NHL · Friday 30 October · American Airlines Center
Dallas Stars – Montreal Canadiens 2:5: NHL, 30/10/2026
Key facts
Form, table position, scoring and head-to-head in one place
Form: up to the last 5 matches in all competitions, most recent on the left (W = win, D = draw, L = loss). Averages come from the league table; where there is none, from these recent matches.
Form · last 5
League position
Goals per game · season
Match report
The match in a few sentences: score, scorers, table impact
The text is generated automatically from the match data and updates with it.
NHL: Dallas Stars – Montreal Canadiens 2:5 (30 October). Montreal Canadiens won. Venue: American Airlines Center.
By period: 1:3, 1:1, 0:1.
Goals: C. Caufield (Montreal Canadiens) ×2; W. Johnston (Dallas Stars); A. Newhook (Montreal Canadiens) ×2; J. Benn (Dallas Stars); P. Danault (Montreal Canadiens).
Table now: Dallas Stars — 4th, 22 points from 17 matches; Montreal Canadiens — 4th, 25 points from 17 matches.
Score by period
Goals in each period
OT = overtime, SO = shoot-out.
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Σ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Stars | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Montreal Canadiens | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Events
Goals with assists and penalties by period
1st period
- 07'
🏒 C. Caufield0:1
assist: P. Danault, A. Carrier
- 08'pen.
Tripping
- 11'pen.
Holding
- 12'
🏒 W. Johnston1:1
assist: M. Rantanen, M. Heiskanen · Power-play
- 16'
🏒 A. Newhook1:2
- 16'
🏒 C. Caufield1:3
assist: A. Engstrom, J. Slafkovsky
2nd period
- 04'pen.
Tripping
- 06'
🏒 A. Newhook1:4
assist: C. Kreider, N. Dobson
- 08'
🏒 J. Benn2:4
assist: M. Rantanen, W. Johnston
- 12'pen.
Holding the stick
3rd period
- 05'pen.
Interference
- 08'pen.
Interference
- 13'pen.
Slashing
- 19'
🏒 P. Danault2:5
assist: J. Evans · Empty net
Game leaders
Top performers in this game
Points (goals + assists)
- 12
- 22
- 32
- 42
- 52
- 62
Skaters
Each skater's contribution in this game
G = goals, A = assists, P = points (G + A), Pen. = penalties. Counted from match events; +/−, shots and time on ice are not available from the data source.
Dallas Stars
| Player | G | A | P | Pen. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| W. Johnston | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| M. Rantanen | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| J. Benn | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| M. Heiskanen | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| L. Bichsel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| S. Steel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| T. Harley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Montreal Canadiens
| Player | G | A | P | Pen. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Newhook | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| C. Caufield | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| P. Danault | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| N. Dobson | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| A. Carrier | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| A. Engstrom | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| C. Kreider | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Evans | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Slafkovsky | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| L. Hutson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| A. Xhekaj | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| J. Anderson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Team stats
Both teams' numbers side by side
- 19Shots on goal21
- 16Saves17
- 80%Save %89%
- 36Faceoffs won20
- 8Penalty minutes6
- 4Penalties3
- 1Power-play goals0
- 33%Power play %0%
- 100%Penalty kill %66%
- 0Short-handed goals0
Teams in the table
Both teams' positions in the league table
Full table on the competition page. Form: recent matches, most recent on the right.
| # | Team | P | W | OTW | OTL | L | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 22 | LWWLW | |
| 4 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 25 | WWLWW |
Form
Team leaders
Each team's best players this season
Points (goals + assists)
Goal scorers
Assists
Recent matches
Both teams' recent results in all competitions
H — home, A — away