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San Jose Sharks at Montreal Canadiens

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Cole Caulfield scores in OT to lift the Canadiens past the Sharks, 4-3

Cole Caufield propels Habs past Sharks in OT

Caufield put the puck between his legs to get around Macklin Celebrini, then beat Alexandar Georgiev with a shot over his right pad. Caufield leads the Canadiens with 28 goals.

Montreal captain Nick Suzuki scored two first-period goals, and Alex Newhook had his first goal since since Feb. 4. Samuel Montembeault stopped 22 shots for his third win a row.

Fabian Zetterlund, Nico Sturm and Will Smith scored for San Jose, Last in the NHL, the Sharks have lost seven straight and 13 of 14.

Takeaways Canadiens: Montreal trailed by a goal three separate times in regulation, ultimately answering back with goals of their own.

Sharks: San Jose lost for the first time at the Bell Centre since March 21, 2015. The Sharks had won their last eight meetings against the Canadiens in Montreal.

Key moment With Montreal down 2-1 with under a minute remaining in the first period, Suzuki accepted a feed from Hutson before firing a snap shot past Georgiev from the left faceoff circle for his second goal of the period.

Key stat Suzuki first-period goals were his first career goals against San Jose.

Up next Both teams are in action Saturday night. San Jose is at Ottawa, and Montreal is at Buffalo.

Regular Season Series

MTL wins series 2-0

Scoring Summary

Goal 1st Period 3:56 Fabian Zetterlund Goal (16) Snap Shot, assists: Will Smith (17), Alexander Wennberg (16)
Goal 1st Period 6:49 Nick Suzuki Goal (17) Snap Shot, assists: Cole Caufield (25), Juraj Slafkovsky (23)
Goal 1st Period 12:38 Nico Sturm Goal (6) Snap Shot, assists: Klim Kostin (4), Collin Graf (3)
Goal 1st Period 19:04 Nick Suzuki Goal (18) Snap Shot, assists: Lane Hutson (40), Jayden Struble (6)
Goal 2nd Period 17:21 Will Smith Goal (9) Snap Shot, assists: Shakir Mukhamadullin (2), Alexander Wennberg (17)
Goal 3rd Period 2:22 Alex Newhook Goal (11) Backhand, assists: Patrik Laine (9), Owen Beck (1)
Goal 4th Period 3:21 Cole Caufield Goal (28) Snap Shot, assists: Nick Suzuki (42), Sam Montembeault (1)

Statistics

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21 Blocked Shots 20
33 Hits 39
6 Takeaways 5
26 Shots 33
0 Power Play Goals 0
0 Power Play Opportunities 2
0.0 Power Play Percentage 0.0
0 Short Handed Goals 0
0 Shootout Goals 0
27 Faceoffs Won 35
43.5 Faceoff Win Percent 56.5
23 Giveaways 21
3 Total Penalties 1
9 Penalty Minutes 5
Montreal Canadiens Montreal Canadiens Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Sam Montembeault, G Out May 2
Patrik Laine, RW Out May 2
Rafael Harvey-Pinard, LW Out Mar 19
San Jose Sharks San Jose Sharks Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Shakir Mukhamadullin, D Out May 29
Thomas Bordeleau, C Out May 9
William Eklund, LW Out May 5
Vincent Desharnais, D Out Apr 15
Logan Couture, C Injured Reserve Apr 14

Game Information

Bell Centre

Location: Montreal, QC
Attendance: 21,105 | Capacity:

2024-25 Pacific Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Vegas 10 22 110 50
Los Angeles 9 25 105 48
Edmonton 5 29 101 48
Calgary 14 27 96 41
Vancouver 14 30 90 38
Anaheim 10 37 80 35
Seattle 6 41 76 35
San Jose 12 50 52 20

2024-25 Atlantic Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Toronto 4 26 108 52
Tampa Bay 8 27 102 47
Florida 4 31 98 47
Ottawa 7 30 97 45
Montreal 11 31 91 40
Detroit 8 35 86 39
Buffalo 7 39 79 36
Boston 10 39 76 33
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