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Montréal Canadiens vs San Jose Sharks

Regular season · Monday, March 1, 2027 · SAP Center at San Jose

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TSN2 · RDS · NBCSCA

Game preview

The Montréal Canadiens visit the San Jose Sharks at SAP Center at San Jose on Monday, March 1, 2027, with puck drop at 10:00 PM ET. The game is on TSN2, RDS and NBCSCA.

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

Rest and travel

Canadiens

Game 4 of a road trip: Philadelphia, Los Angeles and Anaheim, now San Jose.

  1. 192027-02-19: no game
  2. 202027-02-20: vs NYI
  3. 212027-02-21: no game
  4. 222027-02-22: at PHI
  5. 232027-02-23: no game
  6. 242027-02-24: at LAK
  7. 252027-02-25: no game
  8. 262027-02-26: no game
  9. 272027-02-27: at ANA
  10. 282027-02-28: no game
  11. 12027-03-01: at SJS
rest since last game
1 day
rest since last game
since last game
~332 mi
since last game
on this road trip
~3,145 mi
on this road trip
body clock vs home
−3 h
body clock vs home

Sharks

First home game after a 5-game road trip (Washington, Florida, Tampa Bay, Carolina and Philadelphia).

  1. 192027-02-19: at WSH
  2. 202027-02-20: no game
  3. 212027-02-21: at FLA
  4. 222027-02-22: no game
  5. 232027-02-23: at TBL
  6. 242027-02-24: no game
  7. 252027-02-25: at CAR
  8. 262027-02-26: no game
  9. 272027-02-27: at PHI
  10. 282027-02-28: no game
  11. 12027-03-01: vs MTL
rest since last game
1 day
rest since last game
since last game
~2,500 mi
since last game
on this road trip
~6,926 mi
on this 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.

Does a long trip matter? Not much. Teams home for the first time after five or more road games have won 53% since 2016–17 (244-175-43), about the same as any home team (54%).

Lines from last game

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
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

Behind the bench

Each grey tick is one NHL team.

MTLSJS

Settled lines

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

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

Goalie pull, down one

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

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

Average shift

All skaters, all strengths · 2025–26

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

Caught on long shifts

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

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

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