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Wednesday, March 4, 2026

Sharks 2025-26 Game 59 Recap: Sharks 7, Canadiens 5 (3/3/26)

The Sharks stave off a late scare by the Montreal Canadiens and prevail in a true barn burner, as they win 7-5 to extend their win streak to three.

The Canadiens struck first via Oliver Kapanen early in the opening period. Later in the first period, the Sharks tied the game at one on Collin Graf’s 16th goal of the season, assisted by Will Smith and Macklin Celebrini.

Early in the second period, Philip Danault tipped in a shot by Josh Anderson to regain the lead for Montreal. Later in the middle frame, the Sharks followed that up with three unanswered goals to make it 4-2 good guys through two periods of play. Michael Misa scored his fifth goal of the season at around the ten-and-a-half-minute mark of the second period and now has goals in three straight games to tie it at two. At close to the 18-minute mark of the middle frame, Macklin Celebrini scored his 30th goal of the season to give the Sharks their first lead of the night, assisted by Collin Graf and Will Smith. 25 seconds later, the Sharks extended their lead to two on Alexander Wennberg’s 12th goal of the season, assisted by Kiefer Sherwood for the latter’s first point as a Shark.

Early in the third period, the Sharks made it a three-goal contest on a power play goal by Will Smith for his 19th goal of the season, assisted by Macklin Celebrini and Dmitry Orlov. Soon after, the Habs rattled off three consecutive goals to even things up at five and storm back into this one. Fortunately for the Sharks, they got the last laugh in this contest, as they scored the last two goals to put up a seven spot and keep their win streak alive. These last two goals came via Kiefer Sherwood on the man advantage for his 18th goal of the season and first goal as a Shark, assisted by Philipp Kurashev and William Eklund, followed by an empty-netter from Adam Gaudette for his 14th goal of the season, assisted by Macklin Celebrini.

Yaroslav Askarov was back in the crease for the Sharks tonight against the Canadiens, recording 32 saves on 37 shots against. In addition, Adam Gaudette was inserted into the Sharks lineup on the fourth line tonight in place of Pavol Regenda.

The Sharks continue to roll right now, as they pulled off a major miraculous victory over the Canadiens. Team Teal’s first line of Macklin Celebrini, Will Smith, and Collin Graf was on fire tonight, and this first line combo should remain intact until further notice. More specifically, Celebrini led the way with four points, and Smith and Graf each scored two points. On top of that, Kiefer Sherwood had his best performance in a Sharks uniform so far. Lastly, this was the Sharks’ last game before Friday’s trade deadline, and it remains anyone’s guess what trades they will make in the next few days and how different the team will look by their next game. Speaking of the Sharks’ next matchup, it is set for Friday night against the St. Louis Blues at 7 pm PT.

Sources: Sharks Audio Network, NHL App, Curtis Pashelka via X

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Sunday, March 1, 2026

Sharks 2025-26 Game 58 Recap: Sharks 2, Jets 1 (OT) (3/1/26)

Team Teal comes from behind in a low-scoring affair and defeats the Winnipeg Jets in overtime by a score of 2-1 to sweep their weekend back-to-back set.

Prior to the start of this game, the Sharks brought out franchise greats Owen Nolan, Jonathan Cheechoo, and Scott Thornton for the ceremonial puck drop for their last alumni heritage game of the season. The Jets scored the first goal of the game via Morgan Barron early in the opening period. During the second period, Mario Ferraro caught an elbow to the face by Tanner Pearson and had to head to the dressing room for a bit, but luckily he was able to return to the Sharks bench.

Early in the third period, the Sharks breathed more life into this game and tied things up at one on some great hand-eye coordination from Will Smith for his 18th goal of the season, assisted by Collin Graf and Macklin Celebrini. This would ultimately force overtime, where the Sharks would earn the victory on Michael Misa’s fourth NHL goal and first NHL overtime game-winning goal, assisted by William Eklund and Sam Dickinson. With today’s OT winner by Misa, the Sharks set a franchise record for most overtime wins in a single season with their tenth this season.

