NHL · Jan 4, 2026

Montréal Canadiens

4–3

Final – OT

Dallas Stars

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The Canadiens edged the Stars 4–3 in overtime at American Airlines Center. J. Slafkovský took first star with 1 goal and 1 assist.

Team	1	2	3	OT	T	SOG
Canadiens	1	2	0	1	4	28
Stars	1	1	1	0	3	27

★ Three Stars

1J. SlafkovskýMTL · 1G 1A

2W. JohnstonDAL · 2G 0A

3O. KapanenMTL · 1G 0A

Scoring Summary

1st Period

08:42

Brendan Gallagher (Phillip Danault, Alexandre Carrier)

1-0

13:53

Mavrik Bourque (Jason Robertson, Roope Hintz)

1-1

2nd Period

10:14

Wyatt Johnston (Mikko Rantanen, Thomas Harley)

1-2

11:59

Oliver Kapanen (Ivan Demidov, Juraj Slafkovský)

2-2

18:39

Juraj Slafkovský (Nick Suzuki, Lane Hutson)PP

3-2

3rd Period

11:07

Wyatt Johnston (Miro Heiskanen, Matt Duchene)

3-3

Overtime

03:40

Lane Hutson (Phillip Danault)

4-3

Boxscore

Canadiens4

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Juraj SlafkovskýL	1	1	2	+1	0	4	1	0	20:21
Lane HutsonD	1	1	2	+2	0	1	2	0	27:58
Phillip DanaultC	0	2	2	+1	2	2	0	1	16:40
Oliver KapanenC	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	3	17:24
Brendan GallagherR	1	0	1	0	0	4	2	1	15:46
Ivan DemidovR	0	1	1	+2	2	2	0	0	18:10
Nick SuzukiC	0	1	1	-1	0	3	1	0	23:49
Alexandre CarrierD	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	22:14
Owen BeckC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7:17
Zachary BolducR	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	11:06
Cole CaufieldR	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	18:33
Alexandre TexierL	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	15:45
Noah DobsonD	0	0	0	-2	0	3	3	6	23:08
Mike MathesonD	0	0	0	-3	0	0	2	2	26:38
Jayden StrubleD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	3	0	7:56
Arber XhekajD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	0	9:14
Samuel BlaisL	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	8:20
Joe VelenoC	0	0	0	-2	0	0	4	0	14:41

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Samuel MontembeaultStart	27	24	3	.889	63:40
Jacob Fowler	0	0	0	-	0:00

Stars3

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Wyatt JohnstonC	2	0	2	+1	2	3	0	2	22:48
Mavrik BourqueC	1	0	1	+1	0	5	1	0	16:23
Matt DucheneC	0	1	1	+1	0	4	0	0	17:34
Roope HintzC	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	19:03
Mikko RantanenR	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	1	22:39
Jason RobertsonL	0	1	1	+2	0	2	1	0	23:18
Thomas HarleyD	0	1	1	+1	0	1	2	5	24:24
Miro HeiskanenD	0	1	1	+1	0	5	0	4	27:27
Oskar BäckC	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	10:58
Radek FaksaC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	11:47
Justin HryckowianC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	1	9:48
Sam SteelC	0	0	0	-1	2	2	1	0	12:57
Esa LindellD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	1	22:22
Nils LundkvistD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	14:05
Ilya LyubushkinD	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	15:27
Jamie BennL	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	7:46
Alexander PetrovicD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1	15:25
Adam ErneL	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	8:41

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Jake OettingerStart	28	24	4	.857	63:19
Rémi Poirier	0	0	0	-	0:00