November 1999 was the last time the Montreal Canadiens won a game in San Jose. However, you would have to go back an additional two seasons, to November 1997, for the last time that the Montreal Canadiens were able to defeat the San Jose Sharks in regulation time on the road.
In that span the Canadiens have gone 1-8-2 in 11 games, including the overtime win and two extra-time losses. Seven times the teams did not face each other in San Jose. Then there was the lost season of 2004-05.
But let’s go back to the 1997-98 season to relive that game.