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Montréal Canadiens vs Dallas Stars

Regular season · Sunday, January 4, 2026 · American Airlines Center

Montréal CanadiensMontréalCanadiensAway

4–3

Final/OT

SOG 28–27

Dallas StarsDallasStarsHome

TSN2 · RDS · Victory+

Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Dallas Stars 4-3 in overtime on Sunday, January 4, 2026 at American Airlines Center. The Canadiens outshot the Stars 28-27.

Wyatt Johnston scored twice. Brendan Gallagher, Mavrik Bourque, Oliver Kapanen, Juraj Slafkovský and Lane Hutson also scored.

Samuel Montembeault made 24 saves on 27 shots for the win; Jake Oettinger stopped 24 of 28.

Goals1st2nd3rdOTTSOG
Montréal CanadiensMTL1201428
Dallas StarsDAL1110327

Three stars

  1. ★1st starJuraj SlafkovskýMTL · 1G 1A
  2. ★2nd starWyatt JohnstonDAL · 2G 0A
  3. ★3rd starOliver KapanenMTL · 1G 0A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

OT period

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
2:01

1–2 · 2nd 10:14 · Johnston. Matheson was 2:01 into his shift when it went in.

GoalMTL on iceDAL on ice

1–0 MTL

1st 8:42 · Gallagher

Steel 0:29

1–1 DAL

1st 13:53 · Bourque

Matheson 0:40

1–2 DAL

2nd 10:14 · Johnston

Stuck out there: Matheson 2:01

2–2 MTL

2nd 11:59 · Kapanen

Long shift: Lundkvist 1:03

3–2 MTL

2nd 18:39 · PP · Slafkovský

Faksa 0:29

3–3 DAL

3rd 11:07 · Johnston

Gallagher 0:46

4–3 MTL

OT 3:40 · Hutson

Duchene 0:07

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2025–26).
3.9%
5.8%
6.5%
7.1%
7.3%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

MTLDAL
28Shots on goal27
42%Faceoff %58%
1/5Power play0/3
6Penalty minutes10
30Hits15
13Blocked shots16
14Giveaways15
3Takeaways7

Penalties

  • 1st 16:18Ivan Demidov · holding2 min
  • 1st 19:33Jamie Benn · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 01:36Ilya Lyubushkin · hooking2 min
  • 2nd 08:13Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
  • 2nd 14:00Esa Lindell · slashing2 min
  • 2nd 18:10Sam Steel · slashing2 min
  • 3rd 14:49Phillip Danault · hooking2 min
  • 3rd 16:00Wyatt Johnston · hooking2 min

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