SAN JOSE SHARKS @ MONTREAL CANADIENS

Tuesday, Oct 20, 2026 · 7:00 PM EDT · Bell Centre, Montreal, QC · TV: ESPN+, NBC Sports BA

NHL Regular Season · Lineups projected

MONTREAL CANADIENS(4-3-1 · 7th in Atlantic Division)

Forwards

Line	#	Player	Pos	Ctry	Age	GP	G	A	P	+/-
L1	13	Cole Caufield	RW	USA	25	8	5	1	6	+1
L1	14	Nick Suzuki	C	CAN	27	8	4	6	10	+3
L1	20	Juraj Slafkovsky	LW	SVK	22	8	1	4	5	-1
L2	22	Chris Kreider	LW	USA	35	8	1	3	4	-1
L2	15	Alex Newhook	C	CAN	25	8	1	3	4	-4
L2	17	Josh Anderson	RW	CAN	32	8	4	2	6	+2
L3	76	Zack Bolduc	RW	CAN	23	8	4	2	6	+2
L3	24	Phillip Danault	C	CAN	33	8	0	1	1	+2
L3	85	Alexandre Texier	LW	FRA	27	8	1	2	3	-2
L4	77	Kirby Dach	C	CAN	25	8	0	1	1	-4
L4	71	Jake Evans	C	CAN	30	8	0	0	0	-4
L4	91	Oliver Kapanen	C	SWE	23	1	0	0	0	0

Game-day lines per TSN, Oct 20, 2026 9:47 a.m. EDT. Beck and Reinbacher not in the lineup.

Defence

Pair	#	Player	Pos	Ctry	Age	GP	G	A	P	+/-
Pair 1	48	Lane Hutson	D	USA	22	8	2	6	8	+1
Pair 1	53	Noah Dobson	D	CAN	26	8	0	2	2	-4
Pair 2	21	Kaiden Guhle	D	CAN	24	4	0	1	1	-1
Pair 2	45	Alexandre Carrier	D	CAN	30	8	1	3	4	+3
Pair 3	72	Arber Xhekaj	D	CAN	25	8	0	0	0	-2
Pair 3	42	Adam Engstrom	D	SWE	22	4	0	0	0	+2

Game-day pairs per TSN, Oct 20, 2026 9:47 a.m. EDT.

Goalies

#	Goalie	Ctry	Age	GP	W-L-OT	GAA	SV%
75	Jakub Dobes*	CZE	25	4	1-2-1	4.63	.842
32	Jacob Fowler	USA	21	4	3-1-0	2.16	.900

* Confirmed starter per TSN, Oct 20, 2026 (team game-day post).

Last five

Result	Score	Opponent
L	5-2	vs NSH
W	1-0 SO	vs DET
W	4-3 SO	vs BUF
L	5-4	@ WSH
W	4-3 OT	vs BUF

Most recent first, per ESPN.

SAN JOSE SHARKS(4-4-1 · 4th in Pacific Division)

Forwards

Line	#	Player	Pos	Ctry	Age	GP	G	A	P	+/-
L1	92	Igor Chernyshov	LW	RUS	20	9	2	2	4	+1
L1	71	Macklin Celebrini	C	CAN	20	7	3	8	11	+1
L1	2	Will Smith	C	USA	21	9	3	3	6	-4
L2	41	Ivar Stenberg	LW	SWE	19	9	2	4	6	-7
L2	77	Michael Misa	C	CAN	19	9	0	3	3	-2
L2	44	Kiefer Sherwood	LW	USA	31	9	1	1	2	-4
L3	27	Mason Marchment	LW	CAN	31	9	3	0	3	-5
L3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
L3	73	Tyler Toffoli	C	CAN	34	9	2	4	6	0
L4	23	Barclay Goodrow	C	CAN	33	9	0	0	0	-1
L4	63	Zack Ostapchuk	C	CAN	23	9	0	0	0	0
L4	51	Collin Graf	RW	USA	24	9	1	0	1	-4

Projected lines per NHL.com and Inside the Rink, Oct 20, 2026; may shift. Wennberg removed (listed out); Gaudette and Dellandrea scratched.

Defence

Pair	#	Player	Pos	Ctry	Age	GP	G	A	P	+/-
Pair 1	25	Darnell Nurse	D	CAN	31	8	1	0	1	-1
Pair 1	8	Michael Kesselring	D	USA	26	9	0	2	2	0
Pair 2	6	Sam Dickinson	D	CAN	20	7	0	1	1	-5
Pair 2	65	Jacob Trouba	D	USA	32	9	1	2	3	-6
Pair 3	9	Dmitry Orlov	D	USSR	35	9	1	2	3	-7
Pair 3	42	Luca Cagnoni	D	CAN	21	8	1	1	2	-2

Projected pairs per NHL.com, Oct 20, 2026. Allan scratched.

