Montreal Canadiens @ Dallas Stars

23-13-6, 13-4-5 Away

Final/OT

	1	2	3	OT	T
Canadiens MTL	1	2	0	1	4
Stars DAL	1	1	1	0	3

Dallas StarsStarsDAL

25-9-8, 12-6-3 Home

Montreal Canadiens


forwards
Owen BeckO. Beck#62
Sammy BlaisS. Blais#27
Zack BolducZ. Bolduc#76
Cole CaufieldC. Caufield#13
Phillip DanaultP. Danault#24
Ivan DemidovI. Demidov#93
Brendan GallagherB. Gallagher#11
Oliver KapanenO. Kapanen#91
Juraj SlafkovskyJ. Slafkovsky#20
Nick SuzukiN. Suzuki#14
Alexandre TexierA. Texier#85
Joe VelenoJ. Veleno#90
defensemen
Alexandre CarrierA. Carrier#45
Noah DobsonN. Dobson#53
Lane HutsonL. Hutson#48
Mike MathesonM. Matheson#8
Jayden StrubleJ. Struble#47
Arber XhekajA. Xhekaj#72

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	10	7:17	0:00	0:00	7:17	1	1	50.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	11	8:20	0:00	0:00	8:20	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	15	11:06	1:47	0:00	9:19	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	21	18:33	5:10	0:00	13:23	0	0	0.0
0	2	1	2	0	1	1	2	0	0	2	26	16:40	0:42	1:58	14:00	10	5	66.7
0	1	2	2	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	22	18:10	5:17	0:00	12:53	0	0	0.0
1	0	0	4	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	18	15:46	2:15	0:00	13:31	0	0	0.0
1	0	0	3	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	23	17:24	1:47	3:06	12:31	3	7	30.0
1	1	1	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	24	20:21	5:27	0:00	14:54	0	0	0.0
0	1	-1	3	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	25	23:49	5:21	2:26	16:02	3	11	21.4
0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	19	15:45	1:41	0:00	14:04	1	1	50.0
0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	19	14:41	0:07	2:52	11:42	1	1	50.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	25	22:14	0:01	3:26	18:47	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	3	0	6	0	0	3	0	1	26	23:08	2:33	1:45	18:50	0	0	0.0
1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	26	27:58	5:11	0:00	22:47	0	0	0.0
0	0	-3	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	24	26:38	1:01	5:11	20:26	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	10	7:56	0:00	0:00	7:56	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	12	9:14	0:00	0:00	9:14	0	0	0.0

goalies
Sam MontembeaultS. Montembeault#35

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
27	3	24	.889	23	1	0	0	0	63:40	0

Dallas Stars


forwards
Oskar BackO. Back#10
Jamie BennJ. Benn#14
Mavrik BourqueM. Bourque#22
Matt DucheneM. Duchene#95
Adam ErneA. Erne#73
Radek FaksaR. Faksa#12
Roope HintzR. Hintz#24
Justin HryckowianJ. Hryckowian#49
Wyatt JohnstonW. Johnston#53
Mikko RantanenM. Rantanen#96
Jason RobertsonJ. Robertson#21
Sam SteelS. Steel#18
defensemen
Thomas HarleyT. Harley#55
Miro HeiskanenM. Heiskanen#4
Esa LindellE. Lindell#23
Nils LundkvistN. Lundkvist#5
Ilya LyubushkinI. Lyubushkin#46
Alexander PetrovicA. Petrovic#28

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	10:58	0:00	2:41	8:17	2	0	100.0
0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	11	7:46	0:00	0:00	7:46	1	1	50.0
1	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	17	16:23	0:29	0:15	15:39	1	2	33.3
0	1	1	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	21	17:34	1:24	0:00	16:10	1	1	50.0
0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	12	8:41	0:00	0:00	8:41	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	18	11:47	0:00	3:16	8:31	4	3	57.1
0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	21	19:03	3:47	1:18	13:58	10	4	71.4
0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	14	9:48	0:00	2:49	6:59	0	0	0.0
2	0	1	3	1	2	1	2	0	0	0	20	22:48	4:42	1:14	16:52	5	2	71.4
0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	21	22:39	4:52	0:00	17:47	2	1	66.7
0	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	20	23:18	5:11	0:02	18:05	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	2	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	18	12:57	0:00	3:45	9:12	0	5	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	1	1	1	2	5	0	0	2	1	2	28	24:24	1:13	2:48	20:23	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	5	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	28	27:27	3:58	5:31	17:58	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	2	25	22:22	0:19	4:45	17:18	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	20	14:05	0:00	0:00	14:05	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	0	20	15:27	0:00	1:41	13:46	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	16	15:25	0:00	0:35	14:50	0	0	0.0

goalies
Jake OettingerJ. Oettinger#29

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
28	4	24	.857	18	6	0	0	0	63:19	0

* - A player receives a "plus" if they are on the ice when their Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. They receive a "minus" if on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

ESPN+		1	2	3	OT	T
	Canadiens	1	2	0	1	4
	Stars	1	1	1	0	3

1st Period			MTL	DAL
8:42		Brendan Gallagher (3) Assists: Phillip Danault (6), Alexandre Carrier (9)	1	0
13:53		Mavrik Bourque (7) Assists: Jason Robertson (25), Roope Hintz (20)	1	1

2nd Period		MTL	DAL
10:14	Wyatt Johnston (21) Assists: Mikko Rantanen (41), Thomas Harley (13)	1	2
11:59	Oliver Kapanen (13) Assists: Ivan Demidov (26), Juraj Slafkovsky (17)	2	2
18:39	Juraj Slafkovsky (15) (Power Play) Assists: Nick Suzuki (32), Lane Hutson (35)	3	2

3rd Period			MTL	DAL
11:07		Wyatt Johnston (22) Assists: Miro Heiskanen (29), Matt Duchene (5)	3	3

OT Summary			MTL	DAL
3:40		Lane Hutson (7) Assists: Phillip Danault (7)	4	3

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Stars
7
Canadiens
0

Game 1

11/13

Canadiens
4
Stars
3

Game 2

1/4

American Airlines Center

2:00 PM, January 4, 2026Coverage: ESPN+

Dallas, TX

Attendance: 18,532

Referees:
Wes McCauley
Jordan Samuels-Thomas

Linesmen:
Ben O'Quinn
CJ Murray

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Montreal	25	13	6	56
Detroit	26	15	4	56
Tampa Bay	26	13	3	55
Buffalo	23	15	4	50
Toronto	21	15	7	49
Boston	23	19	2	48
Florida	22	18	3	47
Ottawa	20	18	5	45

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Colorado	32	4	7	71
Dallas	26	10	8	60
Minnesota	26	11	8	60
Utah	22	20	3	47
Nashville	20	19	4	44
Chicago	18	19	7	43
St. Louis	17	20	8	42
Winnipeg	16	22	5	37

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Montreal Canadiens @ Dallas Stars

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

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