Montréal Canadiens vs Dallas Stars
Regular season · Tuesday, January 2, 2024 · American Airlines Center
TSN2 · RDS · BSSW
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Dallas Stars 4-3 on Tuesday, January 2, 2024 at American Airlines Center. The Stars outshot the Canadiens 33-18.
Goals came from Jamie Benn, Nick Suzuki, Kaiden Guhle, Jordan Harris, Cole Caufield, Wyatt Johnston and Jason Robertson.
Samuel Montembeault made 30 saves on 33 shots for the win; Scott Wedgewood stopped 14 of 18.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Jamie Benn (7)Wyatt Johnston (13)0–100:11 DAL
Nick Suzuki (12)Juraj Slafkovský (10), Jordan Harris (4)1–104:14 MTL
Kaiden Guhle (3)Johnathan Kovacevic (2), Michael Pezzetta (5)2–109:46 MTL
2nd period
Jordan Harris (1)Unassisted3–106:54 MTL
3rd period
Cole Caufield (11)Sean Monahan (13), Nick Suzuki (22)4–106:45 MTL · PPG
Wyatt Johnston (10)Evgenii Dadonov (8), Mason Marchment (13)4–216:12 DAL
Jason Robertson (12)Matt Duchene (21), Mason Marchment (14)4–318:00 DAL
Team stats
MTLDAL
18Shots on goal33
48%Faceoff %52%
1/3Power play0/1
2Penalty minutes6
27Hits18
25Blocked shots9
8Giveaways4
7Takeaways5
Penalties
- 2nd 14:49
Josh Anderson · slashing2 min - 3rd 00:42
Jamie Benn · high sticking double minor4 min - 3rd 05:59Joe Pavelski · tripping2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 14Nick SuzukiC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 22:32 |
| 54Jordan HarrisD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 14:11 |
| 20Juraj SlafkovskýL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:14 |
| 22Cole CaufieldR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 18:11 |
| 55Michael PezzettaL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 10:46 |
| 91Sean MonahanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 1 | 20:23 |
| 21Kaiden GuhleD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:17 |
| 26Johnathan KovacevicD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 12:32 |
| 11Brendan GallagherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:29 |
| 13Mitchell StephensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:22 |
| 17Josh AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:18 |
| 40Joel ArmiaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:04 |
| 56Jesse YlonenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:05 |
| 71Jake EvansC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:01 |
| 8Mike MathesonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:42 |
| 47Jayden StrubleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:15 |
| 52Justin BarronD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:48 |
| 58David SavardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 17:50 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Jake AllenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 35Samuel MontembeaultG | W | 33 | 30 | 3 | .909 | 60:00 |
Dallas Stars
| 27Mason MarchmentL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 17:59 |
| 53Wyatt JohnstonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 15:25 |
| 14Jamie BennL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15:32 |
| 21Jason RobertsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 21:16 |
| 63Evgenii DadonovR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 13:13 |
| 95Matt DucheneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 20:18 |
| 10Ty DellandreaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 08:46 |
| 15Craig SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 07:26 |
| 16Joe PavelskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 20:13 |
| 18Sam SteelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 09:35 |
| 24Roope HintzC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 20:24 |
| 91Tyler SeguinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:07 |
| 2Jani HakanpääD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:36 |
| 4Miro HeiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 27:32 |
| 5Nils LundkvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:45 |
| 20Ryan SuterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:53 |
| 23Esa LindellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:31 |
| 55Thomas HarleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:45 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Matt MurrayG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 41Scott WedgewoodG | L | 18 | 14 | 4 | .778 | 53:58 |