Dobes, who made 26 saves, was penalized for interfering with Sharks forward Collin Graf at 1:53 of overtime.
“At the end of the day he’s a competitor and he wants to win, and he’s just trying to settle the pick,” Caufield said. “I totally understand it. From what I saw he’s in his crease, and I don’t really know the exact ruling, but it’s not really needed at that point of the game. We’re giving the refs a little bit of an opportunity to raise their arm, and you can’t do that to a group of guys like that who can make you pay on the power play.”
Misa cut Montreal’s lead to 3-2 at 5:36 of the third period when he got behind Canadiens defenseman Noah Dobson as he drove to the net and buried a feed from Kiefer Sherwood.
Toffoli’s power-play goal at 11:09 tied it 3-3. He was in the slot to one-time Celebrini’s one-touch pass from the right circle.
“We didn’t want to just give them the game, we wanted to take it to them,” Celebrini said. “And we felt like we didn’t play our game for the first two periods and I think that showed. So I think we just wanted to get on the front foot, which we did, and managed to tie it up.”
Celebrini scored at 13:49 of the first period to put San Jose ahead 1-0. Will Smith’s forecheck caused Montreal forward Jake Evans’ pass attempt to float into the top of the slot, where Celebrini pounced on the loose puck and skated in alone before flipping a shot over Dobes’ right arm.