Montreal Canadiens vs Dallas Stars — January 4, 2026 Game Stats

Game Recap

The Montreal Canadiens defeated the Dallas Stars 4-3 in overtime on January 4, 2026. Despite the result, the Dallas Stars held the edge in expected goals (8.18 to 4.21) at 5-on-5, indicating the Montreal Canadiens received favorable bounces or strong goaltending. The Dallas Stars created 10 high-danger scoring chances compared to 6 from the Montreal Canadiens at 5-on-5. Wyatt Johnston scored 2 goals. Brendan Gallagher was the most dangerous skater with 1.80 individual expected goals on 4 shots at 5-on-5. The Montreal Canadiens outshot the Dallas Stars 28-27 in total shots on goal.

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xG Gameflow — cumulative expected goals chart tracking each team's xG as Montreal Canadiens vs Dallas Stars progressed on Jan 4, 2026
Shot heatmap — where shots were taken on the ice, color-coded by scoring probability
Event timeline — every goal, penalty, and key play mapped chronologically
Player matchup grid — head-to-head on-ice performance in Corsi and expected goals
Strength filter — 5v5 by default, with options for power play, penalty kill, and all situations

MTL4 - 3DAL (OT)

Jan 4, 2026 · Regular Season

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Overview

	Period	Corsi			Fenwick			Shots			SC			HDSC			xG			Goals
		F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%
DAL	P1	17	15	53.1	14	9	60.9	8	6	57.1	10	12	45.5	4	4	50.0	3.78	2.49	60.3	1	1	50.0
	P2	13	27	32.5	8	21	27.6	8	13	38.1	9	21	30.0	2	6	25.0	1.49	5.36	21.7	1	2	33.3
	P3	20	8	71.4	14	6	70.0	9	5	64.3	17	5	77.3	6	1	85.7	3.90	0.46	89.5	1	0	100.0
	OT	3	7	30.0	2	5	28.6	2	4	33.3	3	7	30.0	1	0	100.0	0.69	0.73	48.4	0	1	0.0
	Total	53	57	48.2	38	41	48.1	27	28	49.1	39	45	46.4	13	11	54.2	9.86	9.04	52.2	3	4	42.9
MTL	P1	15	17	46.9	9	14	39.1	6	8	42.9	12	10	54.5	4	4	50.0	2.49	3.78	39.7	1	1	50.0
	P2	27	13	67.5	21	8	72.4	13	8	61.9	21	9	70.0	6	2	75.0	5.36	1.49	78.3	2	1	66.7
	P3	8	20	28.6	6	14	30.0	5	9	35.7	5	17	22.7	1	6	14.3	0.46	3.90	10.5	0	1	0.0
	OT	7	3	70.0	5	2	71.4	4	2	66.7	7	3	70.0	0	1	0.0	0.73	0.69	51.6	1	0	100.0
	Total	57	53	51.8	41	38	51.9	28	27	50.9	45	39	53.6	11	13	45.8	9.04	9.86	47.8	4	3	57.1

Win Probability

DAL Favored

MTL Favored

Goal

Power Play

Gameflow — Cumulative xG

DAL

MTL

Goal

Shot Density Heatmap

MTL Attempts

DAL Attempts

Individual Event Map

Player:

MTL ShootDAL Shoot

Shot on Net

Missed Shot

Hit

Hit Taken

Player Matchup Grid

This grid shows how every skater on the home team (DAL) performed against every skater on the away team (MTL) when they were on the ice at the same time.

Rows = DAL players, Columns = MTL players. Forwards are listed first, then defensemen.
Green = the DAL player had a favorable matchup (above 50%). Red = unfavorable (below 50%).
Values shown from the home team's perspective. Toggle between CF% (shot attempt share) and xGF% (expected goal share).
Cells with fewer than 3 shared events are grayed out (insufficient sample). Hover over any cell for full details.

Stat:

DAL ↓ / MTL →	Suzuki	Danault	Kapanen	Veleno	Beck	Slafkovský	Texier	Blais	Gallagher	Demidov	Caufield	Bolduc	Matheson	Hutson	Dobson	Carrier	Xhekaj	Struble
Johnston	100	64	42	80	60	50	40	43	47	50	83	46	91	21	64	53	33	50
Hintz	71	45	50	75	—	60	53	—	29	50	69	25	67	60	50	78	40	40
Bourque	69	53	20	0	—	33	57	0	36	43	67	50	60	38	56	40	75	67
Duchene	100	90	46	67	50	58	100	43	67	58	83	67	89	40	73	64	50	60
Bäck	13	17	0	50	50	10	—	60	29	10	13	0	20	9	0	0	83	75
Steel	14	40	100	67	50	38	100	67	57	33	14	50	67	33	83	0	67	67
Faksa	13	0	0	50	60	0	—	50	25	0	13	33	50	0	0	25	75	67
Hryckowian	14	25	100	50	50	0	50	50	38	0	14	33	50	0	50	0	43	43
Robertson	75	53	83	71	67	75	60	33	50	71	64	62	75	53	70	65	67	67
Erne	75	60	0	67	50	0	100	57	71	0	75	33	83	0	75	50	63	57
Benn	100	25	20	50	50	0	50	50	33	0	100	30	50	0	50	0	43	50
Rantanen	100	83	64	78	60	61	100	40	75	56	67	86	95	50	82	59	33	50
Harley	53	56	45	67	50	37	89	57	50	33	47	33	65	35	61	53	60	63
Heiskanen	50	60	58	75	33	44	60	33	46	35	44	36	82	39	53	82	25	25
Lindell	57	70	30	50	33	25	59	33	45	31	53	40	80	29	59	75	33	33
Petrovic	100	42	33	50	60	45	25	40	43	45	100	50	78	20	77	0	63	67
Lyubushkin	40	40	50	67	71	33	67	60	42	33	33	46	64	29	67	33	60	63
Lundkvist	0	36	0	67	100	25	20	50	33	20	20	33	43	14	25	20	50	50