March 3, 2026; San Jose, California, USA; San Jose Sharks center Maclean Celebrini (71) shoots the puck against Montreal Canadiens defenseman Noah Dobson (53) and Montreal Canadiens defenseman Lane Hutson (48) in the second quarter at the SAP Center in San Jose. Mandatory Credit: Stan Szeto-Imagn Image Kiefer Sherwood scored the game-winner and added an assist as the San Jose Sharks beat the visiting Montreal Canadiens 7-5 on Tuesday night.
Maclean Celebrini scored a goal and added three assists to extend San Jose’s winning streak to three games.
Will Smith and Colin Graf each had a goal and an assist, while Michael Misa, Alexander Wenberg and Adam Gaudette also scored for San Jose.
Yaroslav Askarov made 32 saves.
Alex Newhook scored twice. Oliver Kapanen, Phillip Danault and Ivan Demidov also found the back of the net for the Canadiens.
Mike Matheson had three assists and Jake Evans had two helpers for Montreal, which was held without a point for the first time in eight games (5-1-2).
Jakub Dobes stopped 21 shots.
San Jose squandered a 5-2 lead in the third, but Sherwood tapped in Philipp Kurashev’s cross-ice feed at 16:34 for the winner.
Gaudette added an empty net goal at 19:56.
After Smith gave the Sharks a 5-2 lead, the Canadiens scored twice in a span of 18 seconds.
Montreal won 5-3 on the power play when Demidov one-timed a cross-ice feed from Lane Hutson to the short side.
Newhook made it a one-goal game with a shot past Askarov at 5:20.
The Canadiens center added a power play at 10:56 into the second period, hitting a shot over Askarov and tying the score at 5-5.
The Sharks scored twice in 25 seconds in the final 1:37 of Game 2 to open a two-goal lead.
San Jose took its first lead at 18:23 when Celebrini rolled a five-hole puck past Dobes.
Wennberg took a pass from Sherwood at 18:48 and fired a shot from the slot past Dobes to make it 4-2.
The Canadiens took a 2-1 lead at 5:09 of the middle frame when Danault redirected a Matheson point shot past Askarov.
Misa tied the score at 2-2 and knocked a loose puck into the slot at 10:28 of the second.
Kapanen opened the scoring at 6:18 of the first period, fooling Askarov with a shot that went through the legs of Sharks defenseman John Klingberg.
San Jose tied it 1-1 at 15:32 of the first when Graf tapped in a cross-ice feed from Smith for his 16th of the season.
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