1–3

Final

🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 25-21-6 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
SJS	1	0	0	1
MTL	0	1	2	3

Sharks at Canadiens

Canadiens beat Sharks 3–1 at Bell Centre on January 27, 2002.

🗓 Sun, Jan 27, 2002 · 12:00 CST 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 2001-02 🔁 Canadiens lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🇨🇦 MTL

Doug Gilmour

1 G, 1 A

1 shots · 19:41 TOI · -1

2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Richard Zednik

2 A

3 shots · 18:05 TOI

3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Yanic Perreault

2 A

1 shots · 15:16 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

4 goals · in order

1st period

🦈 Matt Bradley Go-ahead 1st · 14:37

Assists: Bryan Marchment · beat Jose Theodore

1–0

2nd period

🇨🇦 Doug Gilmour PP Tying 2nd · 12:20

Assists: Richard Zednik, Andrei Markov · beat Evgeni Nabokov

1–1

3rd period

🇨🇦 Sergei Berezin PP Go-ahead 3rd · 01:10

Assists: Yanic Perreault, Doug Gilmour · beat Evgeni Nabokov

1–2

🇨🇦 Oleg Petrov 3rd · 14:58

Assists: Yanic Perreault, Richard Zednik · beat Evgeni Nabokov

1–3

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🦈SJS MTL🇨🇦

27 Shots on goal 22

0/4 Power play (goals / chances) 2/4

20 Hits 15

17 Blocked shots 10

9 Takeaways 12

12 Giveaways 19

8 Penalty minutes 8

SJS shooting 3.7% (1/27) MTL shooting 13.6% (3/22)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🦈Sharks

Evgeni Nabokov

19/22

.864 SV% · 3 GA · 58:15 TOI

🇨🇦Canadiens

Jose Theodore

26/27

.963 SV% · 1 GA · 59:59 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–0

Sharks

Sharks: no games found in this situation this year.

Canadiens

Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 1–1

Sharks

Sharks — tied after 2nd: 30-15-5 (60% win rate, 50 games)

Canadiens

Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 25-21-6 (48% win rate, 52 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🦈Sharks

L1 Damphousse · Ricci · Selanne 18:20

L2 Graves · Marleau · Sundstrom 15:40

L3 Thornton · Korolyuk · Harvey 14:17

L4 Matteau · Smith · Bradley 7:01

D1 Hannan · Suter 27:54

D2 Marchment · Stuart 23:55

D3 Jillson · Bancroft 7:44

🇨🇦Canadiens

L1 Juneau · Gilmour · Petrov 19:41

L2 Berezin · Perreault · Zednik 15:38

L3 Van Allen · Ribeiro · Dackell 12:43

L4 Kilger · Odjick · Bulis 10:53

D1 Robidas · Rivet 21:02

D2 Quintal · Dykhuis 19:06

D3 Bouillon · Markov 17:32

⚔️ Last meetings

Canadiens lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →

3–2 (OT) · Canadiens won

1–1 (OT) · Sharks won

Nov 24, 1997

🦈SJS @ 🇨🇦MTL

2–2 (OT) · Sharks won

❓ SJS vs MTL, answered

Who won Sharks vs Canadiens on January 27, 2002?

Canadiens won 3–1.

What was the final score of Sharks vs Canadiens?

The final score was Sharks 1, Canadiens 3.

Who scored for Sharks?

Matt Bradley.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Doug Gilmour, Oleg Petrov, Sergei Berezin.

How did the Sharks goalie play?

Evgeni Nabokov made 19 saves on 22 shots (.864 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jose Theodore made 26 saves on 27 shots (.963 save percentage).

Where is Sharks vs Canadiens played?

At Bell Centre in Montréal, the Canadiens home rink.

What is the Sharks vs Canadiens season series?

Canadiens lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it

🦈Sharks

Previous game · Jan 24

🇨🇦Canadiens

Previous game · Jan 26

Also on January 27, 2002

⚔️BUF @ 🦅WSH

3–2 final

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