Montréal Canadiens at Dallas Stars

Sun, Jan 4, 2026 · American Airlines Center · 2025–26 Regular Season

Montréal Canadiens

4 – 3

Final/OT

Dallas Stars

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Dallas Stars 4–3 in overtime on Sun, Jan 4, 2026 at American Airlines Center. Wyatt Johnston scored twice. Samuel Montembeault made 24 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 28–27.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
MTL	1	2	0	1	4	28
DAL	1	1	1	0	3	27

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	08:42	MTL	EV	Brendan Gallagher (3) · deflected	Phillip Danault (6), Alexandre Carrier (9)	1–0
1st	13:53	DAL	EV	Mavrik Bourque (7) · wrap-around	Jason Robertson (25), Roope Hintz (20)	1–1
2nd	10:14	DAL	EV	Wyatt Johnston (21) · snap	Mikko Rantanen (41), Thomas Harley (13)	1–2
2nd	11:59	MTL	EV	Oliver Kapanen (13) · slap	Ivan Demidov (26), Juraj Slafkovský (17)	2–2
2nd	18:39	MTL	PP	Juraj Slafkovský (15) · slap	Nick Suzuki (32), Lane Hutson (35)	3–2
3rd	11:07	DAL	EV	Wyatt Johnston (22) · snap	Miro Heiskanen (29), Matt Duchene (5)	3–3
OT	03:40	MTL	EV	Lane Hutson (7) · snap	Phillip Danault (7)	4–3

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	16:18	MTL	Ivan Demidov	holding	2
1st	19:33	DAL	Jamie Benn	tripping	2
2nd	01:36	DAL	Ilya Lyubushkin	hooking	2
2nd	08:13	MTL	Bench	too many men on the ice	2
2nd	14:00	DAL	Esa Lindell	slashing	2
2nd	18:10	DAL	Sam Steel	slashing	2
3rd	14:49	MTL	Phillip Danault	hooking	2
3rd	16:00	DAL	Wyatt Johnston	hooking	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: MTL 3.65 · DAL 3.27 · xG% MTL 52.8

Montréal Canadiens

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
48	Lane Hutson	D	1	1	2	+2	0	1	2	0		27:58	26
20	Juraj Slafkovský	L	1	1	2	+1	0	4	1	0		20:21	24
24	Phillip Danault	C	0	2	2	+1	2	2	0	1	66.7	16:40	26
14	Nick Suzuki	C	0	1	1	-1	0	3	1	0	21.4	23:49	25
45	Alexandre Carrier	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		22:14	25
93	Ivan Demidov	R	0	1	1	+2	2	2	0	0		18:10	22
91	Oliver Kapanen	C	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	3	30.0	17:24	23
11	Brendan Gallagher	R	1	0	1	0	0	4	2	1		15:46	18
8	Mike Matheson	D	0	0	0	-3	0	0	2	2		26:38	24
53	Noah Dobson	D	0	0	0	-2	0	3	3	6		23:08	26
13	Cole Caufield	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0		18:33	21
85	Alexandre Texier	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	50.0	15:45	19
90	Joseph Veleno	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	4	0	50.0	14:41	19
76	Zachary Bolduc	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0		11:06	15
72	Arber Xhekaj	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	0		9:14	12
27	Sammy Blais	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0		8:20	11
47	Jayden Struble	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	3	0		7:56	10
62	Owen Beck	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	50.0	7:17	10

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	Samuel Montembeault	W	27	24	3	.889	63:40

Dallas Stars

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
53	Wyatt Johnston	C	2	0	2	+1	2	3	0	2	71.4	22:48	20
4	Miro Heiskanen	D	0	1	1	+1	0	5	0	4		27:27	28
55	Thomas Harley	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	2	4		24:24	28
21	Jason Robertson	L	0	1	1	+2	0	2	1	0		23:18	20
96	Mikko Rantanen	R	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	1	66.7	22:39	21
24	Roope Hintz	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	71.4	19:03	21
95	Matt Duchene	C	0	1	1	+1	0	4	0	0	50.0	17:34	21
22	Mavrik Bourque	C	1	0	1	+1	0	5	1	0	33.3	16:23	17
23	Esa Lindell	D	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	1		22:22	25
46	Ilya Lyubushkin	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0		15:27	20
28	Alexander Petrovic	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1		15:25	16
5	Nils Lundkvist	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0		14:05	20
18	Sam Steel	C	0	0	0	-1	2	2	1	0		12:57	18
12	Radek Faksa	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	57.1	11:47	18
10	Oskar Bäck	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	100.0	10:58	17
49	Justin Hryckowian	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	1		9:48	14
73	Adam Erne	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0		8:41	12
14	Jamie Benn	L	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	50.0	7:46	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29	Jake Oettinger	OTL	29	25	4	.862	63:19