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).

MTL

DAL

Forwards	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Owen BeckC	0	1	0	0	7:17	0:00	0:00	7:17	10	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	50.0	1	0	0
Sammy BlaisLW	0	6	0	0	8:20	0:00	0:00	8:20	11	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Zack BolducRW	0	1	0	0	11:06	1:47	0:00	9:19	15	0	10	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Cole CaufieldRW	0	1	1	-1	18:33	5:10	0:00	13:23	21	0	20	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Phillip DanaultC	1	0	0	1	16:40	0:42	1:58	14:00	26	0	0	2	2	0	10	5	66.7	2	1	2
Ivan DemidovRW	0	0	0	2	18:10	5:17	0:00	12:53	22	0	10	1	2	1	0	0	0.0	1	1	2
Brendan GallagherRW	1	2	1	0	15:46	2:15	0:00	13:31	18	1	3	0	4	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Oliver KapanenC	3	0	0	0	17:24	1:47	3:06	12:31	23	1	13	0	3	1	3	7	30.0	0	0	0
Juraj SlafkovskyLW	0	1	0	1	20:21	5:27	0:00	14:54	24	1	15	1	4	1	0	0	0.0	3	0	0
Nick SuzukiC	0	1	1	-1	23:49	5:21	2:26	16:02	25	0	14	1	3	3	3	11	21.4	1	0	0
Alexandre TexierLW	0	1	0	-1	15:45	1:41	0:00	14:04	19	0	3	0	1	0	1	1	50.0	1	0	0
Joe VelenoC	0	4	0	-2	14:41	0:07	2:52	11:42	19	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	50.0	0	0	0

Defenses	BS	HT	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV
Alexandre CarrierD	0	0	0	22:14	0:01	3:26	18:47	25	0	1	1	0	0	2
Noah DobsonD	6	3	-2	23:08	2:33	1:45	18:50	26	0	7	0	3	0	1
Lane HutsonD	0	2	2	27:58	5:11	0:00	22:47	26	1	7	1	1	0	0
Mike MathesonD	2	2	-3	26:38	1:01	5:11	20:26	24	0	4	0	0	1	0
Jayden StrubleD	0	3	1	7:56	0:00	0:00	7:56	10	0	0	0	0	0	1
Arber XhekajD	0	2	1	9:14	0:00	0:00	9:14	12	0	1	0	1	0	0