Montreal Canadiens 5, Dallas Stars 2: final score and stats
Montreal Canadiens beat Dallas Stars, Montreal Canadiens 5 to Dallas Stars 2, on Thursday, October 29, 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.
NHLThursday, October 29, 2026
DateOct 29, 2026
Start time8:00 PM ET
VenueAmerican Airlines Center, Dallas, TX
TVESPN+
Attendance18,532
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montreal Canadiens | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Dallas Stars | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Montreal CanadiensDallas Stars
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
8-3-2Record7-5-1
2nd in Atlantic DivisionStanding2nd in Central Division
6-2Road record / home record6-4
WWLWWLast 5WLWWL
W2StreakW1
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 ReserveMike Matheson D · Lower Body
OutSam Montembeault G · Lower Body
Injured ReserveBryce Pickford D · Undisclosed
Injured ReserveLucas Condotta LW · Undisclosed
Injured ReserveDallas Stars
Kyle Capobianco D · Leg
Injured ReserveOskar Back C · Finger - Fracture
Injured ReserveMatt Duchene C · Abdomen
Injured ReserveLuke Krys D · Undisclosed
Injured ReserveMiro Heiskanen D · Upper Body
Day-To-DayBox 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Anderson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15:42 | 0:03 | 2:22 | 13:17 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Zack Bolduc | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:20 | 4:18 | 0:00 | 11:02 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Caufield | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:21 | 4:34 | 0:00 | 13:47 | 20 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirby Dach | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13:29 | 4:09 | 0:18 | 9:02 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 60.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Phillip Danault | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:26 | 0:17 | 2:22 | 16:47 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 33.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Evans | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16:57 | 0:15 | 2:35 | 14:07 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 46.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oliver Kapanen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:50 | 3:04 | 0:00 | 8:46 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 33.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Kreider | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:23 | 3:26 | 0:00 | 8:57 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Newhook | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:47 | 3:32 | 2:21 | 12:54 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 26.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Juraj Slafkovsky | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:26 | 4:32 | 0:00 | 13:54 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Alexandre Texier | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:34 | 3:26 | 0:00 | 11:08 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Florian Xhekaj | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6:54 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 6:54 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 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 | 1 | 2 | 23:47 | 0:02 | 1:36 | 22:09 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Noah Dobson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:24 | 3:15 | 3:20 | 13:49 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Engstrom | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:42 | 0:00 | 0:27 | 10:15 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaiden Guhle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25:02 | 0:24 | 2:40 | 21:58 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Lane Hutson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:55 | 4:43 | 0:05 | 17:07 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Arber Xhekaj | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11:02 | 0:00 | 1:50 | 9:12 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Montreal Canadiens Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jakub Dobes | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .895 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 60:00 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamie Benn | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 11:58 | 0:05 | 0:00 | 11:53 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 25.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Colin Blackwell | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 8:45 | 0:00 | 2:38 | 6:07 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roope Hintz | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 19:27 | 4:17 | 0:09 | 15:01 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 80.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Hryckowian | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 13:20 | 0:38 | 2:58 | 9:44 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 72.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arttu Hyry | 1 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 13:21 | 0:05 | 4:13 | 9:03 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 66.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Wyatt Johnston | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21:41 | 4:18 | 0:05 | 17:18 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 60.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joel Kiviranta | 0 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 10:04 | 0:00 | 2:42 | 7:22 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mikko Rantanen | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23:04 | 4:54 | 0:00 | 18:10 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Jason Robertson | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 21:32 | 4:54 | 0:00 | 16:38 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler Seguin | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 17:01 | 0:40 | 0:03 | 16:18 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 75.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Matthew Seminoff | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4:35 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 4:35 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Steel | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 16:21 | 0:00 | 3:12 | 13:09 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lian Bichsel | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 16:01 | 0:00 | 2:44 | 13:17 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Thomas Harley | 3 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 24:53 | 0:19 | 2:37 | 21:57 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Miro Heiskanen | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 29:47 | 4:40 | 5:29 | 19:38 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nils Lundkvist | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 17:01 | 0:05 | 0:46 | 16:10 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler Myers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:43 | 0:00 | 4:24 | 10:19 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Trey Taylor | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10:44 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:44 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dallas Stars Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Oettinger | 4 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .800 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 57:42 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Montreal Canadiens vs Dallas Stars?
Montreal Canadiens won, 5-2, on Thursday, October 29, 2026.
What was the final score of Montreal Canadiens vs Dallas Stars?
Montreal Canadiens 5, Dallas Stars 2.
Who were the top performers?
Montreal Canadiens: Cole Caufield (2 goals). Dallas Stars: Wyatt Johnston (1 goals).
Where is Montreal Canadiens vs Dallas Stars played?
American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX.
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