San Jose Sharks vs Montréal Canadiens

Regular season · Thursday, February 27, 2025 · Centre Bell

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3–4

Final/OT

SOG 26–33

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Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the San Jose Sharks 4-3 in overtime on Thursday, February 27, 2025 at Centre Bell. The Canadiens outshot the Sharks 33-26.

Nick Suzuki scored twice. Fabian Zetterlund, Nico Sturm, Will Smith, Alex Newhook and Cole Caufield also scored.

Samuel Montembeault made 23 saves on 26 shots for the win; Alexandar Georgiev stopped 29 of 33.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
SJS	2	1	0	0	3	26
MTL	2	0	1	1	4	33

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Fabian Zetterlund (16)Will Smith (17), Alexander Wennberg (16)1–003:56 SJS
Nick Suzuki (17)Cole Caufield (25), Juraj Slafkovský (23)Thrun 1:17 into shift1–106:49 MTL
Nico Sturm (6)Klim Kostin (4), Collin Graf (3)2–112:38 SJS
Nick Suzuki (18)Lane Hutson (40), Jayden Struble (6)2–219:04 MTL

2nd period

Will Smith (9)Shakir Mukhamadullin (2), Alexander Wennberg (17)3–217:21 SJS

3rd period

Alex Newhook (11)Patrik Laine (9), Owen Beck (1)Liljegren 1:07 into shift3–302:22 MTL

OT period

Cole Caufield (28)Nick Suzuki (42), Samuel Montembeault (1)3–403:21 MTL

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1:17

1–1 · 1st 6:49 · Suzuki. Thrun was 1:17 into his shift when it went in.

GoalSJS on iceMTL on iceDefenders’ longest

1–0 SJS

1st 3:56 · Zetterlund

Slafkovský 0:55

NormalSlafkovský 0:55

1–1 MTL

1st 6:49 · Suzuki

Long shift: Thrun 1:17

Long shiftThrun 1:17

2–1 SJS

1st 12:38 · Sturm

Laine 0:49

NormalLaine 0:49

2–2 MTL

1st 19:04 · Suzuki

Zetterlund 0:39

Fresh legsZetterlund 0:39

3–2 SJS

2nd 17:21 · Smith

Savard 0:30

Fresh legsSavard 0:30

3–3 MTL

3rd 2:22 · Newhook

Long shift: Liljegren 1:07

Long shiftLiljegren 1:07

3–4 MTL

OT 3:21 · Caufield

Walman 0:22

Fresh legsWalman 0:22

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2024–25).

4.2%

5.7%

5.9%

6.9%

6.6%

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.6×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.6 times as often as against fresh legs (6.6% vs 4.2%).

29%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

SJSMTL

26Shots on goal33

44%Faceoff %56%

0/0Power play0/2

9Penalty minutes5

33Hits39

21Blocked shots20

23Giveaways21

6Takeaways5

Penalties

2nd 06:20Barclay Goodrow · fighting5 min
2nd 06:20Jayden Struble · fighting5 min
3rd 06:54Collin Graf · tripping2 min
3rd 09:48Shakir Mukhamadullin · holding2 min

Season series

San Jose Sharks

San Jose Sharks skaters

2Will SmithC	1	1	2	0	4	0	0	0	33	15:59
21Alexander WennbergC	0	2	2	+1	1	0	2	0	38	20:43
7Nico SturmC	1	0	1	0	1	4	0	0	75	10:23
10Klim KostinC	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	–	07:30
20Fabian ZetterlundL	1	0	1	+1	4	2	0	0	–	16:52
51Collin GrafR	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	–	10:53
85Shakir MukhamadullinD	0	1	1	+2	2	2	3	2	–	18:07
11Luke KuninC	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	–	15:38
23Barclay GoodrowC	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	5	20	13:07
53Ty DellandreaC	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	57	13:35
71Macklin CelebriniC	0	0	0	-2	4	1	1	0	45	21:20
72William EklundL	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	0	–	20:43
73Tyler ToffoliC	0	0	0	-1	3	1	0	0	–	16:54
3Henry ThrunD	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	0	–	12:13
37Timothy LiljegrenD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	–	20:43
38Mario FerraroD	0	0	0	+3	0	4	2	0	–	24:52
44Marc-Edouard VlasicD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	0	–	18:36
96Jake WalmanD	0	0	0	-2	1	1	6	0	–	27:55

San Jose Sharks goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40Alexandar GeorgievG	O	33	29	4	.879	63:21
41Vitek VanecekG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

14Nick SuzukiC	2	1	3	+2	3	1	3	0	60	22:07
13Cole CaufieldR	1	1	2	+2	2	1	0	0	100	19:20
15Alex NewhookC	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	43	14:14
20Juraj SlafkovskýL	0	1	1	+1	3	6	0	0	–	21:04
62Owen BeckC	0	1	1	0	2	2	1	0	50	11:34
92Patrik LaineL	0	1	1	0	3	0	1	0	–	12:58
47Jayden StrubleD	0	1	1	0	1	6	3	5	–	15:15
48Lane HutsonD	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	–	25:08
11Brendan GallagherR	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	–	16:02
17Josh AndersonR	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	0	100	13:20
28Christian DvorakC	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	71	17:12
40Joel ArmiaR	0	0	0	-1	5	0	0	0	–	13:51
51Emil HeinemanL	0	0	0	-1	2	4	0	0	–	13:35
71Jake EvansC	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	50	15:26
8Mike MathesonD	0	0	0	+1	1	2	2	0	–	27:25
45Alexandre CarrierD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	4	0	–	23:09
58David SavardD	0	0	0	-1	1	3	4	0	–	17:35
72Arber XhekajD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	–	10:48

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Samuel MontembeaultG	W	26	23	3	.885	63:21
75Jakub DobesG		0	0	0	–	00:00