Sun, Jan 4, 2026·American Airlines Center, Dallas
Montréal Canadiens 4, Dallas Stars 3 (OT)
Three stars
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 52% of the time.
44%
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39%
DAL winsMTL wins
Who was on the ice
Model-basedLine matchups and every shift of the game.
DAL forward lines and defence pairs (rows) against MTL's (columns) at 5-on-5. Darker cells shared more ice; the second number is xG for–against in that time. Click a cell to highlight it below.
| Suzuki–Texier–Caufield | Kapanen–Slafkovský–Demidov | Gallagher–Danault–Bolduc | Blais–Veleno–Beck | Gallagher–Danault–Veleno | Carrier–Hutson | Matheson–Dobson | Struble–Xhekaj | Dobson–Hutson | Matheson–Carrier | Matheson–Hutson | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hintz–Robertson–Bourque | 6:470.33–0.19 | 1:090.03–0.05 | 3:310.21–0.18 | 5:020.15–0.06 | 0:550.00–0.01 | ||||||
| Duchene–Rantanen–Johnston | 0:340.13–0.00 | 4:370.31–0.14 | 0:390.00–0.00 | 0:380.00–0.00 | 3:510.17–0.08 | 3:550.29–0.06 | 0:460.00–0.00 | ||||
| Benn–Steel–Hryckowian | 1:080.00–0.00 | 3:490.17–0.18 | 1:330.00–0.18 | 0:560.00–0.00 | 2:410.17–0.00 | ||||||
| Faksa–Erne–Bäck | 0:400.00–0.06 | 3:220.04–0.00 | 1:230.00–0.00 | 2:180.20–0.06 | |||||||
| Duchene–Erne–Johnston | 0:460.13–0.00 | 0:460.13–0.00 | 0:310.03–0.01 | ||||||||
| Rantanen–Hintz–Robertson | 0:310.00–0.00 | 0:470.32–0.00 | 0:330.00–0.00 | ||||||||
| Duchene–Rantanen–Robertson | 0:310.00–0.05 | 1:120.00–0.05 | |||||||||
| Faksa–Bäck–Bourque | 1:020.00–0.00 | 1:020.00–0.00 | |||||||||
| Lindell–Heiskanen | 5:350.42–0.10 | 2:360.17–0.06 | 1:190.00–0.00 | 4:240.17–0.10 | 6:010.42–0.06 | 0:350.13–0.00 | 0:470.00–0.00 | ||||
| Petrovic–Lyubushkin | 2:380.30–0.00 | 4:060.20–0.18 | 1:040.04–0.00 | 2:570.00–0.18 | 1:480.11–0.00 | 3:240.24–0.00 | 0:490.30–0.00 | ||||
| Lundkvist–Harley | 0:470.00–0.00 | 2:010.00–0.14 | 1:460.00–0.05 | 0:490.00–0.00 | 1:160.00–0.00 | 3:150.00–0.08 | 2:340.00–0.05 | 1:420.21–0.06 | |||
| Petrovic–Harley | 0:540.00–0.00 | 0:410.05–0.00 | 1:460.00–0.05 | 0:410.05–0.00 | |||||||
| Heiskanen–Harley | 0:320.16–0.00 | 1:330.49–0.00 | |||||||||
| Lindell–Lundkvist | 0:420.00–0.01 | 1:060.00–0.00 | 0:430.00–0.01 | 0:550.00–0.00 | |||||||
| Lyubushkin–Harley | 0:300.04–0.09 | 0:300.00–0.00 | 0:390.03–0.01 | ||||||||
| Lindell–Harley | 1:100.13–0.00 | 0:500.13–0.00 | |||||||||
| Petrovic–Lundkvist | 0:310.00–0.26 | 0:300.00–0.00 |
Every shift, one row per player.
DALMTLFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.
