It was a close match between the Sharks and Montreal Canadiens, but a late shorthanded goal by the Habs hands the Sharks their second straight loss by a score of 4-3.
The Sharks struck first on the power play early in the opening period on a tic-tac-toe top-cheese goal by Macklin Celebrini for his 17th of the season, which continues to lead all NHL rookies. William Eklund and Tyler Toffoli grabbed the assists on Celebrini’s 17th NHL goal. Early in the second period, the Canadiens stormed back and took the lead on two goals from Cole Caufield and Alex Newhook. Later in the second period, it appeared as if Fabian Zetterlund had scored to tie the game at two. It was initially ruled no goal, but after further review by the NHL situation room, the call on the ice of no goal stood, as league officials didn’t get a definitive look at whether the puck completely crossed the goal line on that specific sequence. However, the Sharks made up for that soon after, as they officially tied the game at two on Collin Graf’s first NHL, assisted by Barclay Goodrow.
Montreal went back on top early in the third period via Brendan Gallagher for the Habs’ second power play goal of the night. Later in the final frame, Tyler Toffoli tied the game at three with his 19th goal of the season and the Sharks’ second power play goal of the night, assisted by Macklin Celebrini and Jake Walman. However, the Canadiens would get the last laugh, as they would score the game-winner on a shorthanded goal via Joel Armia to go ahead 4-3.
Alexandar Georgiev recorded 16 saves on 20 shots against in the defeat. In addition, Vitek Vanecek has recently returned from his conditioning assignment, while Yaroslav Askarov was reassigned to the Barracuda as a result. In wake of the recent Granlund and Ceci trade, the Sharks called up Collin Graf, Shakir Mukhamadullin, and Andrew Poturalski from the Barracuda to fill those empty roster spots. On the other hand, Ty Dellandrea, Marc-Edouard Vlasic, and Alex Wennberg did not play tonight.
Despite being on the wrong end of this one, the Sharks outshot the Canadiens 30-20, Macklin Celebrini performed well in his two-point effort, and Collin Graf notched his ever-important first NHL goal. Plenty of positive takeaways from this contest for San Jose. Next up, Team Teal hosts the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday at 7:30 pm PT.
Sources: NBC Sports Bay Area/California, NHL App, San Jose Sharks PR, Locked on Sharks, Curtis Pashelka via X
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