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Celebrini's overtime winner completes Sharks' 4–3 comeback in Montreal
San Jose erased a 3–1 third-period deficit before Macklin Celebrini scored on the power play 2:13 into overtime. The official summary shows a 2-for-3 Sharks power play.
Macklin Celebrini scored twice, including the power-play winner 2:13 into overtime, as the San Jose Sharks erased a 3–1 third-period deficit to beat the Montreal Canadiens 4–3 on October 20.
Michael Misa and Tyler Toffoli scored in the third period before Celebrini finished the comeback. The official game summary lists San Jose at 2-for-3 on the power play and Montreal at 0-for-2.
Montreal carried a 3–1 lead into the third period
Celebrini opened the scoring at 13:49 of the first period, but Nick Suzuki tied it before intermission. Juraj Slafkovsky and Cole Caufield scored in the second, giving Montreal a two-goal lead. The official game summary records Slafkovsky's goal at 1:49; this article follows that primary record.
Misa and Toffoli erased the deficit
Michael Misa cut the margin to 3–2 at 5:36 of the third period. Tyler Toffoli tied it at 11:09 on a power-play redirection, with Celebrini and Jacob Trouba credited with assists in the official summary. San Jose therefore scored twice in 5 minutes 33 seconds.
An overtime penalty opened the door
Montreal goaltender Jakub Dobes was called for interference at 1:53 of overtime. Twenty seconds later, Celebrini scored on the power play from Ivar Stenberg and Will Smith. The penalty did not itself decide the game; San Jose still had to convert the opportunity.
Celebrini finished with three points
Celebrini scored San Jose's first and last goals and assisted on Toffoli's tying goal. Reuters and NHL.com both report two goals and one assist. NHL.com says it was his fourth career overtime goal, tying the most by an NHL player age 20 or younger.
The shot totals show the comeback was not simple domination
Montreal finished with 34 shots to San Jose's 30. Alex Nedeljkovic made 31 saves and Jakub Dobes made 26. San Jose went 2-for-3 on the power play while Montreal went 0-for-2, making special teams the clearest numerical difference in the official summary.