Shift totals
 Lane HutsonMTL | 26 | 27:58 | 1:05 | 3:00 | 0 | 3 |
 Miro HeiskanenDAL | 28 | 27:27 | 0:59 | 2:05 | 4 | 6 |
 Mike MathesonMTL | 24 | 26:38 | 1:07 | 2:36 | 4 | 1 |
 Thomas HarleyDAL | 28 | 24:24 | 0:52 | 1:49 | 1 | 4 |
 Nick SuzukiMTL | 25 | 23:49 | 0:57 | 1:58 | 2 | 4 |
 Jason RobertsonDAL | 20 | 23:18 | 1:10 | 2:13 | 3 | 2 |
 Noah DobsonMTL | 26 | 23:08 | 0:53 | 2:25 | 4 | 0 |
 Wyatt JohnstonDAL | 20 | 22:48 | 1:08 | 2:11 | 3 | 1 |
 Mikko RantanenDAL | 21 | 22:39 | 1:05 | 2:28 | 3 | 2 |
 Esa LindellDAL | 25 | 22:22 | 0:54 | 1:35 | 2 | 3 |
 Alexandre CarrierMTL | 25 | 22:14 | 0:53 | 1:37 | 0 | 4 |
 Juraj SlafkovskýMTL | 24 | 20:21 | 0:51 | 1:49 | 2 | 1 |
 Roope HintzDAL | 21 | 19:03 | 0:54 | 1:29 | 5 | 3 |
 Cole CaufieldMTL | 21 | 18:33 | 0:53 | 1:49 | 4 | 1 |
 Ivan DemidovMTL | 22 | 18:10 | 0:50 | 1:49 | 3 | 0 |
 Matt DucheneDAL | 21 | 17:34 | 0:50 | 1:31 | 2 | 3 |
 Oliver KapanenMTL | 23 | 17:24 | 0:45 | 1:36 | 3 | 3 |
 Phillip DanaultMTL | 26 | 16:40 | 0:38 | 1:13 | 4 | 4 |
 Mavrik BourqueDAL | 17 | 16:23 | 0:58 | 1:38 | 1 | 4 |
 Brendan GallagherMTL | 18 | 15:46 | 0:53 | 2:00 | 3 | 0 |
 Alexandre TexierMTL | 19 | 15:45 | 0:50 | 1:30 | 5 | 2 |
 Ilya LyubushkinDAL | 20 | 15:27 | 0:46 | 1:22 | 0 | 2 |
 Alexander PetrovicDAL | 16 | 15:25 | 0:58 | 2:21 | 0 | 2 |
 Joseph VelenoMTL | 19 | 14:41 | 0:46 | 1:43 | 2 | 2 |
 Nils LundkvistDAL | 20 | 14:05 | 0:42 | 1:17 | 1 | 1 |
 Sam SteelDAL | 18 | 12:57 | 0:43 | 1:19 | 0 | 2 |
 Radek FaksaDAL | 18 | 11:47 | 0:39 | 1:22 | 0 | 5 |
 Zachary BolducMTL | 15 | 11:06 | 0:44 | 1:50 | 2 | 0 |
 Oskar BäckDAL | 17 | 10:58 | 0:39 | 1:26 | 0 | 4 |
 Justin HryckowianDAL | 14 | 9:48 | 0:42 | 1:19 | 0 | 1 |
 Arber XhekajMTL | 12 | 9:14 | 0:46 | 1:39 | 0 | 0 |
 Adam ErneDAL | 12 | 8:41 | 0:43 | 1:06 | 1 | 0 |
 Sammy BlaisMTL | 11 | 8:20 | 0:45 | 1:15 | 0 | 0 |
 Jayden StrubleMTL | 10 | 7:56 | 0:48 | 1:36 | 0 | 0 |
 Jamie BennDAL | 11 | 7:46 | 0:42 | 1:08 | 0 | 1 |
 Owen BeckMTL | 10 | 7:17 | 0:44 | 1:13 | 1 | 0 |