4 Montreal 3rd Atlantic45-22-5-5

3 Dallas 2nd Central45-20-8-4

FINAL 4 FINAL 3 2:00PM ET · Jan 04, 2026

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Canadiens vs Stars Results, Match Player Stats & Records

Livescore Details
	1	2	3	OT	Total	In Goal
MON Montreal	1	2	0	1	4	Samuel Montembeault
DAL Dallas	1	1	1	0	3	Jake Oettinger

Location American Airlines Center

Referees Wes McCauley , Jordan Samuels-Thomas

Linesmen CJ Murray, Ben O'Quinn

Attendance 18,532 attendance

Scoring Summary

Scoring Summary
Scoring - Period 1
8:42		B. Gallagher Assisted by: A. Carrier , P. Danault
13:53		M. Bourque Assisted by: R. Hintz , J. Robertson
Scoring - Period 2
10:14		W. Johnston Assisted by: M. Rantanen , T. Harley
11:59		O. Kapanen Assisted by: J. Slafkovsky , I. Demidov
18:39		J. Slafkovsky (PP) Assisted by: N. Suzuki , L. Hutson
Scoring - Period 3
11:07		W. Johnston Assisted by: M. Heiskanen , M. Duchene
Scoring - Overtime
18:40		L. Hutson Assisted by: P. Danault ,

Penalty Summary

Penalties - Period 1
16:18		I. Demidov (2:00) Holding
19:33		J. Benn (2:00) Tripping
Penalties - Period 2
1:36		I. Lyubushkin (2:00) Hooking
8:13		Bench (2:00) Too Many Men On Ice
14:00		E. Lindell (2:00) Slashing
18:10		S. Steel (2:00) Slashing
Penalties - Period 3
14:49		P. Danault (2:00) Hooking
16:00		W. Johnston (2:00) Hooking
Penalties - Overtime
No Penalties

Shots On Goal

Shots On Goal
	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	Total
Montreal	6	13	5	4	28
Dallas	8	8	9	2	27

Team Statistics

Team Statistics
	G	SOG	S%	PP%	PK%	FW	PEN	PIM
Montreal	4	28	14.29	20.00	100.00	19	3	6
Dallas	3	27	11.11	0.00	80.00	26	5	10

Goaltending

Montreal

Montreal Goaltending
	Shots	Saves	GA	SV%	PIM	TOI
S. Montembeault	27	24	3	.889	0	63:40

Dallas

Dallas Goaltending
	Shots	Saves	GA	SV%	PIM	TOI
J. Oettinger	28	24	4	.857	0	63:19

#	POS	Player	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	SHF	TOI	EV	PP	SH	PPG	FW	FL	F%
8	D	M. Matheson	0	0	0	-3	0	0	24	26:38	20:26	1:01	5:11	0	-	-	-
11	RW	B. Gallagher	1	0	1	E	0	4	18	15:46	13:31	2:15	0:00	0	-	-	-
13	RW	C. Caufield	0	0	0	-1	0	1	21	18:33	13:23	5:10	0:00	0	-	-	-
14	C	N. Suzuki	0	1	1	-1	0	3	25	23:49	16:02	5:21	2:26	0	3	11	21
20	LW	J. Slafkovsky	1	1	2	1	0	4	24	20:21	14:54	5:27	0:00	1	-	-	-
24	C	P. Danault	0	2	2	1	2	2	26	16:40	14:00	0:42	1:58	0	10	5	67
27	LW	S. Blais	0	0	0	E	0	0	11	8:20	8:20	0:00	0:00	0	-	-	-
45	D	A. Carrier	0	1	1	E	0	0	25	22:14	18:47	0:01	3:26	0	-	-	-
47	D	J. Struble	0	0	0	1	0	0	10	7:56	7:56	0:00	0:00	0	-	-	-
48	D	L. Hutson	1	1	2	2	0	1	26	27:58	22:47	5:11	0:00	0	-	-	-
53	D	N. Dobson	0	0	0	-2	0	3	26	23:08	18:50	2:33	1:45	0	-	-	-
62	C	O. Beck	0	0	0	E	0	0	10	7:17	7:17	0:00	0:00	0	1	1	50
72	D	A. Xhekaj	0	0	0	1	0	1	12	9:14	9:14	0:00	0:00	0	-	-	-
76	RW	Z. Bolduc	0	0	0	E	0	3	15	11:06	9:19	1:47	0:00	0	-	-	-
85	LW	A. Texier	0	0	0	-1	0	1	19	15:45	14:04	1:41	0:00	0	1	1	50
90	C	J. Veleno	0	0	0	-2	0	0	19	14:41	11:42	0:07	2:52	0	1	1	50
91	C	O. Kapanen	1	0	1	E	0	3	23	17:24	12:31	1:47	3:06	0	3	7	30
93	RW	I. Demidov	0	1	1	2	2	2	22	18:10	12:53	5:17	0:00	0	-	-	-
35	G	S. Montembeault	0	0	0	-	0	0	-	63:40	50:49	7:40	5:11	0	-	-	-

