Final · March 3, 2026 at 10:00 p.m.
Shots on goal : MTL 36 — SJS 28 · SAP Center at San Jose
Three stars
- 1★
M. CelebriniSJS · C · 1B 3A - 2★
W. SmithSJS · C · 1B 1A - 3★
K. SherwoodSJS · L · 1B 1A
MTLGame statsSJS 
- 36Shots on goal28
- 55 %Faceoff win %45 %
- 2/5Power play2/4
- 12Penalty minutes14
- 20Hits21
- 18Blocked shots9
- 13Giveaways17
- 4Takeaways6
Shots by period
| P1 | P2 | P3 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MTL | 8 | 10 | 18 | 36 |
| SJS | 8 | 9 | 11 | 28 |
Season seriesMTL 0 – 2 SJS
Official NHL reports
Shot map
← MTL 5 / 36 / 577 / 28 / 37 SJS →
Goals / shots on goal / attempts. Each team keeps its side for the whole game: the visitors attack left, the home team right. NHL coordinates.
Goals
1st period
Oliver KapanenMTL · 06:18Assists : Juraj Slafkovský, Mike Matheson1 – 0▶ Watch
Collin GrafSJS · 15:32Assists : Will Smith, Macklin Celebrini1 – 1▶ Watch
2nd period
Phillip DanaultMTL · 05:09Assists : Mike Matheson, Jake Evans2 – 1▶ Watch
Michael MisaSJS · 10:282 – 2▶ Watch- Macklin CelebriniSJS · 18:23Assists : Collin Graf2 – 3▶ Watch
Alexander WennbergSJS · 18:48Assists : Kiefer Sherwood2 – 4▶ Watch
3rd period
- Will SmithSJS · 03:29 · PPAssists : Macklin Celebrini, Dmitry Orlov2 – 5▶ Watch
Ivan DemidovMTL · 05:02 · PPAssists : Lane Hutson, Nick Suzuki3 – 5▶ Watch
Alex NewhookMTL · 05:20Assists : Jake Evans, Kaiden Guhle4 – 5▶ Watch- Alex NewhookMTL · 10:56 · PPAssists : Brendan Gallagher, Mike Matheson5 – 5▶ Watch
- Kiefer SherwoodSJS · 16:34 · PPAssists : Philipp Kurashev, William Eklund5 – 6▶ Watch
Adam GaudetteSJS · 19:56Assists : Macklin Celebrini5 – 7▶ Watch
Penalties
1st period
- 11:42MTLNick Suzuki — Interference (2 min) · drawn by Vincent Desharnais
2nd period
- 02:13SJSCollin Graf — Tripping (2 min) · drawn by Lane Hutson
- 06:55SJSMacklin Celebrini — Hooking (2 min) · drawn by Cole Caufield
- 12:33MTLOliver Kapanen — Slashing (2 min) · drawn by Dmitry Orlov
- 13:32SJSAlexander Wennberg — Tripping (2 min) · drawn by Jake Evans
3rd period
- 02:43MTLJosh Anderson — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Kiefer Sherwood
- 02:43SJSMario Ferraro — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Jayden Struble
- 02:43MTLJayden Struble — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Mario Ferraro
- 03:54SJSVincent Desharnais — Cross checking (2 min) · drawn by Kirby Dach
- 08:58SJSSam Dickinson — Tripping (2 min) · drawn by Ivan Demidov
- 11:41SJSAdam Gaudette — Interference goalkeeper (2 min) · drawn by Jakub Dobes
- 11:41MTLKirby Dach — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Adam Gaudette
- 15:03MTLBench — Too many men on the ice (2 min) · served by Z. Bolduc
Box score
Montreal Canadiens
| Player | G | A | +/- | SOG | HIT | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. GallagherR | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 2 | 11:17 |
| C. CaufieldR | 0 | 0 | -3 | 3 | 0 | 20:48 |
| N. SuzukiC | 0 | 1 | -3 | 4 | 0 | 22:26 |
| A. NewhookC | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 15:53 |
| J. AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10:04 |
| J. SlafkovskýL | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 0 | 18:31 |
| P. DanaultC | 1 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 13:46 |
| J. EvansC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15:36 |
| Z. BolducR | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 13:10 |
| K. DachC | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 14:32 |
| O. KapanenC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 09:55 |
| I. DemidovR | 1 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 0 | 15:43 |
| M. MathesonD | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 24:18 |
| K. GuhleD | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 20:14 |
| A. CarrierD | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 12:39 |
| J. StrubleD | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 08:47 |
| L. HutsonD | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 25:03 |
| N. DobsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20:58 |
| Goalie | Saves | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Montembeault | 0/0 | — | 00:00 |
| J. Dobes(L) | 21/27 | 77.8 % | 58:03 |
San Jose Sharks
| Player | G | A | +/- | SOG | HIT | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W. SmithC | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 19:37 |
| A. WennbergC | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 18:54 |
| B. GoodrowC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:41 |
| K. SherwoodL | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13:46 |
| C. GrafR | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 2 | 13:11 |
| Z. OstapchukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:37 |
| M. CelebriniC | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 22:49 |
| W. EklundL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:43 |
| T. ToffoliC | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11:54 |
| M. MisaC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12:37 |
| A. GaudetteR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10:32 |
| P. KurashevC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12:58 |
| J. KlingbergD | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 15:56 |
| V. DesharnaisD | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20:45 |
| S. DickinsonD | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16:51 |
| D. OrlovD | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 2 | 19:44 |
| M. FerraroD | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 22:25 |
| S. MukhamadullinD | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:06 |
| Goalie | Saves | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|
| Y. Askarov(W) | 31/36 | 86.1 % | 59:48 |
| A. Nedeljkovic | 0/0 | — | 00:00 |
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