The only lineup change for the Sharks today compared to yesterday’s victory over the Oilers was Alex Nedeljkovic in net, who was absolutely fantastic and made 27 saves on 28 shots against.

This afternoon matinee did not start how the Sharks wanted it to, and it was much quieter than yesterday’s barn burner against the Oilers. More importantly, the Sharks found another way to win in front of their home crowd, and it came via the biggest goal of Michael Misa’s life so far. This weekend has been a great turnaround for this Sharks team to snap their second-longest skid of the season, and I could not have asked for anything better. The Sharks’ current homestand continues on Tuesday, when they host the Montreal Canadiens at 7 pm PT.

Sources: NBC Sports California, NHL App

My 16th NHL Game: Sharks 5, Oilers 4 (2/28/26)

I made my return to the Shark Tank for the first time on about a month to attend my seventh Sharks game this season, and it was definitely one of the most incredible hockey games I have ever attended. It was my second time seeing my Sharks host the Edmonton Oilers in person, and since the promotional theme was Educators Appreciation, everyone in attendance and I received free insulated book bags. As for this routine team store visit, I purchased a Yaroslav Askarov t-shirt and a pack of pens. As for warmups, it was great to see Shakir Mukhamadullin and Pavol Regenda back in the Sharks lineup.

The Sharks began this contest with their fourth line on the ice, which I was not initially anticipating. They opened the scoring at around eight and a half minutes into the first period. Macklin Celebrini caught Connor Ingram out of his crease at the right time and found the back of the net for his 29th goal of the season, assisted by Will Smith. A few minutes later, Michael Misa scored on the power play for his third goal of the season, assisted by Tyler Toffoli, to extend the Sharks’ lead to two. The Oilers responded soon after on a power play goal by Leon Draisaitl to get themselves on the board. The Sharks restored their two-goal lead with about three minutes left in the opening period on Barclay Goodrow’s fifth goal of the season, assisted by Zack Ostapchuk and John Klingberg.

Edmonton made it a one-goal game via Evan Bouchard late in the second period. San Jose may not have won the second period, but they survived it and came out of it still maintaining the lead. The Sharks and Oilers traded goals during the first half of the third period. Trent Frederic tied the game at three early in the third period, followed by Alex Wennberg scoring his 11th goal of the season to make it 4-3 Sharks, assisted by Philipp Kurashev and Mario Ferraro. The Oilers then evened the game at four on a slapshot by Jake Walman, while the Sharks scored the game-winning goal soon after via Shakir Mukhamadullin's fourth goal of the season, assisted by William Eklund and Michael Misa. The primary assist on the Mukhamadullin game-winner was William Eklund's 100th career assist, as announced by the Sharks on the jumbotron. Every time the Oilers tied the game in the third period, some doubt would creep in my mind about the Sharks' ability to finish this game strong and with the win. Fortunately, they had answers for every Oilers third-period equalizer, and I knew deep down that Team Teal was going to win. The game-winning goal and his miraculous save late in the first period earned Shakir Mukhamadullin the first star of the game honors, while Michael Misa's two-point performance earned him the third star of the game. Yaroslav Askarov finished his day with 20 saves on 24 shots against, some of which were huge and important in maintaining and not fully giving up the Sharks' lead in this one.

The Sharks got the job done against two of the best players in the world and a high-powered Oilers offense. It was great to see the Sharks get contributions from a variety of different players in this complete statement victory to snap their five-game losing streak and climb back into the playoff picture. It also continued the trend of the Sharks winning one, losing one, and vice versa against teams I have seen them host twice in person. Their record improves to 7-5-3 when I am at their games as well. I greatly enjoyed my second time seeing the Sharks face the Oilers, and I am very curious to see what's in store for the Sharks ahead of next week's trade deadline and how the remainder of this regular season plays out for them. Regular game reviews resume on Sunday, when the Sharks host the Winnipeg Jets in the second of back-to-back afternoon home games at 1 pm PT.