{"id":203587,"date":"2026-03-04T08:03:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T08:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/203587\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T08:03:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T08:03:07","slug":"san-jose-sharks-macklin-celebrini-beat-montreal-canadiens-at-sap-center-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/203587\/","title":{"rendered":"San Jose Sharks, Macklin Celebrini beat Montreal Canadiens at SAP Center"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN JOSE \u2013 No one has accused the San Jose Sharks of playing boring hockey this season, especially on this homestand.<\/a><\/p>\n

For now, it\u2019s resulting in some critical points.<\/p>\n

After the Sharks lost a three-goal lead in the third period, forward Kiefer Sherwood<\/a> scored a go-ahead, power-play goal with 3:23 left in regulation time to help lift San Jose to a thrilling 7-5 win<\/a> over the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday before an announced sellout crowd of 17,435 at SAP Center.<\/p>\n

Adam Gaudette added an empty-netter off an assist from Macklin Celebrini with less than four seconds left to seal the victory, as the Sharks, following a five-game skid, won their third straight game going into Friday\u2019s NHL trade deadline.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t want to give up those goals in the third. Try to prevent those,\u201d Celebrini said. \u201cBut we got it done in the end. That\u2019s all that matters.\u201d<\/p>\n

On the winning goal, Sherwood put a shot on net that went off the skate of Canadiens defenseman Alexandre Carrier. Sharks winger Philipp Kurashev got the puck and sent a terrific pass back to Sherwood, who scored his first goal in a Sharks uniform, as he pumped his fist and exalted the fans.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was a pretty high IQ play,\u201d Sherwood said of Kurashev\u2019s pass. \u201cEveryone sold out, thinking he was going to shoot it. I thought he was going to shoot, too, so then when it ended up on my stick, I was kind of just, \u2018put it in.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Celebrini scored his 30th goal of the season in the second period and finished with four points. Sherwood, Collin Graf, and Will Smith each had a goal and an assist, Michael Misa scored for the third time in as many games, and goalie Yaroslav Askarov had 30 saves, including several of the spectacular variety.<\/p>\n

The Sharks are now 21-11-4 in games decided by two goals or less, improving to 3-1-0 on their six-game homestand, which ends with games against the St. Louis Blues on Friday and the New York Islanders on Saturday.<\/p>\n

After a 4-1 loss to the non-playoff-contending Calgary Flames last Thursday, the Sharks bounced back to beat the Edmonton Oilers 5-4 on Saturday and the Winnipeg Jets 2-1 in overtime on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The win streak may influence what general manager Mike Grier does at the deadline<\/a>. With the Sharks still outside of a playoff spot, Grier might not be a massive buyer before Friday\u2019s noon deadline, but there might also be a temptation to keep the team\u2019s pending unrestricted free agents for a playoff push.<\/p>\n

The Sharks have eight pending UFAs,<\/a> including defenseman Mario Ferraro and goalie Alex Nedeljkovic.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019ve really blocked out and ignored the noise of what\u2019s coming here,\u201d Warsofsky said. \u201cCredit to the group in there that just kind of shows up, works every day, whether that\u2019s an optional skate, full skate, meetings, or individual meetings. Each guy is extremely coachable. They show up with good attitudes, and that\u2019s really all you can ask as a coach.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe forget these guys are human beings, and whether someone moves on, and they have a family, or wives, it\u2019s a challenge. So for them to really put that aside and do what\u2019s best for the team, give a lot of credit to the group. They did a really good job of that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sherwood is one of those pending UFAs who could get moved, as he and the Sharks have been unable to reach an agreement on an extension since he was acquired from the Vancouver Canucks on Jan. 19.<\/p>\n

For now, it\u2019s clear Sherwood enjoys being in San Jose with the Sharks.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re talking about guys putting their bodies on the line, and it\u2019s a mindset that we\u2019ve got to continue to rinse and repeat each and every game,\u201d Sherwood said. \u201cIt\u2019s a good challenge for us. We\u2019ve got to continue to fight and claw and force our way (into the playoffs).<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re the hunters here, and it\u2019s going to take efforts like that each and every night for us to get a chance.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Sharks will give themselves a better chance if they can protect leads.<\/p>\n

Trailing 5-2 early in the third period, the Canadiens got to within one as Ivan Demidov and Alex Newhook scored goals 18 seconds apart, with Newhook\u2019s goal coming at the 5:20 mark. Just over five minutes later, with Sam Dickinson serving a tripping penalty, Newhook took a pass from Brendan Gallagher and beat Askarov for his eighth goal of the season at the 10:56 mark to make the game 5-5.<\/p>\n

\u201cLike we\u2019ve said all year, we\u2019ve learned lessons along the way. You go up 5-2, and you probably come off the gas just for a little bit, and a skilled team like that will make you pay,\u201d Warsofsky said. \u201cI liked the resiliency of our group to just keep playing and get back to competing.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN JOSE \u2013 No one has accused the San Jose Sharks of playing boring hockey this season, especially…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":203462,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[7,1471,404,266,88,90,89,98,198,127],"class_list":{"0":"post-203587","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-jose","8":"tag-california","9":"tag-central-coast","10":"tag-nhl","11":"tag-northern-california","12":"tag-san-jose","13":"tag-san-jose-headlines","14":"tag-san-jose-news","15":"tag-san-jose-sharks","16":"tag-santa-clara-county","17":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203587\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/203462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}