San Jose Sharks 4, Montreal Canadiens 3: final score and stats
San Jose Sharks beat Montreal Canadiens, San Jose Sharks 4 to Montreal Canadiens 3, on Tuesday, October 20, 2026 at Bell Centre, Montreal, QC. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Montreal Canadiens vs San Jose Sharks.
NHLTuesday, October 20, 2026
DateOct 20, 2026
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenueBell Centre, Montreal, QC
TVESPN+
Attendance20,962
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Jose Sharks | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Montreal Canadiens | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Top performers
Team comparison
San Jose SharksMontreal Canadiens
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
5-4-1Record4-3-2
5th in Pacific DivisionStanding2nd in Atlantic Division
4-7Road record / home record5-4
WLLLLLast 5WWLWW
W1StreakW2
Team stats
San Jose SharksMontreal Canadiens
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
San Jose Sharks
Igor Chernyshov LW · Upper Body
Injured ReserveQuentin Musty LW · Upper Body
Injured ReserveKyle Keyser G · Upper Body
Injured ReserveMontreal Canadiens
Ivan Demidov RW · Ankle - Fracture
Injured ReserveMike Matheson D · Lower Body
OutSam Montembeault G · Lower Body
Injured ReserveBryce Pickford D · Undisclosed
Injured ReserveLucas Condotta LW · Undisclosed
Injured ReserveBox score
San Jose Sharks Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Macklin Celebrini | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 23:07 | 3:18 | 0:14 | 19:35 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 34.8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Igor Chernyshov | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 17:02 | 1:08 | 0:00 | 15:54 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ty Dellandrea | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11:37 | 0:00 | 0:40 | 10:57 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 75.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Barclay Goodrow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:32 | 0:00 | 1:50 | 9:42 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Collin Graf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:50 | 0:00 | 2:18 | 13:32 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mason Marchment | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:06 | 2:47 | 0:00 | 12:19 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Misa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:09 | 0:38 | 0:00 | 13:31 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 36.4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Zack Ostapchuk | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10:51 | 0:00 | 1:38 | 9:13 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 80.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Kiefer Sherwood | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 16:14 | 1:09 | 1:18 | 13:47 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Will Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 18:50 | 2:48 | 0:00 | 16:02 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ivar Stenberg | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:44 | 2:49 | 0:00 | 14:55 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler Toffoli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:18 | 1:07 | 0:00 | 11:11 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
San Jose Sharks Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nolan Allan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16:52 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 16:52 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Dickinson | 2 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 20:15 | 0:00 | 1:19 | 18:56 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Kesselring | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 20:31 | 0:00 | 1:24 | 19:07 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Darnell Nurse | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20:20 | 0:00 | 2:36 | 17:44 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dmitry Orlov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:33 | 2:32 | 0:00 | 15:01 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacob Trouba | 4 | 5 | 0 | -1 | 23:08 | 1:04 | 2:43 | 19:21 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
San Jose Sharks Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Nedeljkovic | 3 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 31 | .912 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 62:13 | 0 | 0 |
Montreal Canadiens Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Anderson | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 16:13 | 0:01 | 1:26 | 14:46 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Zack Bolduc | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14:55 | 2:10 | 0:00 | 12:45 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Caufield | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 19:36 | 2:18 | 0:00 | 17:18 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirby Dach | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 10:15 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:15 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phillip Danault | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:44 | 0:00 | 2:20 | 13:24 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 53.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Evans | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 13:59 | 0:00 | 2:27 | 11:32 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oliver Kapanen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:30 | 1:39 | 0:00 | 8:51 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Kreider | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 15:28 | 1:42 | 0:00 | 13:46 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Newhook | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 16:21 | 1:52 | 1:18 | 13:11 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 54.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Juraj Slafkovsky | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:16 | 2:15 | 0:00 | 15:01 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Nick Suzuki | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21:03 | 2:08 | 0:00 | 18:55 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 60.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alexandre Texier | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:10 | 1:44 | 0:00 | 11:26 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Montreal Canadiens Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandre Carrier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:13 | 0:00 | 2:37 | 19:36 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Noah Dobson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21:44 | 1:31 | 1:21 | 18:52 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Engstrom | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:56 | 0:00 | 0:40 | 12:16 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaiden Guhle | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 22:51 | 0:11 | 2:37 | 20:03 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Lane Hutson | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25:46 | 2:29 | 0:00 | 23:17 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Arber Xhekaj | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:14 | 0:00 | 0:38 | 12:36 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
Montreal Canadiens Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jakub Dobes | 4 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 26 | .867 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 62:02 | 0 | 2 |
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Frequently asked questions
Who won San Jose Sharks vs Montreal Canadiens?
San Jose Sharks won, 4-3, on Tuesday, October 20, 2026.
What was the final score of San Jose Sharks vs Montreal Canadiens?
San Jose Sharks 4, Montreal Canadiens 3.
Who were the top performers?
San Jose Sharks: Macklin Celebrini (2 goals). Montreal Canadiens: Nick Suzuki (1 goals).
Where is San Jose Sharks vs Montreal Canadiens played?
Bell Centre, Montreal, QC.
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