10-5-2, 4-1-2 Away

11-3-3, 5-2-2 Home

Dallas Stars @ Montreal Canadiens

Stars

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
J. Oettinger	9	3	1	3	1.99	.906
C. DeSmith	1	2	1	0	2.42	.909

Canadiens

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
J. Fowler	8	1	1	2	2.16	.925
J. Dobes	3	2	2	0	4.04	.847

Bell Centre

7:00 PM, December 27, 2026

Montreal, Canada

DAL

MTL

Points

Mikko RantanenRW #96

21PTS

12A

Lane HutsonD #48

17PTS

14A

Goals

Mikko RantanenRW #96

2PPG

34S

Cole CaufieldRW #13

11G

2PPG

57S

Assists

Wyatt JohnstonC #53

13A

6PPA

3+/-

Lane HutsonD #48

14A

4PPA

8+/-

team	GF/G	GAA	SF/G	SA/G	PIM	PPG	PCT	PPGA	PCT	SHG	SHGA
DAL	2.82	2.29	26.1	22.9	162	11	27.5	6	89.7	1	0
MTL	3.47	3.12	27.6	28.3	200	8	15.4	15	78.3	1	0

Dallas Stars

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Miro Heiskanen D	Day-To-Day	Nov 12
Kyle Capobianco D	IR	Nov 27
Oskar Back C	IR-LT	Nov 14
Matt Duchene C	IR-LT	Jan 12
Luke Krys D	IR-NR	Nov 28

Montreal Canadiens

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Jake Evans C	Day-To-Day	Nov 10
Ivan Demidov RW	IR	Nov 14
Mike Matheson D	OUT	Nov 14
Sam Montembeault G	IR	Nov 12
Bryce Pickford D	IR-NR	Nov 30

Stars Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
11/7/26	vsSJ	W4-3
11/5/26	@CBJ	L2-1 SO
11/3/26	@WSH	W6-5
10/31/26	vsCBJ	W3-1
10/29/26	vsMTL	L5-2

Canadiens Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
11/7/26	@TOR	W4-2
11/5/26	vsUTA	W5-4 OT
11/3/26	vsWPG	L5-4 OT
10/31/26	vsPIT	W5-4
10/29/26	@DAL	W5-2

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Regular Season Series

MTL leads 1-0

Canadiens
5
Stars
2

Game 1

10/29

Stars
Canadiens

Game 2

12/27

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Minnesota	12	3	4	28
Dallas	10	5	2	22
Colorado	10	6	2	22
Nashville	8	4	5	21
Utah	10	7	1	21
Winnipeg	7	8	3	17
St. Louis	7	8	2	16
Chicago	4	13	1	9

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Boston	13	4	1	27
Montreal	11	3	3	25
Tampa Bay	11	4	2	24
Ottawa	11	6	1	23
Florida	9	7	2	20
Buffalo	8	6	3	19
Toronto	8	9	2	18
Detroit	7	8	3	17

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Dallas Stars @ Montreal Canadiens

Scoring Leaders

Mikko RantanenRW #96

Lane HutsonD #48

Mikko RantanenRW #96

Cole CaufieldRW #13

Wyatt JohnstonC #53

Lane HutsonD #48

Team Stats

Injury Report

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Connor Hellebuyck discusses why he wanted out of Winnipeg

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