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Sharks return home, look to extend winning streak

Mar 3, 2008 - 3:48 PM Montreal (36-21-9) at San Jose (36-21-8) 10:30 pm EST

SAN JOSE, California (Ticker) - After an eight-game road trip, the San Jose Sharks are definitely ready for some home cooking.

The Sharks look to extend their season-high winning streak to six games on Monday when they face the Montreal Canadiens in their first home game since February 14.

All-Star Evgeni Nabokov has been stellar in goal all season for San Jose, posting a 35-20-7 record and a 2.17 goals-against average. Nabokov was 4-2-0 with a 1.87 GAA on the road trip.

The Canadiens are playing the first of four consecutive road games against Pacific Division teams.

Montreal has won three straight, including Saturday's 2-1 victory over the New Jersey Devils, to pull into a first-place tie atop the Eastern Conference with the Pittsburgh Penguins.

This is the first time Montreal has been first in the conference after the All-Star break since March 1993. That year, the Canadiens won the Stanley Cup.

Montreal's 20-year-old rookie goaltender Carey Price is 3-0-0 with a 1.33 GAA since netminder Cristobal Huet was traded to Washington on Tuesday.