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San Jose Sharks vs Montréal Canadiens

Regular season · Tuesday, October 20, 2026 · Centre Bell

San Jose SharksSan JoseSharksAway

vs

Montréal CanadiensMontréalCanadiensHome

TSN2 · RDS · NBCSCA

Game preview

The San Jose Sharks visit the Montréal Canadiens at Centre Bell on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, with puck drop at 7:00 PM ET. The game is on TSN2, RDS and NBCSCA.

This is the first of 2 meetings between the teams this season.

Rest and travel

Sharks

Game 4 of a road trip: Nashville, Detroit and Toronto, now Montréal.

  1. 102026-10-10: vs EDM
  2. 112026-10-11: no game
  3. 122026-10-12: no game
  4. 132026-10-13: vs BOS
  5. 142026-10-14: no game
  6. 152026-10-15: at NSH
  7. 162026-10-16: no game
  8. 172026-10-17: at DET
  9. 182026-10-18: no game
  10. 192026-10-19: at TOR
  11. 202026-10-20: at MTL, second of a back-to-backB2B
rest since last game
0 days
rest since last game
since last game
~313 mi
since last game
on this road trip
~2,926 mi
on this road trip
body clock vs home
+3 h
body clock vs home

Canadiens

Another game at home.

  1. 102026-10-10: vs DET
  2. 112026-10-11: no game
  3. 122026-10-12: no game
  4. 132026-10-13: vs BUF
  5. 142026-10-14: at WSH, second of a back-to-backB2B
  6. 152026-10-15: no game
  7. 162026-10-16: no game
  8. 172026-10-17: vs BUF
  9. 182026-10-18: no game
  10. 192026-10-19: no game
  11. 202026-10-20: vs SJS
rest since last game
2 days
rest since last game
since last game
~0 mi
since last game
road trip
–
road trip
body clock vs home
Home time
body clock vs home
Home game Road game This gameB2B = second night of a back-to-back. Distances are approximate.

Lines from last game

San Jose SharksSharksTue, Oct 13 vs BOS
  1. L1NewChernyshov#92Smith#2Celebrini#71
    11:30 together at 5v5
  2. L2NewMarchment#27Toffoli#73Wennberg#21
    10:36 together at 5v5
  3. L3NewSherwood#44Stenberg#41Misa#77
    8:19 together at 5v5
  4. L4NewGoodrow#23Ostapchuk#63Graf#51
    7:02 together at 5v5
  1. D1Trouba#65Dickinson#6
    14:31 together at 5v5
  2. D2Nurse#25Kesselring#7
    11:57 together at 5v5
  3. D3Orlov#9Cagnoni#42
    9:55 together at 5v5

Power play

  1. 1Stenberg LWennberg CSmith CCelebrini CCagnoni D2:34
  2. 2Marchment LChernyshov LToffoli CMisa COrlov D1:08

Penalty kill

  1. 1Goodrow CGraf RTrouba DNurse D1:27
  2. 2Sherwood LOstapchuk CNurse DKesselring D0:49
Montréal CanadiensCanadiensTue, Oct 13 vs BUF
  1. L1Slafkovský#20Suzuki#14Caufield#13
    13:14 together at 5v5
  2. L2Texier#85Danault#24Bolduc#76
    10:29 together at 5v5
  3. L3Kreider#22Newhook#15Anderson#17
    7:44 together at 5v5
  4. L4NewEvans#71Dach#77Beck#62
    5:17 together at 5v5
  1. D1NewCarrier#45Guhle#21
    16:53 together at 5v5
  2. D2Dobson#53Hutson#48
    12:32 together at 5v5
  3. D3NewXhekaj#72Engstrom#42
    7:19 together at 5v5

Power play

  1. 1Kreider LSlafkovský LSuzuki CCaufield RHutson D2:22
  2. 2Texier LDach CNewhook CBolduc RDobson D0:47

Penalty kill

  1. 1Danault CEvans CCarrier DGuhle D1:14
  2. 2Evans CNewhook CDobson DXhekaj D0:58

Behind the bench

Each grey tick is one NHL team.

SJSMTL

Settled lines

Share of 5v5 time from the regular top four lines · 2026–27

SJS 71% (12th most settled)MTL 69% (16th most shuffled)
← Shuffles linesKeeps lines together →

Goalie pull, down one

Median time left in the 3rd when the goalie comes out, delayed penalties excluded · 2025–26

SJS 1:59 left (8th earliest · 15 pulls)MTL 1:48 left (16th latest · 16 pulls)
← Pulls latePulls early →

Average shift

All skaters, all strengths · 2025–26

SJS 51.3s (2nd longest)MTL 51.0s (4th longest)
← Short shiftsLong shifts →

Caught on long shifts

Share of 5v5 goals against with a skater 60s+ into his shift · 2025–26

SJS 33% (7th most often)MTL 38% (3rd most often)
← Rarely caughtOften caught →

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