NHL · Wednesday 21 October · Bell Centre
Montreal Canadiens – San Jose Sharks 3:4 (after overtime): NHL, 21/10/2026
Key facts
Form, table position, scoring and head-to-head in one place
Form: up to the last 5 matches in all competitions, most recent on the left (W = win, D = draw, L = loss). Averages come from the league table; where there is none, from these recent matches.
Form · last 5
League position
Goals per game · season
Match report
The match in a few sentences: score, scorers, table impact
The text is generated automatically from the match data and updates with it.
NHL: Montreal Canadiens – San Jose Sharks 3:4 (21 October). San Jose Sharks won after overtime. Venue: Bell Centre.
By period: 1:1, 2:0, 0:2, 0:1.
Goals: M. Celebrini (San Jose Sharks) ×2; N. Suzuki (Montreal Canadiens); J. Slafkovsky (Montreal Canadiens); C. Caufield (Montreal Canadiens); M. Misa (San Jose Sharks); T. Toffoli (San Jose Sharks).
Table now: Montreal Canadiens — 4th, 25 points from 17 matches; San Jose Sharks — 13th, 15 points from 19 matches.
Score by period
Goals in each period
OT = overtime, SO = shoot-out.
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | Σ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montreal Canadiens | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| San Jose Sharks | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Events
Goals with assists and penalties by period
1st period
- 10'pen.
Holding the stick
- 13'
🏒 M. Celebrini0:1
- 16'
🏒 N. Suzuki1:1
assist: J. Slafkovsky, L. Hutson
- 17'pen.
Holding
2nd period
- 01'
🏒 J. Slafkovsky2:1
assist: C. Caufield
- 11'pen.
Roughing
- 11'pen.
Roughing
- 11'pen.
Roughing
- 11'pen.
Roughing
- 14'
🏒 C. Caufield3:1
assist: N. Suzuki, P. Danault
- 17'pen.
High sticking
3rd period
- 05'
🏒 M. Misa3:2
assist: K. Sherwood
- 09'pen.
Roughing
- 09'pen.
Roughing
- 09'pen.
Unsportsmanlike conduct
- 11'
🏒 T. Toffoli3:3
assist: M. Celebrini, J. Trouba · Power-play
Overtime
- 01'pen.
Interference
- 02'
🏒 M. Celebrini3:4
Power-play
Game leaders
Top performers in this game
Points (goals + assists)
- 13
- 22
- 32
- 42
- 51
- 61
Skaters
Each skater's contribution in this game
G = goals, A = assists, P = points (G + A), Pen. = penalties. Counted from match events; +/−, shots and time on ice are not available from the data source.
Montreal Canadiens
| Player | G | A | P | Pen. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. Caufield | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| J. Slafkovsky | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| N. Suzuki | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| L. Hutson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| P. Danault | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| A. Texier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| A. Xhekaj | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| J. Dobes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| K. Guhle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
San Jose Sharks
| Player | G | A | P | Pen. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. Celebrini | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| M. Misa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| T. Toffoli | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Trouba | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| K. Sherwood | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| B. Goodrow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| M. Kesselring | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| T. Dellandrea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Z. Ostapchuk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Goaltenders
Shots, saves and goals against
SOG = shots on goal, SV = saves, GA = goals against, SV% = SV / SOG, TOI = time on ice.
Montreal Canadiens
| Goaltender | SOG | SV | GA | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. Dobes | 30 | 26 | 4 | 86.7% |
San Jose Sharks
| Goaltender | SOG | SV | GA | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Nedeljkovic(W) | 34 | 31 | 3 | 91.2% |
Team stats
Both teams' numbers side by side
- 34Shots on goal30
- 26Saves31
- 86%Save %91%
- 30Faceoffs won32
- 12Penalty minutes10
- 6Penalties5
- 0Power-play goals2
- 0%Power play %33%
- 66%Penalty kill %100%
- 0Short-handed goals0
Teams in the table
Both teams' positions in the league table
Full table on the competition page. Form: recent matches, most recent on the right.
| # | Team | P | W | OTW | OTL | L | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 25 | WWLWW | |
| 13 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 15 | LLLLL |
Form
Team leaders
Each team's best players this season
Points (goals + assists)
Goal scorers
Assists
Recent matches
Both teams' recent results in all competitions
H — home, A — away