Montréal Canadiens vs Dallas Stars
Regular season · Monday, December 31, 2018 · American Airlines Center
TSN2 · RDS · FS-SW+
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Dallas Stars 3-2 in overtime on Monday, December 31, 2018 at American Airlines Center. The Stars outshot the Canadiens 47-38.
Phillip Danault scored twice. Radek Faksa, Jamie Benn and Jeff Petry also scored.
Antti Niemi made 45 saves on 47 shots for the win; Ben Bishop stopped 35 of 38.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Phillip Danault (6)Brett Kulak (3), Jordie Benn (6)1–016:35 MTL
2nd period
Radek Faksa (7)Valeri Nichushkin (6)1–103:02 DAL
Jamie Benn (16)Tyler Seguin (23), John Klingberg (10)1–216:34 DAL · PPG
3rd period
- Phillip Danault (7)Shea Weber (6), Tomas Tatar (17)2–209:17 MTL
OT period
Jeff Petry (8)Paul Byron (6), Max Domi (23)3–200:14 MTL
Team stats
MTLDAL
38Shots on goal47
55%Faceoff %45%
0/2Power play1/2
4Penalty minutes4
21Hits22
22Blocked shots25
15Giveaways16
4Takeaways6
Penalties
- 2nd 04:28
Connor Carrick · holding the stick2 min - 2nd 08:22
Jeff Petry · hooking2 min - 2nd 09:57Jason Spezza · tripping2 min
- 2nd 15:38Jordie Benn · hooking2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 24Phillip DanaultL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 6 | 16:52 |
| 13Max DomiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:41 |
| 41Paul ByronL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:16 |
| 90Tomas TatarL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 20:18 |
| 6Shea WeberD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 26:02 |
| 8Jordie BennD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:34 |
| 17Brett KulakD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 16:44 |
| 26Jeff PetryD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21:30 |
| 11Brendan GallagherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | 15:50 |
| 15Jesperi KotkaniemiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 13:13 |
| 20Nicolas DeslauriersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:21 |
| 43Michael ChaputC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:36 |
| 47Kenny AgostinoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:34 |
| 62Artturi LehkonenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 17:22 |
| 65Andrew ShawC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:09 |
| 92Jonathan DrouinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:11 |
| 28Mike ReillyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 17:38 |
| 53Victor MeteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 18:55 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37Antti NiemiG | W | 47 | 45 | 2 | .957 | 60:14 |
| 70Michael McNivenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Dallas Stars
| 12Radek FaksaC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 7 | 18:24 |
| 14Jamie BennL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 18:36 |
| 43Valeri NichushkinR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 15:50 |
| 91Tyler SeguinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 8 | 18:35 |
| 3John KlingbergD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 27:54 |
| 13Mattias JanmarkC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 14:58 |
| 15Blake ComeauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:13 |
| 17Devin ShoreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:58 |
| 24Roope HintzL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 13:40 |
| 25Brett RitchieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 08:04 |
| 34Denis GurianovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:53 |
| 47Alexander RadulovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 18:15 |
| 90Jason SpezzaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:18 |
| 4Miro HeiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24:09 |
| 5Connor CarrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 06:42 |
| 6Julius HonkaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:56 |
| 23Esa LindellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 25:40 |
| 45Roman PolakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 22:37 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ben BishopG | O | 38 | 35 | 3 | .921 | 60:14 |
| 35Anton KhudobinG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |