Montreal Canadiens vs Dallas Stars

NHL

Canadiens

23-13-6, 52 PTS

4-3

Final/OT

Stars

25-9-8, 58 PTS

American Airlines Center

TV: TSN2 / Sportsnet / RDS

On the ice

MTL shoots leftDAL shoots right

Shots on goal

	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T
MTL	6	13	5	4	28
DAL	8	8	9	2	27

In net

Sam Montembeault24/27 SV, .889

Jake Oettinger24/28 SV, .857

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

Who won: Canadiens 4-3

The Montreal Canadiens beat the Dallas Stars 4-3 in overtime on Sunday, January 4, 2026 at American Airlines Center. The series is tied 1-1. Lane Hutson led the Canadiens in goals (1). Wyatt Johnston led the Stars in goals (2).

Play by play

End of the overtime
End of the overtime
GOALOT 3:40
Goal! Snap shot
Lane Hutson
Lane Hutson Goal (7) Snap Shot, assists: Phillip Danault (7)
MTL 4 - 3 DAL
OT 3:33
Phillip Danault faceoff won against Wyatt Johnston
OT 3:31
Ivan Demidov shot blocked by Thomas Harley
OT 3:23
Juraj Slafkovský Snap Shot saved by Jake Oettinger
OT 3:12
Thomas Harley shot blocked by Noah Dobson
OT 2:18
Lane Hutson shot blocked by Miro Heiskanen
OT 2:07
Wyatt Johnston Snap Shot saved by Samuel Montembeault
OT 1:55
Wyatt Johnston faceoff won against Phillip Danault
OT 1:53
Nick Suzuki Snap Shot saved by Jake Oettinger
OT 1:39
Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Mikko Rantanen
OT 1:37
Matt Duchene Snap Shot saved by Samuel Montembeault
OT 1:24
Juraj Slafkovský Snap Shot saved by Jake Oettinger
OT 0:58
Mike Matheson Snap Shot High and Wide Right
OT 0:42
TO
Giveaway by Thomas Harley
OT 0:00
Mikko Rantanen faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
Start of the overtime
End of the 3rd period
P3 0:26
Joseph Veleno hit Esa Lindell
P3 1:03
TO
Giveaway by Mikko Rantanen
P3 1:30
TO
Takeaway by Ilya Lyubushkin
P3 4:00
Alexandre Texier faceoff won against Mavrik Bourque
P3 4:00
Wyatt Johnston Hooking against Noah Dobson
P3 4:05
Mikko Rantanen shot blocked by Oliver Kapanen