MONTREAL - The San Jose Sharks left Bell Centre with a wild one, and Macklin Celebrini was at the center of it.
Celebrini scored twice, Michael Misa added a crucial goal in the third period, and Tyler Toffoli buried the winner as the Sharks came all the way back for a 4-3 overtime victory over the Montreal Canadiens.
It didn’t start cleanly for San Jose. Montreal came out quicker, sharper and more dangerous early, while the Sharks spent much of the opening minutes fighting their own sloppiness. Alexandar Nedeljkovic had to come up with a big save on Guhle before the Sharks could settle in, and the Canadiens kept pressing with speed and precision.
The first period still produced the kind of momentum swing that can tilt a game. After Alex Newhook’s sequence was waved off and reviewed with no goal, San Jose finally found its footing.
A penalty on Dellandrea gave the Sharks a test, but the kill held, with Graf doing strong work along the wall and Goodrow helping snuff out Montreal’s looks. Then Celebrini finished a setup from Smith to put San Jose on the board.
The lead didn’t last long. Montreal answered right back through Suzuki, who finished after a tough bounce for Orlov led to a bang-bang chance that turned into a goal. That quick response kept the Sharks from fully taking control after their opening strike.
Montreal kept the pressure on in the second period and found the equalizer again through Slafkovsky, who made a dazzling one-on-one move on Nurse before slipping the puck through his legs and finishing the play himself. Later, Caufield put the Canadiens ahead after the Sharks failed to clean up the puck behind the net, a sequence that left San Jose chasing again.
The Canadiens also had chances to make it worse. Danault rang one off the crossbar, and Suzuki set up another dangerous look that Nedeljkovic had to stop. Celebrini, meanwhile, was drawing boos every time he touched the puck, with the Montreal crowd seemingly still fired up after the earlier exchange involving Suzuki.
San Jose needed a spark, and the third period gave them one. Misa, who had already hit a post and looked visibly frustrated, finally broke through after Sherwood fed him in front. That goal trimmed the deficit and got the Sharks moving in the right direction.
Then Celebrini turned provider. He slipped a deceptive shot-pass toward Toffoli, and Toffoli finished to tie the game. From the press box, it looked like a shot until the puck ended up in the net.
That set the stage for overtime, where San Jose completed the comeback and walked out with the 4-3 win.
There were plenty of key moments along the way. Trouba had an important clear early in the second, Stenberg drew a penalty in the third, and Dickinson won a big wall battle late. But the night belonged to Celebrini, Misa and the Sharks’ ability to keep coming after a slow start and a pair of deficits.
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