Montreal Canadiens vs Dallas Stars

NHL

Canadiens

16-16-5, 37 PTS

4-3

Final

Stars

22-10-4, 48 PTS

American Airlines Center

TV: TSN2 / Sportsnet / RDS

On the ice

MTL shoots leftDAL shoots right

Shots on goal

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
MTL	6	5	7	18
DAL	5	13	15	33

In net

Sam Montembeault30/33 SV, .909

Scott Wedgewood14/18 SV, .778

Team	1	2	3	T
MTL	2	1	1	4
DAL	1	0	2	3

Who won: Canadiens 4-3

The Montreal Canadiens beat the Dallas Stars 4-3 on Tuesday, January 2, 2024 at American Airlines Center. The Canadiens lead the series 1-0. Nick Suzuki led the Canadiens in goals (1). Wyatt Johnston led the Stars in goals (1).

Recap · Jan 2

Guhle, Harris lead the way as Canadiens cool off Stars 4-3

Kaiden Guhle and Jordan Harris added to Montreal’s NHL-leading 30 goals from defensemen and Sam Montembeault stopped 30 shots as the Canadiens held off the Dallas Stars 4-3 on Tuesday night.

What it means

Season series: MTL leads series 1-0.
Canadiens 9-7-3 on the road; Stars 12-6-1 at home.

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Injuries and inactives

Canadiens7th in Atlantic Division

Oliver Kapanen C
Lower Body
Day-To-Day
Bryce Pickford D
Undisclosed
Injured Reserve
Ivan Demidov RW
Lower Body
Injured Reserve
Kaiden Guhle D
Groin, Surgery
Injured Reserve
Lucas Condotta LW
Undisclosed
Injured Reserve

Stars6th in Central Division

Cameron Hughes C
Upper Body
Injured Reserve
Harrison Scott C
Undisclosed
Injured Reserve
Luke Krys D
Undisclosed
Injured Reserve
Matt Duchene C
Lower Body
Injured Reserve

Starting goalies

Canadiens7th in Atlantic Division

Sam Montembeault G

Starting goalie, confirmed

Stars6th in Central Division

Scott Wedgewood G

Starting goalie, confirmed

Head to head

MTL leads series 1-0

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Game info

Venue: American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX · Attendance 18,532
Officials: Ghislain Hebert (Referee), Garrett Rank (Referee), Kyle Flemington (Linesman), Ben O'Quinn (Linesman)