Final · January 4, 2026 at 2:00 p.m.
Shots on goal : MTL 28 — DAL 27 · American Airlines Center
Three stars
- 1★
J. SlafkovskýMTL · L · 1B 1A - 2★
W. JohnstonDAL · C · 2B 0A - 3★
O. KapanenMTL · C · 1B 0A
MTLGame statsDAL 
- 28Shots on goal27
- 42 %Faceoff win %58 %
- 1/5Power play0/3
- 6Penalty minutes10
- 30Hits15
- 13Blocked shots16
- 14Giveaways15
- 3Takeaways7
Shots by period
| P1 | P2 | P3 | OT | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MTL | 6 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 28 |
| DAL | 8 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 27 |
Season seriesMTL 1 – 1 DAL
Official NHL reports
Shot map
← MTL 4 / 28 / 413 / 27 / 38 DAL →
Goals / shots on goal / attempts. Each team keeps its side for the whole game: the visitors attack left, the home team right. NHL coordinates.
Goals
1st period
Brendan GallagherMTL · 08:42Assists : Phillip Danault, Alexandre Carrier1 – 0▶ Watch
Mavrik BourqueDAL · 13:53Assists : Jason Robertson, Roope Hintz1 – 1▶ Watch
2nd period
- Wyatt JohnstonDAL · 10:14Assists : Mikko Rantanen, Thomas Harley1 – 2▶ Watch
- Oliver KapanenMTL · 11:59Assists : Ivan Demidov, Juraj Slafkovský2 – 2▶ Watch
- Juraj SlafkovskýMTL · 18:39 · PPAssists : Nick Suzuki, Lane Hutson3 – 2▶ Watch
3rd period
- Wyatt JohnstonDAL · 11:07Assists : Miro Heiskanen, Matt Duchene3 – 3▶ Watch
Overtime
Lane HutsonMTL · 03:40Assists : Phillip Danault4 – 3▶ Watch
Penalties
1st period
- 16:18MTLIvan Demidov — Holding (2 min) · drawn by Matt Duchene
- 19:33DALJamie Benn — Tripping (2 min) · drawn by Lane Hutson
2nd period
- 01:36DALIlya Lyubushkin — Hooking (2 min) · drawn by Zachary Bolduc
- 08:13MTLBench — Too many men on the ice (2 min) · served by Z. Bolduc
- 14:00DALEsa Lindell — Slashing (2 min) · drawn by Sammy Blais
- 18:10DALSam Steel — Slashing (2 min) · drawn by Lane Hutson
3rd period
- 14:49MTLPhillip Danault — Hooking (2 min) · drawn by Mikko Rantanen
- 16:00DALWyatt Johnston — Hooking (2 min) · drawn by Noah Dobson
Box score
Montreal Canadiens
| Player | G | A | +/- | SOG | HIT | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. GallagherR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 15:46 |
| C. CaufieldR | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 18:33 |
| N. SuzukiC | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 1 | 23:49 |
| J. SlafkovskýL | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 20:21 |
| P. DanaultC | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 16:40 |
| S. BlaisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 08:20 |
| O. BeckC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:17 |
| Z. BolducR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11:06 |
| A. TexierL | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 15:45 |
| J. VelenoC | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 4 | 14:41 |
| O. KapanenC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17:24 |
| I. DemidovR | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 18:10 |
| M. MathesonD | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 2 | 26:38 |
| A. CarrierD | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:14 |
| J. StrubleD | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 07:56 |
| L. HutsonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 27:58 |
| N. DobsonD | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 3 | 23:08 |
| A. XhekajD | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 09:14 |
| Goalie | Saves | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|
| J. Fowler | 0/0 | — | 00:00 |
| S. Montembeault(W) | 24/27 | 88.9 % | 63:40 |
Dallas Stars
| Player | G | A | +/- | SOG | HIT | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| O. BäckC | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 10:58 |
| R. FaksaC | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 11:47 |
| J. BennL | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 07:46 |
| S. SteelC | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 12:57 |
| J. RobertsonL | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 23:18 |
| M. BourqueC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 16:23 |
| R. HintzC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19:03 |
| J. HryckowianC | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 09:48 |
| W. JohnstonC | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 22:48 |
| A. ErneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 08:41 |
| M. DucheneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 17:34 |
| M. RantanenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 22:39 |
| M. HeiskanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 27:27 |
| N. LundkvistD | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 14:05 |
| E. LindellD | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22:22 |
| A. PetrovicD | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 15:25 |
| I. LyubushkinD | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 15:27 |
| T. HarleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 24:24 |
| Goalie | Saves | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|
| J. Oettinger(O) | 24/28 | 85.7 % | 63:19 |
| R. Poirier | 0/0 | — | 00:00 |
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