Music: {allcanada} CANADIENS (41-16-5) at SHARKS (30-25-8)

Sunday, March 1, 2015

{allcanada} CANADIENS (41-16-5) at SHARKS (30-25-8)

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Monday, March 2, 2015

10:00 PM ET

CANADIENS (41-16-5) at SHARKS (30-25-8)

TV: RDS, SNE, CSN-CA

Season series: The San Jose Sharks shut out the Montreal Canadiens twice in 2013-14, the most recent a 4-0 victory at SAP Center on March 8, 2014. Sharks center Logan Couture had three goals and five points, and goalie Antti Niemi made 49 saves in the two shutouts.

Canadiens team scope: Montreal goalie Carey Price was named the NHL's Second Star for the month of February after going 9-1-1 with a 1.34 goals-against average, .949 save percentage and two shutouts in 11 appearances. The Canadiens begin a four-game West Coast trip Monday after a 4-0 win against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday. Price made 30 saves for his sixth shutout of the season, the 31st of his NHL career. He leads the League in wins (36), GAA (1.88) and save percentage (.936) and has won 10 straight road games. Forward Brendan Gallagher had two assists Saturday to extend his point streak to five games (four goals, four assists). Montreal has won four games in a row and is 12-for-12 on the penalty kill in its past five.

Sharks team scope: San Jose traded forward James Sheppard to the New York Rangers on Sunday for a fourth-round pick in the 2016 NHL Draft. Sheppard, who can become an unrestricted free agent July 1, had five goals and 16 points in 57 games this season. The Sharks held a players-only meeting Sunday following a 4-2 loss to the Ottawa Senators on Saturday. It was San Jose's third loss in a row and eighth straight at home (0-6-2). "Through tumultuous times you're looking for that," Sharks coach Todd McLellan said, according to the San Jose Mercury News. "It goes back to the leadership. We're looking for that. Who's pulling the group together?" The Sharks trail the Minnesota Wild by five points for the second wild-card spot for the Stanley Cup Playoffs in the Western Conference, with the Wild having a game in hand. Niemi is 2-6-1 in his past nine starts and has allowed three or more goals in six of those games.

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