#	POS	Player	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	SHF	TOI	EV	PP	SH	FW	FL	F%
4	D	M. Heiskanen	0	1	1	1	0	5	28	27:27	17:58	3:58	5:31	-	-	-
5	D	N. Lundkvist	0	0	0	-1	0	0	20	14:05	14:05	0:00	0:00	-	-	-
10	C	O. Back	0	0	0	-1	0	2	17	10:58	8:17	0:00	2:41	2	-	100
12	C	R. Faksa	0	0	0	-1	0	1	18	11:47	8:31	0:00	3:16	4	3	57
14	LW	J. Benn	0	0	0	-1	2	0	11	7:46	7:46	0:00	0:00	1	1	50
18	C	S. Steel	0	0	0	-1	2	2	18	12:57	9:12	0:00	3:45	-	5	0
21	LW	J. Robertson	0	1	1	2	0	2	20	23:18	18:05	5:11	0:02	-	-	-
22	C	M. Bourque	1	0	1	1	0	5	17	16:23	15:39	0:29	0:15	1	2	33
23	D	E. Lindell	0	0	0	1	2	0	25	22:22	17:18	0:19	4:45	-	-	-
24	C	R. Hintz	0	1	1	1	0	0	21	19:03	13:58	3:47	1:18	10	4	71
28	D	A. Petrovic	0	0	0	-1	0	0	16	15:25	14:50	0:00	0:35	-	-	-
46	D	I. Lyubushkin	0	0	0	-1	2	0	20	15:27	13:46	0:00	1:41	-	-	-
49	C	J. Hryckowian	0	0	0	-1	0	0	14	9:48	6:59	0:00	2:49	-	-	-
53	C	W. Johnston	2	0	2	1	2	3	20	22:48	16:52	4:42	1:14	5	2	71
55	D	T. Harley	0	1	1	1	0	1	28	24:24	20:23	1:13	2:48	-	-	-
73	LW	A. Erne	0	0	0	E	0	1	12	8:41	8:41	0:00	0:00	-	-	-
95	C	M. Duchene	0	1	1	1	0	4	21	17:34	16:10	1:24	0:00	1	1	50
96	RW	M. Rantanen	0	1	1	1	0	1	21	22:39	17:47	4:52	0:00	2	1	67
29	G	J. Oettinger	0	0	0	-	0	0	-	63:19	50:28	5:11	7:40	-	-	-

MON vs DALRecords

Team Table
Team	Record	ATS	O/U	Away	Home
MON	22-13-6	22-19-0	25-15-1	12-4-5	10-9-1
DAL	25-9-7	17-24-0	20-20-1	13-3-5	12-6-2

Head-To-HeadLast 10

Win / Loss

7-3

Over / Under

6-3-1

Head-To-Head
Date	Home	Result	ML	O/U	HSOG	ASOG	HPP	APP
Nov 13, '25	MON	7 - 0	DAL -102	o5.5	24	19	0-3	1-3
Jan 16, '25	DAL	3 - 1	MON +191	u6.0	33	24	0-4	0-3
Jan 11, '25	MON	2 - 1 (SO)	DAL -228	u6.0	31	36	1-3	0-1
Feb 10, '24	MON	3 - 2	DAL -235	u6.5	20	38	0-4	0-6
Jan 02, '24	DAL	4 - 3	MON +246	o6.5	33	18	0-1	1-3
Dec 23, '22	DAL	4 - 2	DAL -303	P6.0	36	24	3-5	1-2
Oct 22, '22	MON	5 - 2	DAL -178	o6.0	34	30	0-4	2-3
Mar 17, '22	MON	4 - 3 (OT)	DAL -186	o6.0	31	35	1-5	0-4
Jan 18, '22	DAL	5 - 3	MON +242	o5.5	51	22	1-8	1-3
Feb 15, '20	MON	4 - 3 (OT)	DAL -121	o5.5	32	26	0-0	1-2

Record Last 10

Win / Loss

6-2-0-2

Over / Under

4-6-0

$76

Team - Last 10
Date	vs	Result	ML	O/U	SF	SA	PP	PK
Jan 03, '26	@ STL	L 0 - 2	L -174	u5.5	26	19	0-4	0-2
Jan 01, '26	@ CAR	W 7 - 5	W -295	o7.5	23	25	0-1	2-3
Dec 30, '25	@ FLA	W 3 - 2 (OT)	W +106	u6.0	29	30	1-4	1-4
Dec 28, '25	@ TB	L 4 - 5 (SO)	L +112	o6.5	35	21	0-4	0-1
Dec 23, '25	@ BOS	W 6 - 2	W -102	o5.5	29	28	2-7	1-5
Dec 21, '25	@ PIT	L 3 - 4 (SO)	L -106	o6.5	25	31	0-2	1-3
Dec 20, '25	PIT	W 4 - 0	W -137	u6.5	21	31	1-1	0-3
Dec 18, '25	CHI	W 4 - 1	W -186	u5.5	35	15	0-2	0-2
Dec 16, '25	PHI	L 1 - 4	L -120	u5.5	22	20	0-1	0-3
Dec 14, '25	EDM	W 4 - 1	W +112	u6.5	27	28	2-4	1-5

Next 3 Games

Next 3 Games
Date	vs	Last vs	ML	O/U
Jan 07, '26	CAL	W 4-1	W -138	u6.0
Jan 08, '26	FLA	W 6-2	W -105	o6.0
Jan 10, '26	DET	L 0-4	L -134	u6.0

Record Last 10

Win / Loss

4-4-1-1

Over / Under

6-3-1

-$332

Team - Last 10
Date	vs	Result	ML	O/U	SF	SA	PP	PK
Jan 01, '26	@ CHI	L 3 - 4	L -182	o5.5	25	21	0-1	2-4
Dec 31, '25	BUF	L 1 - 4	L -310	u6.5	29	31	0-2	0-2
Dec 27, '25	CHI	L 3 - 4 (SO)	L -365	o5.5	31	33	0-4	0-2
Dec 23, '25	@ DET	L 3 - 4 (OT)	L -126	o6.0	22	25	2-5	2-3
Dec 21, '25	TOR	W 5 - 1	W -215	p6.0	22	28	0-3	0-4
Dec 19, '25	@ ANA	W 8 - 3	W -102	o6.5	25	25	1-3	0-3
Dec 18, '25	@ SJ	W 5 - 3	W -200	o6.0	30	37	1-1	0-3
Dec 15, '25	LA	W 4 - 1	W -138	u5.5	26	28	0-2	1-3
Dec 13, '25	FLA	L 0 - 4	L -134	u5.5	15	22	0-3	1-3
Dec 11, '25	@ MIN	L 2 - 5	L -140	o5.5	18	30	1-1	0-3

Next 3 Games

Next 3 Games
Date	vs	Last vs	ML	O/U
Jan 06, '26	@ CAR	L 3-6	L +114	o5.5
Jan 07, '26	@ WAS	W 4-1	W -200	u6.5
Jan 10, '26	@ SJ	L 4-5 (OT)	L -166	o6.5

MON vs DAL Preview

Montreal at

Dallas

Last Meeting ( Nov 13, 2025 ) Dallas 7, Montreal 0

The Dallas Stars will look to snap a season-high-tying four-game losing streak when they host the Montreal Canadiens on Sunday.

The Stars are 0-2-2 in their past four outings, most recently falling 4-3 to the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday. They trailed 4-1 early in the third period before scoring a pair of goals late in the frame.

"We're certainly in a little bit of a funk," Dallas coach Glen Gulutzan said.

The skid comes after a stretch in which the Stars won 12 of 15 games (12-2-1). The team believed the NHL's holiday break would re-invigorate them and help elevate their game. Instead, they've struggled and their performance on the ice hasn't shown signs of improvement over the past four games.

One of the stingiest teams in the league, Dallas has allowed four goals in all four of their losses during their slide. Prior to the current stretch, it had given up at least four goals in a game only six times in 37 games.

"There are no easy shifts in this league, no easy games," Stars captain Jamie Benn said. "You have to come prepared to play every night or you'll get humbled pretty quick."

Dallas is hoping a stretch of 14 games over the next 28 days will help it get back to the form that propelled the team to second in the NHL's overall standings. Those struggles allowed the Wild to catch up, and Minnesota took over second place Saturday with a standings point in their shootout loss to the Los Angeles Kings.

"Our team did really good with rhythm and playing every second night, and all of the sudden a break hits and we haven't got back on the horse yet," Gulutzan said. "It's not tired; we're rested. It's down a degree and losing that edge. The league is humbling; it can turn very quickly. So you've got to get your edge back and get back in a rhythm of playing every second night and playing good hockey."

Montreal heads into the contest looking to bounce back after getting shut out 2-0 against the St. Louis Blues on Saturday. The Canadiens had won five of their previous seven games and had points in each of those contests (5-0-2) before the setback.

"I thought just execution was poor to start the game," Montreal captain Nick Suzuki said. "I thought we just weren't able to capitalize on our offensive chances and that's a big reason why we lost."

The Canadiens' power play has been a key part of their success this season, ranking in the top 10 entering Sunday's game. That area has been a struggle over the past two and a half weeks, however. Montreal is 4-for-22 since Dec. 16, an 18.2% success rate that ranks 22nd in the NHL in that stretch.

Against the Blues, they went 0-for-4 with just six shots on the man advantage, including a 5-on-3 for over a minute and a half in the second period.

"I thought we had some pretty good looks, just didn't score," Suzuki said. "Yeah, a little bit frustrating, but there was a lot of time left in the game for us to come back."

--Field Level Media

MON vs DALInjury report

Montreal's Injuries

Player	POS	Status	Date
A. Texier	LW	Day To Day - Lower Body( Apr 04, '26)	Apr 04, '26
Texier is not playing in Sunday's (Apr. 5) home matchup versus New Jersey, per Eric Engels of Sportsnet.
A. Carrier	D	Out - Upper Body( Mar 30, '26)	Mar 30, '26
The Canadiens said on Tuesday (Mar. 31) that Carrier will miss 2-4 weeks with an upper-body injury.
K. Dach	C	Out - Upper body( Mar 16, '26)	Mar 16, '26
The Canadiens said on Tuesday (Mar. 17) that Dach will be out for 2 to 4 weeks due to an upper-body injury.
P. Laine	RW	Out - Abdomen( Feb 16, '26)	Feb 16, '26
The Canadiens said that Laine will not participate Tuesday's (Feb. 17) practice and is being evaluated on a daily basis.

Montreal Starters Last Game

Offense
POS	#	Player
RW	11	Brendan Gallagher
RW	13	Cole Caufield
C	14	Nick Suzuki
C	15	Alex Newhook
RW	17	Josh Anderson
LW	20	Juraj Slafkovsky
C	24	Phillip Danault
C	71	Jake Evans
RW	76	Zachary Bolduc
C	77	Kirby Dach
LW	85	Alexandre Texier
C	90	Joseph Veleno
C	91	Oliver Kapanen
RW	93	Ivan Demidov

Defense
POS	#	Player
D	8	Mike Matheson
D	21	Kaiden Guhle
G	32	Jacob Fowler
G	35	Samuel Montembeault
D	42	Adam Engstrom
D	45	Alexandre Carrier
D	47	Jayden Struble
D	48	Lane Hutson
D	53	Noah Dobson
D	72	Arber Xhekaj
G	75	Jakub Dobes

Dallas's Injuries

Player	POS	Status	Date
T. Myers	D	Day To Day - Undisclosed( Apr 04, '26)	Apr 04, '26
Myers did not play on Saturday's (Apr. 4) game versus the Avalanche.
M. Bunting	LW	Out - Lower Body( Mar 30, '26)	Mar 30, '26
The Stars said on Tuesday (Mar. 31) that Bunting isn't expected to be return to the lineup in the near future, per Owen Newkirk of DLLS Sports.
N. Bastian	RW	Out - Hand( Mar 30, '26)	Mar 30, '26
Head coach Glen Gulutzan said on Tuesday (Mar. 31) that an optimistic outlook for Bastian's return to the lineup would be within the next 10 days, according to Owen Newkirk of DLLS Sports.
S. Steel	C	Out - Hip( Mar 30, '26)	Mar 30, '26
The Stars said on Tuesday (Mar. 31) that Steel's timeline for a return to the lineup has yet to be determined, but he is not expected to suit up in the short term, per Owen Newkirk of DLLS Sports.
R. Hintz	C	Out - Lower Body( Mar 09, '26)	Mar 09, '26
The Stars reported on Tuesday (Mar. 10) that Hintz is not required to go under surgery and is hopeful to return before the playoffs.
R. Faksa	C	Out - Upper-body( Mar 05, '26)	Mar 05, '26
The Stars said on Friday (Mar. 6) that Faksa sustained a lower-body injury while rehabbing his upper-body injury sustained during the Olympics, per Stars radio analyst Bruce LeVine.
T. Seguin	C	Out For Season - ACL( Feb 26, '26)	Feb 26, '26
The Stars said on Friday (Feb. 27) that Seguin will miss the remainder of the 2025-26 campaign and the entirety of the playoffs, per Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet.

