Montréal Canadiens vs Dallas Stars
Regular season · Saturday, December 19, 2015 · American Airlines Center
NHLN-US · TVAS · CITY · FS-SW+
Game summary
The Dallas Stars beat the Montréal Canadiens 6-2 on Saturday, December 19, 2015 at American Airlines Center. The Stars outshot the Canadiens 27-23.
Jamie Benn scored twice. Jason Spezza, Patrick Sharp, Daniel Carr, Tyler Seguin, Paul Byron and Patrick Eaves also scored.
Antti Niemi made 21 saves on 23 shots for the win; Mike Condon stopped 17 of 23.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Jason Spezza (12)Ales Hemsky (10)0–101:34 DAL
2nd period
Jamie Benn (21)Unassisted0–201:24 DAL
Patrick Sharp (11)Tyler Seguin (26), Jason Spezza (10)0–303:06 DAL · PPG
Daniel Carr (2)Tomas Fleischmann (9), P.K. Subban (22)1–311:35 MTL · PPG
Tyler Seguin (18)Alex Goligoski (10), Jamie Benn (22)1–413:51 DAL
3rd period
- Jamie Benn (22)Patrick Sharp (13), Jason Spezza (11)1–500:31 DAL · PPG
Paul Byron (5)Brian Flynn (5)2–504:12 MTL · SHG
Patrick Eaves (2)Vernon Fiddler (9)2–604:27 DAL · PPG
Team stats
MTLDAL
23Shots on goal27
63%Faceoff %37%
1/6Power play3/8
16Penalty minutes12
18Hits20
13Blocked shots13
8Giveaways21
3Takeaways10
Penalties
- 1st 14:28
Patrick Eaves · interference2 min - 1st 15:48
Andrei Markov · interference2 min - 1st 17:47Cody Eakin · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 02:15Michael McCarron · closing hand on puck2 min
- 2nd 07:01Andrei Markov · delaying game2 min
- 2nd 11:12Jason Demers · holding2 min
- 2nd 12:05Nathan Beaulieu · holding2 min
- 2nd 13:21Jason Demers · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 2nd 16:07Alex Goligoski · interference2 min
- 2nd 16:29Michael McCarron · roughing2 min
- 2nd 19:30P.K. Subban · delaying game2 min
- 3rd 00:21Tom Gilbert · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 02:32P.K. Subban · delaying game2 min
- 3rd 15:18Mattias Janmark · high sticking2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 15Tomas FleischmannL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 15:54 |
| 32Brian FlynnC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 13:46 |
| 41Paul ByronL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:24 |
| 43Daniel CarrL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11:51 |
| 76P.K. SubbanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 27:26 |
| 14Tomas PlekanecC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:09 |
| 17Torrey MitchellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:50 |
| 22Dale WeiseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:18 |
| 27Alex GalchenyukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 13:31 |
| 34Michael McCarronR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 12:10 |
| 51David DesharnaisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:52 |
| 67Max PaciorettyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:52 |
| 81Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 14:03 |
| 26Jeff PetryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 12:36 |
| 28Nathan BeaulieuD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 21:13 |
| 74Alexei EmelinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 19:53 |
| 77Tom GilbertD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:03 |
| 79Andrei MarkovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:22 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Dustin TokarskiG | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 15:33 | |
| 39Mike CondonG | L | 23 | 17 | 6 | .739 | 44:27 |
Dallas Stars
| 14Jamie BennL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 4 | 19:06 |
| 90Jason SpezzaC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 2 | 17:41 |
| 10Patrick SharpL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 16:25 |
| 91Tyler SeguinC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 17:33 |
| 18Patrick EavesR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10:04 |
| 38Vernon FiddlerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:41 |
| 83Ales HemskyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:22 |
| 33Alex GoligoskiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 21:16 |
| 13Mattias JanmarkC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:10 |
| 20Cody EakinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:09 |
| 21Antoine RousselL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:32 |
| 22Colton SceviourC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:36 |
| 43Valeri NichushkinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:03 |
| 2Jyrki JokipakkaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:30 |
| 3John KlingbergD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 4 | 22:32 |
| 4Jason DemersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 18:27 |
| 24Jordie BennD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:12 |
| 47Johnny OduyaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:18 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Antti NiemiG | W | 23 | 21 | 2 | .913 | 60:00 |
| 32Kari LehtonenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |