Sunday, January 4, 2026 · American Airlines Center
Canadiens 4 at Stars 3
Final/OT
Three Stars
Scoring
1st Period
-
8:42
Brendan Gallagher
(3)
Phillip Danault (6), Alexandre Carrier (9)
· Deflection
MTL 1 – 0 DAL
-
13:53
Mavrik Bourque
(7)
Jason Robertson (25), Roope Hintz (20)
· Wraparound
MTL 1 – 1 DAL
2nd Period
-
10:14
Wyatt Johnston
(21)
Mikko Rantanen (41), Thomas Harley (13)
· Snap
MTL 1 – 2 DAL
-
11:59
Oliver Kapanen
(13)
Ivan Demidov (26), Juraj Slafkovský (17)
· Slap
MTL 2 – 2 DAL
-
18:39
Juraj Slafkovský
(15)
PPG
Nick Suzuki (32), Lane Hutson (35)
· Slap
MTL 3 – 2 DAL
3rd Period
-
11:07
Wyatt Johnston
(22)
Miro Heiskanen (29), Matt Duchene (5)
· Snap
MTL 3 – 3 DAL
Overtime
-
3:40
Lane Hutson
(7)
Phillip Danault (7)
· Snap
MTL 4 – 3 DAL
Montréal Canadiens
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lane Hutson D | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 27:58 | 1.75 |
| Juraj Slafkovský L | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 20:21 | 1.68 |
| Phillip Danault C | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 16:40 | 1.35 |
| Brendan Gallagher R | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15:46 | 1.15 |
| Oliver Kapanen C | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17:24 | 1.13 |
| Ivan Demidov R | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 18:10 | 0.87 |
| Nick Suzuki C | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 23:49 | 0.70 |
| Alexandre Carrier D | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:14 | 0.53 |
| Zachary Bolduc R | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:06 | 0.22 |
| Arber Xhekaj D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | +1 | 9:14 | 0.22 |
| Noah Dobson D | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 23:08 | 0.18 |
| Jayden Struble D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +1 | 7:56 | 0.10 |
| Sammy Blais L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8:20 | 0.00 |
| Owen Beck C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7:17 | -0.05 |
| Cole Caufield R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 18:33 | -0.08 |
| Alexandre Texier L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 15:45 | -0.13 |
| Joseph Veleno C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -2 | 14:41 | -0.30 |
| Mike Matheson D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 26:38 | -0.35 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel Montembeault | W | 27 | 24 | 3 | .889 | 63:40 | 0.15 |
Dallas Stars
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wyatt Johnston C | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 22:48 | 1.83 |
| Miro Heiskanen D | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | +1 | 27:27 | 1.30 |
| Mavrik Bourque C | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 16:23 | 1.18 |
| Jason Robertson L | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | +2 | 23:18 | 1.08 |
| Thomas Harley D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | +1 | 24:24 | 1.05 |
| Matt Duchene C | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 17:34 | 1.03 |
| Mikko Rantanen R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 22:39 | 0.85 |
| Roope Hintz C | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 19:03 | 0.73 |
| Adam Erne L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8:41 | 0.08 |
| Oskar Bäck C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 10:58 | 0.00 |
| Esa Lindell D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 22:22 | -0.05 |
| Radek Faksa C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 11:47 | -0.08 |
| Sam Steel C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 12:57 | -0.10 |
| Justin Hryckowian C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 9:48 | -0.10 |
| Nils Lundkvist D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 14:05 | -0.15 |
| Alexander Petrovic D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 15:25 | -0.15 |
| Ilya Lyubushkin D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 15:27 | -0.20 |
| Jamie Benn L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 7:46 | -0.30 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Oettinger | O | 28 | 24 | 4 | .857 | 63:19 | -0.60 |