Dallas Starters Last Game

Offense
POS	#	Player
C	10	Oskar Back
RW	11	Nathan Bastian
LW	14	Jamie Benn
C	15	Colin Blackwell
C	18	Sam Steel
LW	21	Jason Robertson
C	22	Mavrik Bourque
C	24	Roope Hintz
RW	25	Arttu Hyry
C	34	Cameron Hughes
C	49	Justin Hryckowian
C	53	Wyatt Johnston
LW	58	Michael Bunting
LW	73	Adam Erne
C	95	Matt Duchene
RW	96	Mikko Rantanen

Defense
POS	#	Player
G	1	Casey DeSmith
D	4	Miro Heiskanen
D	5	Nils Lundkvist
D	6	Lian Bichsel
D	20	Kyle Capobianco
D	23	Esa Lindell
D	28	Alexander Petrovic
G	29	Jake Oettinger
D	46	Ilya Lyubushkin
D	55	Thomas Harley
D	57	Tyler Myers

GoaltendersLast 5

Montreal
Dallas

W/L

3-1-0-1

GAA

3.00

Save %

.873

Montreal Goaltender Stats
	Date	Score	W/L	GA	SA	SV%	SO	ML	O/U
J.Fowler	Jan 3, 2026	STL 2 - MON 0	L	2	19	.895	-	L -174	u5.5
J.Dobes	Jan 1, 2026	CAR 5 - MON 7	W	5	25	.800	-	W -295	o7.5
S.Montembeault	Dec 30, 2025	FLA 2 - MON 3 (OT)	W	2	30	.933	-	W +106	u6.0
J.Fowler	Dec 28, 2025	TB 5 - MON 4 (SO)	-	4	21	.810	-	L +112	o6.5
J.Fowler	Dec 23, 2025	BOS 2 - MON 6	W	2	28	.929	-	W -102	o5.5

W/L

1-2-1-1

GAA

3.20

Save %

.879

Dallas Goaltender Stats
	Date	Score	W/L	GA	SA	SV%	SO	ML	O/U
J.Oettinger	Jan 1, 2026	CHI 4 - DAL 3	L	4	21	.810	-	L -182	o5.5
C.DeSmith	Dec 31, 2025	DAL 1 - BUF 4	L	4	31	.871	-	L -310	u6.5
J.Oettinger	Dec 27, 2025	DAL 3 - CHI 4 (SO)	-	3	33	.909	-	L -365	o5.5
C.DeSmith	Dec 23, 2025	DET 4 - DAL 3 (OT)	-	4	25	.840	-	L -126	o6.0
J.Oettinger	Dec 21, 2025	DAL 5 - TOR 1	W	1	28	.964	-	W -215	p6.0

MON vs DALStats

Offense vs Defense

MONMontreal Offense
DALDallas Offense

Goals

Goals
OFFENSE	Stat	DEFENSE
3.34	Total	2.76
0.95	1st Period	0.63
0.98	2nd Period	0.95
1.22	3rd Period	1.00
0.15	OT	0.10

Shots

Shots
OFFENSE	Stat	DEFENSE
25.71	Total	27.93
8.05	1st Period	8.44
8.66	2nd Period	10.24
7.66	3rd Period	8.73
0.80	OT	0.51

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct
SHOOTING	Stat	SAVE PCT.
0.13	Total	0.90
0.12	1st Period	0.92
0.11	2nd Period	0.91
0.16	3rd Period	0.89
0.18	OT	0.81

Power Play vs Penalty Kill

Power Play vs Penalty Kill
POWERPLAY	Stat	PENALTY KILL
28 - 117	G/Att vs. GA/Att	23 - 129
23.93	PP % vs. PK %	82.17

Goaltenders

Goaltenders table
Montreal Goaltenders
Name	S	SV	SV%	WL
Jakub Dobes	541	481	0.889	13-5-3
Samuel Montembeault	373	322	0.863	6-6-1

Canadiens vs Stars Results, Match Player Stats & Records

Scoring Summary

Penalty Summary

Shots On Goal

Team Statistics

Goaltending

Player Stats

MON vs DALRecords

MON vs DALRecords

Head-To-HeadLast 10

Record Last 10

Next 3 Games

Record Last 10

Next 3 Games

MON vs DAL Preview

MON vs DALInjury report

Montreal's Injuries

Montreal Starters Last Game

Dallas's Injuries

Dallas Starters Last Game

GoaltendersLast 5

MON vs DALStats

Offense vs Defense

Goals

Shots

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct

Power Play vs Penalty Kill

Goaltenders

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Power Play vs Penalty Kill

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