3–1

Final

🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 15-11-5 before this game

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

Sharks at Canadiens

Sharks beat Canadiens 3–1 at Bell Centre on December 17, 2002.

🗓 Tue, Dec 17, 2002 · 18:30 CST 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 2002-03 🔁 Sharks lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🦈 SJS

Patrick Marleau

1 G, 1 A

1 shots · 16:33 TOI · +2

2nd star 🦈 SJS

Teemu Selanne

1 G

3 shots · 18:20 TOI · +1

3rd star 🦈 SJS

Mike Rathje

1 G

2 shots · 23:50 TOI · +3

🚨 Scoring

4 goals · in order

1st period

🦈 Mike Rathje Go-ahead 1st · 00:28

Assists: Owen Nolan, Scott Hannan · beat Jeff Hackett

1–0

2nd period

🦈 Patrick Marleau 2nd · 14:47

Unassisted · beat Jeff Hackett

2–0

3rd period

🇨🇦 Doug Gilmour 3rd · 05:52

Assists: Yanic Perreault, Donald Audette · beat Evgeni Nabokov

2–1

🦈 Teemu Selanne 3rd · 13:44

Assists: Patrick Marleau · beat Jeff Hackett

3–1

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🦈SJS MTL🇨🇦

24 Shots on goal 24

5 Hits 2

8 Penalty minutes 4

SJS shooting 12.5% (3/24) MTL shooting 4.2% (1/24)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🦈Sharks

Evgeni Nabokov

23/24

.958 SV% · 1 GA · 59:55 TOI

🇨🇦Canadiens

Jeff Hackett

21/24

.875 SV% · 3 GA · 58:48 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 — 2–0

Sharks

Sharks: no games found in this situation this year.

Canadiens

Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🦈Sharks

L1 Damphousse · Nolan · Selanne 18:20

L2 Sturm · Marleau · Ricci 16:16

L3 Graves · Smith · Sundstrom 14:44

L4 Harvey · Cheechoo · Bradley 8:17

D1 Rathje · Mcgillis 23:34

D2 Hannan · Marchment 21:48

D3 Stuart · Fahey 14:44

🇨🇦Canadiens

L1 Perreault · Gilmour · Zednik 19:44

L2 Kilger · Koivu · Juneau 16:05

L3 Bulis · Dackell · Audette 15:21

L4 Ribeiro · Mckay · Petrov 5:37

D1 Brisebois · Markov 26:03

D2 Traverse · Rivet 21:20

D3 Quintal · Dykhuis 12:36

⚔️ Last meetings

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

3–2 (OT) · Canadiens won

1–1 (OT) · Sharks won

❓ SJS vs MTL, answered

Who won Sharks vs Canadiens on December 17, 2002?

Sharks won 3–1.

What was the final score of Sharks vs Canadiens?

The final score was Sharks 3, Canadiens 1.

Who scored for Sharks?

Mike Rathje, Patrick Marleau, Teemu Selanne.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Doug Gilmour.

How did the Sharks goalie play?

Evgeni Nabokov made 23 saves on 24 shots (.958 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jeff Hackett made 21 saves on 24 shots (.875 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?

Sharks 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 · Dec 16

🇨🇦Canadiens

Previous game · Dec 16

Also on December 17, 2002

Sharks season page Canadiens season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule