Montreal Canadiens 4, Dallas Stars 3: final score and stats
Montreal Canadiens beat Dallas Stars, Montreal Canadiens 4 to Dallas Stars 3, on Sunday, January 4, 2026 at American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Dallas Stars vs Montreal Canadiens.
NHLSunday, January 4, 2026
DateJan 4, 2026
Start time2:00 PM ET
VenueAmerican Airlines Center, Dallas, TX
TVESPN+
Attendance18,532
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montreal Canadiens | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Dallas Stars | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Montreal CanadiensDallas Stars
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
23-13-6Record25-9-8
2nd in Atlantic DivisionStanding4th in Central Division
6-2Road record / home record6-4
LWWLWLast 5WLWWL
L1StreakW1
Team stats
Montreal CanadiensDallas Stars
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
Montreal Canadiens
Ivan Demidov RW · Ankle - Fracture
Injured ReserveSam Montembeault G · Lower Body
Injured ReserveBryce Pickford D · Undisclosed
Injured ReserveLucas Condotta LW · Undisclosed
Injured ReserveMike Matheson D · Lower Body
Day-To-DayDallas Stars
Miro Heiskanen D · Upper Body
OutKyle Capobianco D · Leg
Injured ReserveOskar Back C · Finger - Fracture
Injured ReserveMatt Duchene C · Abdomen
Injured ReserveLuke Krys D · Undisclosed
Injured ReserveBox score
Montreal Canadiens Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owen Beck | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7:17 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:17 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sammy Blais | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8:20 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:20 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zack Bolduc | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:06 | 1:47 | 0:00 | 9:19 | 15 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Caufield | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 18:33 | 5:10 | 0:00 | 13:23 | 21 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Phillip Danault | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:40 | 0:42 | 1:58 | 14:00 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 66.7 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Ivan Demidov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:10 | 5:17 | 0:00 | 12:53 | 22 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Brendan Gallagher | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15:46 | 2:15 | 0:00 | 13:31 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oliver Kapanen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:24 | 1:47 | 3:06 | 12:31 | 23 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 30.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Juraj Slafkovsky | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:21 | 5:27 | 0:00 | 14:54 | 24 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Suzuki | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 23:49 | 5:21 | 2:26 | 16:02 | 25 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 21.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alexandre Texier | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 15:45 | 1:41 | 0:00 | 14:04 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Veleno | 0 | 4 | 0 | -2 | 14:41 | 0:07 | 2:52 | 11:42 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Montreal Canadiens Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandre Carrier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:14 | 0:01 | 3:26 | 18:47 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Noah Dobson | 6 | 3 | 0 | -2 | 23:08 | 2:33 | 1:45 | 18:50 | 26 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lane Hutson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 27:58 | 5:11 | 0:00 | 22:47 | 26 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Matheson | 2 | 2 | 0 | -3 | 26:38 | 1:01 | 5:11 | 20:26 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jayden Struble | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7:56 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:56 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Arber Xhekaj | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9:14 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:14 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Montreal Canadiens Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Montembeault | 3 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 24 | .889 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 63:40 | 0 | 0 |
Dallas Stars Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oskar Back | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 10:58 | 0:00 | 2:41 | 8:17 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamie Benn | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 7:46 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:46 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Mavrik Bourque | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16:23 | 0:29 | 0:15 | 15:39 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 33.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Duchene | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:34 | 1:24 | 0:00 | 16:10 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Erne | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8:41 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:41 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Radek Faksa | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 11:47 | 0:00 | 3:16 | 8:31 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 57.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Roope Hintz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:03 | 3:47 | 1:18 | 13:58 | 21 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 71.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Hryckowian | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 9:48 | 0:00 | 2:49 | 6:59 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wyatt Johnston | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:48 | 4:42 | 1:14 | 16:52 | 20 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 71.4 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Mikko Rantanen | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 22:39 | 4:52 | 0:00 | 17:47 | 21 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 66.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Robertson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 23:18 | 5:11 | 0:02 | 18:05 | 20 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Steel | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 12:57 | 0:00 | 3:45 | 9:12 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Dallas Stars Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Harley | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 24:24 | 1:13 | 2:48 | 20:23 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Miro Heiskanen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27:27 | 3:58 | 5:31 | 17:58 | 28 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Esa Lindell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:22 | 0:19 | 4:45 | 17:18 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Nils Lundkvist | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 14:05 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 14:05 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ilya Lyubushkin | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 15:27 | 0:00 | 1:41 | 13:46 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Alexander Petrovic | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 15:25 | 0:00 | 0:35 | 14:50 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Dallas Stars Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Oettinger | 4 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 24 | .857 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 63:19 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
Season series
Series tied 1-1
Jan 4, 2026MTL 4, DAL 3
Nov 13, 2025DAL 7, MTL 0
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Montreal Canadiens vs Dallas Stars?
Montreal Canadiens won, 4-3, on Sunday, January 4, 2026.
What was the final score of Montreal Canadiens vs Dallas Stars?
Montreal Canadiens 4, Dallas Stars 3.
Who were the top performers?
Montreal Canadiens: Lane Hutson (1 goals). Dallas Stars: Wyatt Johnston (2 goals).
Where is Montreal Canadiens vs Dallas Stars played?
American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX.
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