.27		1:240.00–0.45	2:240.00–0.07	3:060.19–0.23
Goodrow–Gaudette–Ostapchuk	0:480.00–0.00	3:340.08–0.00	0:570.00–0.00			2:160.09–0.00	2:140.00–0.09	1:400.00–0.00
Gaudette–Smith–Celebrini		0:330.00–0.00				1:050.03–0.01	0:330.00–0.00
Kurashev–Smith–Celebrini	0:390.00–0.00						0:380.00–0.00
Orlov–Klingberg	2:350.25–0.01	2:250.05–0.34	1:590.00–0.01	3:040.10–0.10		7:340.41–0.29	2:400.00–0.00	0:330.00–0.00
Ferraro–Mukhamadullin	5:290.22–0.07	0:330.00–0.00	1:260.03–0.01	2:030.08–0.23		2:210.07–0.00	6:010.22–0.10	1:470.02–0.23
Desharnais–Dickinson	1:510.10–0.00	4:050.12–0.00	2:150.11–0.45	1:070.00–0.00		3:540.17–0.45	1:200.00–0.00	4:190.19–0.00
Desharnais–Ferraro		0:330.00–0.00			1:010.00–0.07		1:040.00–0.00
Desharnais–Mukhamadullin		0:520.00–0.03					1:010.00–0.03
Klingberg–Ferraro			0:350.00–0.00
Ferraro–Dickinson							0:360.00–0.23

Shift chart

Every shift, one row per player.

SJSMTLFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.

Shift totals


Lane HutsonMTL	23	25:03	1:05	2:05	4	1
Mike MathesonMTL	26	24:18	0:56	1:56	0	7
Macklin CelebriniSJS	24	22:49	0:57	2:17	4	3
Nick SuzukiMTL	21	22:26	1:04	2:53	5	2
Mario FerraroSJS	22	22:25	1:01	2:40	0	4
Noah DobsonMTL	25	20:58	0:50	2:05	2	2
Cole CaufieldMTL	20	20:48	1:02	2:51	5	0
Vincent DesharnaisSJS	21	20:45	0:59	2:56	1	5
Kaiden GuhleMTL	25	20:14	0:49	2:04	2	6
Dmitry OrlovSJS	21	19:44	0:56	2:05	4	1
Will SmithSJS	22	19:37	0:54	2:10	5	2
Shakir MukhamadullinSJS	22	19:06	0:52	1:44	0	2
Alexander WennbergSJS	24	18:54	0:47	2:55	3	1
Juraj SlafkovskýMTL	18	18:31	1:02	2:48	3	0
Sam DickinsonSJS	21	16:51	0:48	1:33	1	3
John KlingbergSJS	18	15:56	0:53	1:30	4	1
Alex NewhookMTL	20	15:53	0:48	1:28	5	1
Ivan DemidovMTL	17	15:43	0:55	1:57	4	0
Jake EvansMTL	22	15:36	0:43	1:10	5	6
William EklundSJS	18	14:43	0:49	1:17	3	2
Kirby DachMTL	20	14:32	0:44	2:05	3	2
Kiefer SherwoodSJS	22	13:46	0:38	2:07	3	1
Phillip DanaultMTL	19	13:46	0:43	1:31	2	7
Collin GrafSJS	21	13:11	0:38	1:12	3	3
Zachary BolducMTL	17	13:10	0:46	1:14	5	1
Philipp KurashevSJS	19	12:58	0:41	1:32	2	1
Alexandre CarrierMTL	20	12:39	0:38	1:20	0	6
Michael MisaSJS	16	12:37	0:47	1:30	3	2
Tyler ToffoliSJS	15	11:54	0:48	1:12	3	1
Barclay GoodrowSJS	18	11:41	0:39	1:08	2	8
Zack OstapchukSJS	18	11:37	0:39	1:08	2	7
Brendan GallagherMTL	15	11:17	0:45	1:24	2	0
Adam GaudetteSJS	17	10:32	0:37	0:56	2	5
Josh AndersonMTL	16	10:04	0:38	1:05	3	3
Oliver KapanenMTL	18	9:55	0:33	1:12	0	1
Jayden StrubleMTL	14	8:47	0:38	1:22	1	0

Montréal Canadiens 5, San Jose Sharks 7

Who was on the ice

Shift totals