Goalies

#	Goalie	Ctry	Age	GP	W-L-OT	GAA	SV%
33	Alex Nedeljkovic*	USA	30	3	2-0-1	2.20	.920
30	Yaroslav Askarov	RUS	24	6	2-4-0	3.67	.865

* Projected starter per NHL.com, Oct 20, 2026; not confirmed.

Last five

Result	Score	Opponent
L	3-1	vs EDM
L	6-3	vs BOS
W	3-2 SO	@ NSH
L	4-3 SO	@ DET
L	3-1	@ TOR

Most recent first, per ESPN.

Power play 1

Team	Unit
MTL	Juraj Slafkovsky, Nick Suzuki, Zack Bolduc, Cole Caufield, Lane Hutson
SJ	Ivar Stenberg, —, Will Smith, Dmitry Orlov, Macklin Celebrini

Projected units per Inside the Rink, Oct 20, 2026; not confirmed. SJ unit shows a dash for Wennberg, who is listed out.

Out

Team	Player	Status	Detail
MTL	Mike Matheson (D)	Out	Lower body, return Oct 23
MTL	Florian Xhekaj (LW)	Injured Reserve	Lower body, return Oct 31
MTL	Sam Montembeault (G)	Injured Reserve	Lower body, return Oct 25
MTL	Ivan Demidov (RW)	Injured Reserve	Lower body, return Oct 31
MTL	Bryce Pickford (D)	Injured Reserve	Undisclosed, return Oct 31
SJ	Alexander Wennberg (C)	Out	Upper body, return Oct 22
SJ	Quentin Musty (LW)	Injured Reserve	Upper body, return Dec 1
SJ	Kyle Keyser (G)	Injured Reserve	Upper body, return Dec 1

Injury report per ESPN.

Standings · Atlantic Division

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS
1	Bruins	9	7	2	0	14
2	Lightning	8	6	2	0	12
3	Senators	9	6	3	0	12
4	Panthers	9	5	2	2	12
5	Sabres	9	4	3	2	10
6	Maple Leafs	10	4	4	2	10
7	Canadiens *	8	4	3	1	9
8	Red Wings	8	3	3	2	8

Per ESPN; * tonight's teams.

Standings · Pacific Division

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS
1	Golden Knights	10	8	2	0	16
2	Oilers	8	6	1	1	13
3	Kraken	9	5	3	1	11
4	Sharks *	9	4	4	1	9
5	Ducks	8	4	4	0	8
6	Canucks	10	2	7	1	5
7	Flames	8	2	6	0	4
8	Kings	6	0	4	2	2

Per ESPN; * tonight's teams.

Team stats

Stat	SJ	MTL
GAA	3.44	3.75
SA/G	28.0	25.9
PPGA	7	6
SHGA	0	0
GF/G	2.44	3.13
SF/G	28.0	29.1
PPG	6	4
SHG	1	0
PIM	91	94

Season to date per ESPN.

Team leaders

Team	Category	Player	Value
SJ	Goals	Macklin Celebrini	3
SJ	Assists	Macklin Celebrini	8
SJ	Points	Macklin Celebrini	11
MTL	Goals	Cole Caufield	5
MTL	Assists	Nick Suzuki	6
MTL	Points	Nick Suzuki	10

Season to date per ESPN.

Odds

Line
MTL -225, O/U 6.5 (DraftKings)

Per ESPN.

Notes

Lines are the latest projections for San Jose (NHL.com and Inside the Rink, Oct 20, 2026) and may shift; Montreal's lines are from TSN's game-day list and Dobes is the confirmed starter.
Stats are ESPN season-to-date for 2026-27 as of the Oct 20 pre-game data, with no cut-off date stated by the source.
Conflicts: GAME lists Alexander Wennberg out, so he is removed from the Sharks lines although NHL.com had him in; TSN lists Oliver Kapanen in the lineup, though one report calls him on injured reserve.
Ctry = birth country: CAN Canada, USA United States, SWE Sweden, SVK Slovakia, FRA France, CZE Czechia, RUS Russia, USSR as ROSTERS lists it. GP games played, W-L-OT wins-losses-overtime losses, SV% save percentage.

Sources

ESPN – game data: https://www.espn.com/nhl/game/_/gameId/401892539
TSN Ice Chips – MTL lines and Dobes start, Oct 20: https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/article/ice-chips-panthers-recall-g-black-from-ahl/
NHL.com – SJS@MTL projected lineups, Oct 20: https://www.nhl.com/news/san-jose-sharks-montreal-canadiens-game-preview-october-20-2026
Inside the Rink – line combinations, Oct 20: https://insidetherink.com/nhl-game-preview-san-jose-sharks-at-montreal-canadiens-with-line-combinations-10-20-2026/

Game sheet generated 2026-10-20 21:50 UTC