The Sharks were apparently taking notes. After coughing up 2-goal leads in back to back games, San Jose turned the tables on the Montreal Canadiens, scoring a pair of 3rd period goals to get the game to overtime where Macklin Celebrini ended it with a power play goal. It was an incredible 4-3 comeback given the Sharks played less than 24 hours earlier in Toronto and the Canadiens last played on Saturday.

Montreal may still be wondering what happened in this game. They were cruising against a flat Sharks lineup that was struggling to do anything offensively. San Jose came back from deficits twice last year against Montreal, but this one was an all around gritty comeback.

If there was a goat in the game, that honor should be bestowed on Canadiens goaltender Jakub Dobes who elected to step in front of Collin Graf who was pursuing the puck in the overtime. Dobes would be called for interference, which setup Celebrini's power play heroics. Ivar Stenberg setup Celerini for a one-time chance from the right dot that beat Dobes to cap an unlikely comeback.

The Sharks looked like the team that played 24 hours earlier through the first 9 minutes of regulation. The Canadiens enjoyed the last 3 days off and had the majority of chances through the first half of the opening period. They enjoyed 16 shot attempts through that span.

Ty Dellandrea marked his return to the lineup by taking a holding the stick penalty at 10:45 to put San Jose in a bit of a jam. The penalty kill, which surrendered 2 goals on Monday night, snuffed out the Canadiens threat.

Macklin Celebrini potted his 4th goal of the season a minute after Dellandrea's penalty expired when he stepped in front of a Jake Evans pass near the Canadiens blueline before taking three strides and lifting a puck over Jakub Dobes' left shoulder. Will Smith was pestering Evans along the left wing boards and forced the Canadiens centerman to rush his pass, which he partially fanned on. That served the puck up on a silver platter fro Celebrini who was streaking into the Montreal zone .

A fluky bounce would cost San Jose at 16:38. Defenseman Dmitry Orlov had position to stop the puck from entering the Sharks zone, but it bounced past him, allowing Juraj Slafkovsky to skate past him before sliding a puck to Nick Suzuki on the right side. Suzuki was all by his lonesome and had all day to pick a spot that he would not miss.

Slafkovsky undressed Darnell Nurse early in the 2nd period on a play from the right side, flipping the puck past the Sharks defenseman to the left before skating around him on the right. Slafkovsky then regained control of the puck before cutting across the top of the crease and slipping a puck past Alex Nedeljkovic for his 2nd goal of the season.

Cole Caufield added his 6th of the season with just under 6 minutes remaining in the period to extend Montreal's lead to a pair of goals. The winger one-timed a Suzuki feed from behind the net after Jacob Trouba left the left post to pursue him. That left Caufield all by himself in the spot between the left circle and the end line. Caufield's shot tucked inside the right post for the 3-1 lead.

Ivar Stenberg caught an Alexandre Texier high stick to give the Sharks their 1st power play of that game at 17:27. San Jose could only muster a Mason Marchment chance from the doorstep, but otherwise did little to challenge Dobes.

San Jose cut into the Canadiens lead when Michael Misa finally scored his 1st goal of the season 5:36 into the 3rd period. Kiefer Sherwood carried the puck up the right side in on a 2-on-2 break after Misa forced a turnover near the Sharks blueline. Sherwood drew defenseman Noah Dobson over before sliding it to Misa on the off wing. Misa quickly collected the pass and slipped it past Dobes with Lane Hutson late to cover.

Arbor Xhekaj gifted the Sharks a power play at 9:33 of the period when he tried to engage Michael Kesselring in front of the Montreal net. Kesselring never had a chance to get his gloves off as Xhekaj locked him up. Both were assessed roughing penalties, but Xhekaj was given an extra unsportsmanlike conduct minor.

San Jose made good use of the man-advantage when Tyler Toffoli bagged his 3rd of the season off a Celebrini feed with 24 seconds left in the Sharks power play.

Canadiens head coach will surely bring up the Xhekaj and Dobes penalties, which gave the Sharks the juice they needed to comeback in what looked like a Montreal cake walk.

Game Notes:

* Michael Kesselring skated in is 200th career NHL game.

* Alexander Wennberg was a medical scratch after suffering a lower body injury in Toronto on Monday night. Ty Dellandrea took Wennberg's spot in the lineup, making his 3rd appearance of the season.

* Former Sharks defenseman and Montreal native Marc-Edouard Vlasic was roaming the press box. The Sharks parted on contentious terms, when the defenseman was bought out of the 2025-26 season.

* Macklin Celebrini finished the night with 2 goals and an assist for his 5th multi-point game of the season. The Bell Centre fans were quick to boo Celebrini whenever he touched the puck.

* Zack Ostapchuk was 6-of-8 on draws to lead San Jose. Celebrini was 8-for-23, the wunderkind has something to work on.