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Sunday, January 4, 2026 (2:00 PM ET)
American Airlines Center | Victory+
MTL
Montreal Canadiens
4 – 3
Final/OT
Dallas Stars
 DAL
49% xGF%
51% xGF%
MTL was expected to score 3.51 goals DAL was expected to score 3.58 goals
P1 P2 P3 OT 0 1 2 3 Cumulative xG MTL DAL Dots represent goals
Shot Map (xG Shots Only) Shot Goal
xG by State Montreal Canadiens Dallas Stars
Strength State Time xG G Time xG G
Power Play 7:40 1.71 1 5:32 0.18 0
Even Strength 50:28 1.80 3 50:28 3.40 3
Penalty Kill 5:32 0.00 0 7:40 0.00 0
Score State Time xG G Time xG G
Up 1 17:39 0.34 0 1:45 0.00 0
Tied 44:16 2.89 3 44:16 2.07 1
Down 1 1:45 0.28 1 17:39 1.51 2
  • ► Brendan Gallagher scores at 8:42 in the 1st period 0.12 xG (1-0)
  • ► Mavrik Bourque scores at 13:53 in the 1st period 0.05 xG (1-1)
  • ► Wyatt Johnston scores at 10:14 in the 2nd period 0.17 xG (1-2)
  • ► Oliver Kapanen scores at 11:59 in the 2nd period 0.10 xG (2-2)
  • ► Juraj Slafkovský scores at 18:39 in the 2nd period 0.14 xG (3-2)
  • ► Wyatt Johnston scores at 11:07 in the 3rd period 0.19 xG (3-3)
  • ► Lane Hutson scores at 3:40 in the OT period 0.18 xG (4-3)
  • ► Watch the full game recap here
MTL MTL xWin%
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Synthesized xGF% & GF% Analysis
Forwards
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG
MTL Nick Suzuki (C) 0.95 0 1 1 25 23:49 3 -1 0 0
DAL Matt Duchene (C) 0.77 0 1 1 21 17:34 4 +1 0 0
DAL Wyatt Johnston (C) 0.70 2 0 2 20 22:48 3 +1 2 0
MTL Juraj Slafkovský (L) 0.65 1 1 2 24 20:21 4 +1 0 1
MTL Brendan Gallagher (R) 0.46 1 0 1 18 15:46 4 0 0 0
DAL Sam Steel (C) 0.37 0 0 0 18 12:57 2 -1 2 0
MTL Cole Caufield (R) 0.33 0 0 0 21 18:33 1 -1 0 0
DAL Mavrik Bourque (C) 0.33 1 0 1 17 16:23 5 +1 0 0
MTL Oliver Kapanen (C) 0.30 1 0 1 23 17:24 3 0 0 0
DAL Jason Robertson (L) 0.30 0 1 1 20 23:18 2 +2 0 0
MTL Zachary Bolduc (R) 0.27 0 0 0 15 11:06 3 0 0 0
DAL Oskar Bäck (C) 0.21 0 0 0 17 10:58 2 -1 0 0
DAL Mikko Rantanen (R) 0.21 0 1 1 21 22:39 1 +1 0 0
DAL Roope Hintz (C) 0.17 0 1 1 21 19:03 0 +1 0 0
MTL Ivan Demidov (R) 0.09 0 1 1 22 18:10 2 +2 2 0
DAL Adam Erne (L) 0.07 0 0 0 12 08:41 1 0 0 0
MTL Alexandre Texier (L) 0.06 0 0 0 19 15:45 1 -1 0 0
DAL Radek Faksa (C) 0.05 0 0 0 18 11:47 1 -1 0 0
MTL Owen Beck (C) 0.04 0 0 0 10 07:17 0 0 0 0
MTL Phillip Danault (C) 0.04 0 2 2 26 16:40 2 +1 2 0
MTL Sammy Blais (L) 0.00 0 0 0 11 08:20 0 0 0 0
DAL Jamie Benn (L) 0.00 0 0 0 11 07:46 0 -1 2 0
MTL Joe Veleno (C) 0.00 0 0 0 19 14:41 0 -2 0 0
DAL Justin Hryckowian (C) 0.00 0 0 0 14 09:48 0 -1 0 0
Defensemen
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG
DAL Thomas Harley (D) 0.20 0 1 1 28 24:24 1 +1 0 0
DAL Miro Heiskanen (D) 0.20 0 1 1 28 27:27 5 +1 0 0
MTL Lane Hutson (D) 0.18 1 1 2 26 27:58 1 +2 0 0
MTL Mike Matheson (D) 0.07 0 0 0 24 26:38 0 -3 0 0
MTL Noah Dobson (D) 0.04 0 0 0 26 23:08 3 -2 0 0
MTL Arber Xhekaj (D) 0.01 0 0 0 12 09:14 1 +1 0 0
DAL Nils Lundkvist (D) 0.01 0 0 0 20 14:05 0 -1 0 0
DAL Esa Lindell (D) 0.00 0 0 0 25 22:22 0 +1 2 0
MTL Jayden Struble (D) 0.00 0 0 0 10 07:56 0 +1 0 0
DAL Alexander Petrovic (D) 0.00 0 0 0 16 15:25 0 -1 0 0
MTL Alexandre Carrier (D) 0.00 0 1 1 25 22:14 0 0 0 0
DAL Ilya Lyubushkin (D) 0.00 0 0 0 20 15:27 0 -1 2 0
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax SV% GSAx GA Saves TOI SA Dec SO
MTL Samuel Montembeault (G) +2.15% 0.889 0.6 3 24 63:40 27 W 0
DAL Jake Oettinger (G) -1.76% 0.857 -0.5 4 24 63:19 28 O 0