Celebrini, who won a silver medal playing for Team Canada at the 2026 Winter Olympics last month, has 13 points (seven goals, six assists) during his streak.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s tough to gap up on,\u201d Canadiens defenseman Kaiden Guhle<\/a> said. \u201cHe\u2019s a really smart player. He\u2019s got speed, hands, shot, good vision, he\u2019s a good player. There\u2019s a reason he was with the (Olympic) team playing with those top players.\u201d<\/p>\n Cole Caufield<\/a> and Nick Suzuki<\/a> scored, and Noah Dobson<\/a> had two assists for Montreal (36-19-10), which had won three straight. Jakub Dobes<\/a> made 17 saves.<\/p>\n \u201cWe kind of let them in and do kind of whatever they wanted,\u201d Canadiens defenseman Lane Hutson<\/a> said. \u201cWe didn\u2019t make it hard enough on them. They definitely felt comfortable having the puck on their stick.\u201d<\/p>\n San Jose was down a forward for most of the game. Igor Chernyshov<\/a> exited 28 seconds into the first period after he fell awkwardly following a hit by Montreal defenseman Mike Matheson<\/a> along the boards.<\/p>\n \u201cIt kind of took us out of the game a little bit,\u201d Celebrini said. \u201cIt was really scary. He\u2019s back around the team right now, but I hope he\u2019s all right and doesn\u2019t feel anything further.\u201d<\/p>\n Chernyshov was bleeding from the right side of his head. He staggered when he tried to get up from the ice and had to be helped off between the benches.<\/p>\n \u201cI was honestly very surprised to see him down like that,\u201d Matheson said. \u201cI guess he got tangled up and hit his head on the ice. Obviously not something you want to see, and he\u2019s OK.\u201d<\/p>\n Chernyshov was taken to a hospital and did not return to the game, but rejoined the team and is expected to travel for San Jose\u2019s game at the Ottawa Senators on Sunday.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a scary situation but we kind of knew he was going to be OK,\u201d Sharks coach Ryan Warsofsky said. \u201cInjuries happen and you see guys go down, you\u2019ve got to play for them. And I thought our guys did a really good job. We had 11 forwards for the whole game and guys really stepped up.\u201d<\/p>\n Caufield, who missed Montreal\u2019s 3-2 win at Ottawa on Wednesday with the flu, put the Canadiens up 1-0 at 7:21 of the first period. He took a cross-ice pass from Juraj Slafkovsky<\/a> in the neutral zone and drove the left side before snapping a shot past Nedeljkovic\u2019s glove from the left face-off dot for his career-high 38th goal.<\/p>\n Celebrini tied it 1-1 at 13:12. Graf rushed up the left side from his own zone before making a backhand pass to Celebrini, who scored on a wrist shot past Dobes stick side from the top of the left circle.<\/p>\n