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Montréal Canadiens at Dallas Stars

Jan 4, 2026 · American Airlines Center

Team Goals Shots
Montréal Canadiens 4 28
Dallas Stars 3 27

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

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

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
16:18 MTL Ivan Demidov Holding 2
19:33 DAL Jamie Benn Tripping 2
2nd Period
01:36 DAL Ilya Lyubushkin Hooking 2
08:13 MTL Team Too many men on the ice 2
14:00 DAL Esa Lindell Slashing 2
18:10 DAL Sam Steel Slashing 2
3rd Period
14:49 MTL Phillip Danault Hooking 2
16:00 DAL Wyatt Johnston Hooking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Montréal Canadiens 59 41 28 4 3.7 45.2
Dallas Stars 51 38 27 3 3.7 54.8

How the game went

1510505Start2nd3rdOTDallas Stars aheadMontréal Canadiens ahead

The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while Dallas Stars had taken more, and below it and blue while Montréal Canadiens had.

Expected goals

Montréal Canadiens: 3.7 expected, 4 scored · Dallas Stars: 3.7 expected, 3 scored

0123Start2nd3rdOTMTL goal, 8:42 of 1st, a 10% chanceMTL goal, 11:59 of 2nd, a 7% chanceMTL goal, 18:39 of 2nd, a 12% chanceMTL goal, 3:40 of overtime, a 14% chanceDAL goal, 13:53 of 1st, a 7% chanceDAL goal, 10:14 of 2nd, a 16% chanceDAL goal, 11:07 of 3rd, a 30% chanceDAL 3.7MTL 3.7

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted.

Where the attempts came from

Montréal Canadiens
Dallas Stars

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

Montréal Canadiens

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Nick Suzuki · Alexandre Texier · Cole Caufield9:4725.026.60-1
Oliver Kapanen · Juraj Slafkovský · Ivan Demidov9:0655.631.71-0
Brendan Gallagher · Phillip Danault · Zachary Bolduc7:4050.041.41-0
Sammy Blais · Joseph Veleno · Owen Beck5:2166.738.10-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Alexandre Carrier · Lane Hutson16:3268.251.81-0
Mike Matheson · Noah Dobson14:5527.315.40-2
Jayden Struble · Arber Xhekaj7:3853.835.91-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
20 Juraj Slafkovský L 1 1 2 1 0 4 1 20:21 0.62 10-13 0.25-1.13
48 Lane Hutson D 1 1 2 2 0 1 2 27:58 0.14 19-12 0.83-1.08
24 Phillip Danault C 0 2 2 1 2 2 0 16:40 0.04 11-11 0.52-0.87
7 Brendan Gallagher R 1 0 1 0 0 4 2 15:46 0.46 12-11 0.56-0.79
91 Oliver Kapanen C 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 17:24 0.29 13-11 0.29-1.07
14 Nick Suzuki C 0 1 1 -1 0 3 1 23:49 1.09 4-12 0.38-0.76
45 Alexandre Carrier D 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 22:14 15-12 0.79-1.27
93 Ivan Demidov R 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 18:10 0.09 11-12 0.41-0.76
8 Mike Matheson D 0 0 0 -3 0 0 2 26:38 0.10 7-22 0.16-1.47
13 Cole Caufield R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 18:33 0.42 5-12 0.39-0.78
27 Sammy Blais L 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 08:20 6-4 0.09-0.24
47 Jayden Struble D 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 07:56 7-6 0.26-0.47
53 Noah Dobson D 0 0 0 -2 0 3 3 23:08 0.04 9-20 0.19-1.10
62 Owen Beck C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 07:17 0.04 5-4 0.06-0.22
72 Arber Xhekaj D 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 09:14 0.02 9-8 0.33-0.64
76 Zachary Bolduc R 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 11:06 0.31 10-8 0.30-0.51
85 Alexandre Texier L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 15:45 0.05 7-12 0.50-1.07
90 Joseph Veleno C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 4 14:41 5-10 0.08-0.84
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Samuel Montembeault W 27 24 3 63:40 3.58 +0.58

Dallas Stars

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Roope Hintz · Jason Robertson · Mavrik Bourque10:0060.054.41-0
Matt Duchene · Mikko Rantanen · Wyatt Johnston9:0050.069.10-0
Jamie Benn · Sam Steel · Justin Hryckowian5:1933.350.40-1
Radek Faksa · Adam Erne · Oskar Bäck5:0460.079.00-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Esa Lindell · Miro Heiskanen12:3055.683.91-0
Alexander Petrovic · Ilya Lyubushkin9:5960.079.60-1
Nils Lundkvist · Thomas Harley9:0654.553.60-1

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
53 Wyatt Johnston C 2 0 2 1 2 3 0 22:48 0.85 17-17 1.40-0.58
22 Mavrik Bourque C 1 0 1 1 0 5 1 16:23 0.28 13-11 0.65-0.61
4 Miro Heiskanen D 0 1 1 1 0 5 0 27:27 0.18 17-11 1.61-0.33
21 Jason Robertson L 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 23:18 0.48 19-11 1.37-0.67
24 Roope Hintz C 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 19:03 0.17 13-8 0.83-0.30
55 Thomas Harley D 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 24:24 0.18 20-13 1.67-0.50
95 Matt Duchene C 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 17:34 0.68 16-12 1.37-0.30
96 Mikko Rantanen R 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 22:39 0.20 18-12 1.47-0.25
5 Nils Lundkvist D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 14:05 0.01 7-11 0.42-0.81
10 Oskar Bäck C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 10:58 0.21 5-3 0.40-0.07
12 Radek Faksa C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 11:47 0.05 4-3 0.32-0.07
14 Jamie Benn L 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 07:46 1-9 0.10-0.16
18 Sam Steel C 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 12:57 0.32 5-4 0.34-0.29
23 Esa Lindell D 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 22:22 13-9 0.86-0.16
28 Alexander Petrovic D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 15:25 10-14 0.62-0.50
46 Ilya Lyubushkin D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 15:27 12-8 0.67-0.26
49 Justin Hryckowian C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 09:48 1-5 0.10-0.27
73 Adam Erne L 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 08:41 0.09 9-4 0.84-0.25
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
29 Jake Oettinger OTL 28 24 4 63:19 3.58 -0.42