Montréal Canadiens 4 — 3 Dallas Stars
2026-01-04 · American Airlines Center · OT
Shots on goal by period
| Period | MTL | DAL |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 2 | 13 | 8 |
| 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 4 | 4 | 2 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Oettinger start | DAL | O | 24 | 28 | 4 | 18/21 | 6/7 | 0/0 | 63:19 |
| Samuel Montembeault start | MTL | W | 24 | 27 | 3 | 23/26 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 63:40 |
MTL skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juraj Slafkovský | L | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:21 |
| Phillip Danault | C | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16:40 |
| Lane Hutson | D | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 27:58 |
| Brendan Gallagher | R | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 15:46 |
| Nick Suzuki | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23:49 |
| Oliver Kapanen | C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17:24 |
| Ivan Demidov | R | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:10 |
| Alexandre Carrier | D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22:14 |
| Noah Dobson | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 23:08 |
| Zachary Bolduc | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:06 |
| Cole Caufield | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:33 |
| Arber Xhekaj | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:14 |
| Alexandre Texier | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:45 |
| Joe Veleno | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14:41 |
| Mike Matheson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 26:38 |
| Sammy Blais | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 08:20 |
| Owen Beck | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:17 |
| Jayden Struble | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 07:56 |
DAL skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wyatt Johnston | C | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22:48 |
| Mavrik Bourque | C | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:23 |
| Miro Heiskanen | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 27:27 |
| Matt Duchene | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:34 |
| Jason Robertson | L | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23:18 |
| Mikko Rantanen | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 22:39 |
| Thomas Harley | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 24:24 |
| Roope Hintz | C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19:03 |
| Sam Steel | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:57 |
| Oskar Back | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:58 |
| Radek Faksa | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11:47 |
| Adam Erne | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 08:41 |
| Esa Lindell | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22:22 |
| Alexander Petrovic | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15:25 |
| Jamie Benn | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:46 |
| Nils Lundkvist | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:05 |
| Ilya Lyubushkin | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:27 |
| Justin Hryckowian | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 09:48 |
Recent meetings
| Date | Season | Away | Home | End | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-04 | 2025-26 | MTL | 4 | DAL | 3 | OT |
| 2025-11-13 | 2025-26 | DAL | 7 | MTL | 0 | |
| 2025-01-16 | 2024-25 | MTL | 3 | DAL | 1 | |
| 2025-01-11 | 2024-25 | DAL | 2 | MTL | 1 | SO |
| 2024-02-10 | 2023-24 | DAL | 3 | MTL | 2 | |
| 2024-01-02 | 2023-24 | MTL | 4 | DAL | 3 | |
| 2022-12-23 | 2022-23 | MTL | 2 | DAL | 4 | |
| 2022-10-22 | 2022-23 | DAL | 5 | MTL | 2 | |
| 2022-03-17 | 2021-22 | DAL | 4 | MTL | 3 | OT |
| 2022-01-18 | 2021-22 | MTL | 5 | DAL | 3 |