Montreal Canadiens vs Dallas Stars
NHL
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).
| Forwards | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oskar BackC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 10:58 | 0:00 | 2:41 | 8:17 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamie BennLW | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 7:46 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:46 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Mavrik BourqueC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16:23 | 0:29 | 0:15 | 15:39 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 33.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt DucheneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:34 | 1:24 | 0:00 | 16:10 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam ErneLW | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8:41 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:41 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Radek FaksaC | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 11:47 | 0:00 | 3:16 | 8:31 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 57.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Roope HintzC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:03 | 3:47 | 1:18 | 13:58 | 21 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 71.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin HryckowianC | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 9:48 | 0:00 | 2:49 | 6:59 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wyatt JohnstonC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:48 | 4:42 | 1:14 | 16:52 | 20 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 71.4 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Mikko RantanenRW | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 22:39 | 4:52 | 0:00 | 17:47 | 21 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 66.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason RobertsonLW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 23:18 | 5:11 | 0:02 | 18:05 | 20 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam SteelC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 12:57 | 0:00 | 3:45 | 9:12 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Defenses | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas HarleyD | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 24:24 | 1:13 | 2:48 | 20:23 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Miro HeiskanenD | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27:27 | 3:58 | 5:31 | 17:58 | 28 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Esa LindellD | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:22 | 0:19 | 4:45 | 17:18 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Nils LundkvistD | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 14:05 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 14:05 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ilya LyubushkinD | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 15:27 | 0:00 | 1:41 | 13:46 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Alexander PetrovicD | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 15:25 | 0:00 | 0:35 | 14:50 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Goalies | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake OettingerG | 4 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 24 | .857 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 63:19 | 0 | 0 |
