Montréal Canadiens vs Dallas Stars
Regular season · Friday, December 11, 1998 · Reunion Arena
Game summary
The Dallas Stars beat the Montréal Canadiens 3–2 on Friday, December 11, 1998 at Reunion Arena. The Stars outshot the Canadiens 30–23.
Goals came from Dave Reid, Grant Marshall, Benoit Brunet, Jonas Hoglund and Jamie Langenbrunner.
Ed Belfour made 21 saves on 23 shots for the win; Jose Theodore stopped 27 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Dave Reid (2)Guy Carbonneau (6)0–102:29 DAL
Grant Marshall (6)Mike Keane (7), Joe Nieuwendyk (9)0–213:18 DAL
2nd period
Benoit Brunet (6)Eric Weinrich (8), Mark Recchi (17)1–214:09 MTL · 
Jonas Hoglund (4)Turner Stevenson (9), Igor Ulanov (2)2–214:25 MTL
3rd period
Jamie Langenbrunner (5)Mike Modano (17)2–317:11 DAL
Team stats
MTLDAL
2330
49%51%
1/40/6
1915
3734
96
1820
1113
Penalties
- 5:56 into the first period
Craig Rivet · interference2 min - 8:31 into the first period
Jamie Langenbrunner · hooking obstruction2 min - 16:18 into the first periodPat Verbeek · hooking2 min
- 1:08 into the second periodJason Botterill · roughing2 min
- 1:08 into the second periodCraig Rivet · roughing2 min
- 3:17 into the second periodJason Botterill · fighting5 min
- 3:17 into the second periodCraig Rivet · holding2 min
- 3:17 into the second periodCraig Rivet · fighting5 min
- 5:53 into the second periodShayne Corson · elbowing2 min
- 12:57 into the second periodRichard Matvichuk · hooking2 min
- 14:58 into the second periodPatrice Brisebois · high sticking2 min
- 16:51 into the second periodPatrick Poulin · tripping2 min
- 19:54 into the second periodVincent Damphousse · tripping obstruction2 min
- 9:06 into the third periodJamie Langenbrunner · holding2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 8Mark RecchiR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 20:05 |
| 17Benoit BrunetL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:44 |
| 23Turner StevensonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 13:59 |
| 44Jonas HoglundR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 15:30 |
| 22Eric WeinrichD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 26:22 |
| 55Igor UlanovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:37 |
| 6Trent McClearyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 02:16 |
| 11Saku KoivuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 19:46 |
| 15Eric HoudeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 01:03 |
| 25Vincent DamphousseC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:40 |
| 26Martin RucinskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20:02 |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 24:10 |
| 37Patrick PoulinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:15 |
| 45Arron AshamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 01:48 |
| 5Stephane QuintalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 23:39 |
| 29Brett ClarkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 13:24 |
| 43Patrice BriseboisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 23:44 |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 10:01 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Jeff HackettG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | L | 30 | 3 | .900 |
Dallas Stars
| 9Mike ModanoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 23:11 |
| 12Mike KeaneR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:21 |
| 14Dave ReidL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 13:47 |
| 15Jamie LangenbrunnerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 18:17 |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:21 |
| 25Joe NieuwendykC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:42 |
| 29Grant MarshallR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:19 |
| 10Brian SkrudlandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 09:29 |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:37 |
| 26Jere LehtinenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | 21:51 |
| 28Jason BotterillL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:50 |
| 41Tony HrkacC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:49 |
| 2Derian HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | 27:05 |
| 3Craig LudwigD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:23 |
| 4Sergey GusevD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:30 |
| 5Darryl SydorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:18 |
| 24Richard MatvichukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 22:37 |
| 56Sergei ZubovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26:32 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20Ed BelfourG | W | 23 | 2 | .913 |
| 30Manny FernandezG | 0 | 0 | – |