Montreal Canadiens vs San Jose Sharks — March 3, 2026 Game Stats

Game Recap

The San Jose Sharks defeated the Montreal Canadiens 7-5 on March 3, 2026. Despite the result, the Montreal Canadiens held the edge in expected goals (5.28 to 4.01) at 5-on-5, indicating the San Jose Sharks received favorable bounces or strong goaltending. The San Jose Sharks created 6 high-danger scoring chances compared to 4 from the Montreal Canadiens at 5-on-5. Alex Newhook scored 2 goals. Collin Graf was the most dangerous skater with 1.74 individual expected goals on 3 shots at 5-on-5. The Montreal Canadiens outshot the San Jose Sharks 37-28 in total shots on goal.

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xG Gameflow — cumulative expected goals chart tracking each team's xG as Montreal Canadiens vs San Jose Sharks progressed on Mar 3, 2026
Shot heatmap — where shots were taken on the ice, color-coded by scoring probability
Event timeline — every goal, penalty, and key play mapped chronologically
Player matchup grid — head-to-head on-ice performance in Corsi and expected goals
Strength filter — 5v5 by default, with options for power play, penalty kill, and all situations

MTL5 - 7SJS

Mar 3, 2026 · Regular Season

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Overview

	Period	Corsi			Fenwick			Shots			SC			HDSC			xG			Goals
		F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%
SJS	P1	19	16	54.3	13	12	52.0	8	8	50.0	14	8	63.6	3	1	75.0	2.24	1.06	67.8	1	1	50.0
	P2	17	21	44.7	11	16	40.7	9	11	45.0	13	15	46.4	5	3	62.5	2.50	3.12	44.5	3	1	75.0
	P3	20	32	38.5	13	29	31.0	11	18	37.9	14	24	36.8	0	6	0.0	1.79	6.74	21.0	3	3	50.0
	Total	56	69	44.8	37	57	39.4	28	37	43.1	41	47	46.6	8	10	44.4	6.53	10.92	37.4	7	5	58.3
MTL	P1	16	19	45.7	12	13	48.0	8	8	50.0	8	14	36.4	1	3	25.0	1.06	2.24	32.2	1	1	50.0
	P2	21	17	55.3	16	11	59.3	11	9	55.0	15	13	53.6	3	5	37.5	3.12	2.50	55.5	1	3	25.0
	P3	32	20	61.5	29	13	69.0	18	11	62.1	24	14	63.2	6	0	100.0	6.74	1.79	79.0	3	3	50.0
	Total	69	56	55.2	57	37	60.6	37	28	56.9	47	41	53.4	10	8	55.6	10.92	6.53	62.6	5	7	41.7

Win Probability

SJS Favored

MTL Favored

Goal

Power Play

Gameflow — Cumulative xG

SJS

MTL

Goal

Shot Density Heatmap

MTL Attempts

SJS Attempts

Individual Event Map

Player:

MTL ShootSJS Shoot

Goal

Shot on Net

Missed Shot

Hit Taken

Giveaway

Player Matchup Grid

This grid shows how every skater on the home team (SJS) performed against every skater on the away team (MTL) when they were on the ice at the same time.

Rows = SJS players, Columns = MTL players. Forwards are listed first, then defensemen.
Green = the SJS player had a favorable matchup (above 50%). Red = unfavorable (below 50%).
Values shown from the home team's perspective. Toggle between CF% (shot attempt share) and xGF% (expected goal share).
Cells with fewer than 3 shared events are grayed out (insufficient sample). Hover over any cell for full details.

Stat:

SJS ↓ / MTL →	Suzuki	Evans	Danault	Dach	Newhook	Kapanen	Slafkovský	Caufield	Bolduc	Demidov	Anderson	Gallagher	Matheson	Guhle	Hutson	Dobson	Carrier	Struble
Celebrini	57	56	44	80	33	50	45	50	40	42	25	33	61	48	50	61	62	33
Smith	73	53	58	80	17	50	57	69	38	45	25	40	66	50	70	60	55	0
Wennberg	25	70	58	54	25	50	20	25	25	22	50	44	37	26	27	38	85	100
Misa	36	64	38	100	54	33	7	18	56	0	39	33	19	10	63	60	67	60
Toffoli	100	67	50	100	63	33	33	100	63	0	35	33	44	17	67	55	71	67
Kurashev	69	100	83	60	67	86	80	62	50	80	83	67	82	71	58	60	100	100
Ostapchuk	38	71	67	100	45	100	29	29	40	29	50	17	83	80	23	17	67	50
Goodrow	38	71	67	100	45	100	29	29	40	29	50	17	71	67	25	20	67	50
Sherwood	40	80	75	62	50	67	31	35	0	31	67	63	40	29	50	60	89	83
Eklund	83	67	38	60	53	25	25	75	50	20	37	28	38	18	54	53	67	60
Graf	56	43	50	82	25	58	48	47	50	41	33	67	61	57	43	67	50	40
Gaudette	40	57	22	67	33	50	25	25	30	29	25	11	63	57	17	14	50	40
Desharnais	27	64	37	83	54	0	12	21	54	13	33	25	21	18	28	40	80	77
Ferraro	25	33	38	58	17	27	18	27	17	17	50	36	13	14	26	38	56	60
Orlov	70	60	53	73	46	57	64	63	45	60	27	36	67	45	75	61	58	0
Dickinson	67	69	47	75	61	33	38	56	57	38	31	25	47	29	58	60	76	71
Mukhamadullin	44	0	67	50	0	27	29	47	0	27	44	31	30	33	30	32	50	56
Klingberg	73	54	29	78	30	71	67	57	36	56	45	36	67	57	50	57	60	0