The script looked perfect for Montreal. A comeback brewing. Grit. A power play that worked.
But at the SAP Center it was the San Jose Sharks who had the last word on the Montreal Canadiens. A 7-5 win. Third straight for San Jose.
And a comeback blown for the Habs.
Celebrini running the show
Macklin Celebrini bossed the night: a goal, three assists, everywhere when it mattered.
Will Smith added a goal and two assists. Kiefer Sherwood and Collin Graf each had a goal and an assist. Michael Misa scored for a third straight game. Alexander Wennberg also beat the goalie.
Sherwood was PUMPED to get the game-winner! 😤 pic.twitter.com/1qbcWCCbE9
— San Jose Sharks (@SanJoseSharks) March 4, 2026
San Jose struck quick, hard, often.
Montreal fights back, then breaks
The Canadiens actually got off to a good start — Oliver Kapanen opened the scoring in the first.
Phillip Danault put them ahead in the second. Then the California storm hit: three Sharks goals late in the period flipped it from 2-2 to 4-2.
In the third, San Jose pushed it to 5-2. You figured that was that.
But Montreal didn’t fold.
Ivan Demidov cut the gap on the power play. Eighteen seconds later Alex Newhook scored. Then Newhook leveled it to 5-5 on another power play.
Momentum had swung.
Sherwood delivers the killer blow
With the game sliding toward a tight finish, Sherwood popped up at 16:34 of the third to put the Sharks back ahead.
Adam Gaudette sealed it into an empty net.
Final score: 7-5.
SHARKS WIN!!! 🦈 pic.twitter.com/kj2OJtkUFO
— NHL (@NHL) March 4, 2026
A missed chance for Montreal
Jakub Dobes made 21 saves. Yaroslav Askarov stopped 30 for San Jose.
Montreal walks away with a bitter taste. Two points looked within reach after the equaliser. But tiny margins decided it.
The Sharks, meanwhile, keep rolling and grow bolder.
In San Jose the red light flashed seven times. And it was the Canadiens’ light that went out last.
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