Match Info

NHL

Date: 20 October 2026, Tuesday

Location: Bell Centre (Montreal, QC)

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	Montreal Canadiens		San Jose Sharks

	1	X	2
	1.62	4.75	4	Watch
	1.72	4.40	3.75
	1.78	4.55	3.7
	1.76	4.53	3.8
	1.75	4.59	3.78	Watch
	1.75	4.5	3.75
	1.82	4.67	3.76
	1.73	4.4	3.6
Avarage Now (Initially)	1.74 ↓ (1.92)	4.55 ↓ (4.6)	3.77 ↑ (3.29)

The most likely Over/Under: 6.25

The best margin for this event is 3%, offered by

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Current Win Probability

Montreal Canadiens
54.2%

Draw
20.7%

San Jose Sharks
25.1%

Initial Probability (when we started the analysis)

50%

20.9%

29.1%

Our Initial ML Estimation

49.1%

21.3%

29.6%

Analysis of Changes in Winning Probabilities:

Montreal Canadiens has improved its chances compared to the initial analysis. (+4.2%)

San Jose Sharks has seen a decrease in its chances compared to the initial analysis. (-4%)

ML Model estimates a lower probability for Montreal Canadiens than the current prediction. (-5.1%)

Note: The ML model's lower estimate suggests that there may be underlying issues with Montreal Canadiens that the model has picked up on.

ML Model estimates a higher probability for San Jose Sharks than the current prediction. (+4.5%)

Who will win by Users?

1	X	2
33.3%	33.3%	33.3%

Montreal Canadiens - San Jose Sharks Predictions

Users Predictions: 6 users predict this event. Montreal will win (votes: 2 - 33.3%). San Jose will win (votes: 2 - 33.3%). It will Tie (votes: 2 - 33.3%).

Verified Performance Core (Selected Experts): 2 Selected Experts predict this event. Montreal (votes: 1 - 50%). San Jose (votes: 1 - 50%).

Expected Score (Market Odds): 4:3

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Lineups

Line 1
75. Dobes J. (G)	33. Nedeljkovic A. (G)
53. Dobson N.	7. Kesselring M.
48. Hutson L.	25. Nurse D. (A)
20. Slafkovsky J.	2. Smith W.
14. Suzuki N. (C)	71. Celebrini M. (C)
13. Caufield C.	92. Chernyshov I.
Line 2
45. Carrier A.	65. Trouba J.
21. Guhle K.	6. Dickinson S.
17. Anderson J. (A)	44. Sherwood K.
15. Newhook A.	77. Misa M.
22. Kreider C.	41. Stenberg I.
Line 3
42. Engstrom A.	42. Cagnoni L.
72. Xhekaj A.	9. Orlov D.
85. Texier A.	73. Toffoli T. (A)
24. Danault P.	21. Wennberg A.
76. Bolduc Z.	27. Marchment M.
Line 4
91. Kapanen O.	51. Graf C.
71. Evans J. (A)	63. Ostapchuk Z.
77. Dach K.	23. Goodrow B.
Substitutes
32. Fowler J. (G)	30. Askarov Y. (G)
Coaches
. St. Louis M.	. Warsofsky R.

Key Events of the Match

1st Period (1 - 1)
10:45, Dellandrea T. (2 min),
13:49, 0 - 1, Celebrini M. (G),
16:38, 1 - 1, Suzuki N. (G), Slafkovsky J. (A), Hutson L. (A2)
17:22, Misa M. (2 min),
2nd Period (2 - 0)
01:49, 2 - 1, Slafkovsky J. (G), Caufield C. (A),
11:57, Slafkovsky J. (2 min),
11:57, Guhle K. (2 min),
11:57, Goodrow B. (2 min),
11:57, Ostapchuk Z. (2 min),
14:03, 3 - 1, Caufield C. (G), Suzuki N. (A), Danault P. (A2)
17:27, Texier A. (2 min),
3rd Period (0 - 2)
05:36, 3 - 2, Misa M. (G), Sherwood K. (A),
09:33, Kesselring M. (2 min),
09:33, Xhekaj A. (2 min),
09:33, Xhekaj A. (2 min),
11:09, 3 - 3, Toffoli T. (G), Celebrini M. (A), Trouba J. (A2)
Overtime (0 - 1)
01:53, Dobes J. (2 min),
02:13, 3 - 4, Celebrini M. (G), Stenberg I. (A), Smith W. (A2)

Preview

In the last 5 head-to-head matches, Montreal won 2.

In recent outings, Montreal has recorded mixed results (last 5 matches: 3 wins).

San Jose is experiencing a dip in performance (last 5 matches: 1 win).

San Jose may face physical fatigue compared to their opponent, having played more matches in recent days.

Recently, Montreal has enjoyed a run of consecutive matches in front of its home crowd.

In this matchup, Montreal is considered the favorite to take the win.

Confirmed absences for Montreal: Demidov I. (Lower-Body Injury) Montembeault S. (Lower-Body Injury) Xhekaj F. (Lower-Body Injury).

Doubtful / questionable for Montreal: Matheson M. (Lower-Body Injury).

Our forecast points to a victory for Montreal in today's match, at odds of 1.76.

In the last 20 head-to-head meetings, Montreal has recorded 6 wins, 0 draws, and 14 losses, with a goal aggregate of 43:68 (averaging 2.2:3.4 goals per game).

Specifically in home fixtures for Montreal against this opponent, the record stands at 2 wins, 0 draws, and 9 losses, with 17:37 goals (averaging 1.5:3.4 per game).

Outrights of NHL for now

Montreal Canadiens: 2.96% San Jose Sharks: 1.57%

Last Results with these Odds

San Jose Sharks - the odds 3.29 are the expected chance of winning is 29.12%, but this team recently wins 35% of matches with these odds.

Form

✺ - easy match; ✺ - difficult match;

- Montreal Canadiens
NHL
17.10.26	Montreal Canadiens - Buffalo Sabres	4:3 OT ✺
14.10.26	Washington Capitals - Montreal Canadiens	5:4 ✺
13.10.26	Montreal Canadiens - Buffalo Sabres	4:3 penalties ✺
10.10.26	Montreal Canadiens - Detroit Red Wings	1:0 penalties ✺
08.10.26	Montreal Canadiens - Nashville Predators	2:5 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 9.5 WLWWL
- San Jose Sharks
NHL
19.10.26	Toronto Maple Leafs - San Jose Sharks	3:1 ✺
17.10.26	Detroit Red Wings - San Jose Sharks	4:3 penalties ✺
15.10.26	Nashville Predators - San Jose Sharks	2:3 penalties ✺
13.10.26	San Jose Sharks - Boston Bruins	3:6 ✺
10.10.26	San Jose Sharks - Edmonton Oilers	1:3 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 4 LLWLL

Latest Head to Head

NHL
14.03.26	Montreal Canadiens - San Jose Sharks	2:4
03.03.26	San Jose Sharks - Montreal Canadiens	7:5
27.02.25	Montreal Canadiens - San Jose Sharks	4:3 OT
04.02.25	San Jose Sharks - Montreal Canadiens	3:4
11.01.24	Montreal Canadiens - San Jose Sharks	2:3
24.11.23	San Jose Sharks - Montreal Canadiens	2:3 penalties
28.02.23	San Jose Sharks - Montreal Canadiens	1:3

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