MTL @ DAL 4–3 · 2026-01-04

Team	1	2	3	OT	SOG
MTL	1	2	0	1	28
DAL	1	1	1	0	27

Story

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Result MTL 4–3 OTCall No lean · DAL 55%xG 3.65–3.89 · deserved DAL 54%Swing Hutson +52 OT 3:40Method

Goals and penalties with DAL win probability
Time	Event	DAL win before	DAL win after
1st 8:42	Goal MTL · B. Gallagher	55%	34%
1st 13:53	Goal DAL · M. Bourque	33%	55%
1st 16:18	MTL penalty · I. Demidov · holding · 2 min
1st 19:33	DAL penalty · J. Benn · tripping · 2 min
2nd 1:36	DAL penalty · I. Lyubushkin · hooking · 2 min
2nd 8:13	MTL penalty · Z. Bolduc · too many men on the ice · 2 min
2nd 10:14	Goal DAL · W. Johnston	54%	79%
2nd 11:59	Goal MTL · O. Kapanen	80%	54%
2nd 14:00	DAL penalty · E. Lindell · slashing · 2 min
2nd 18:10	DAL penalty · S. Steel · slashing · 2 min
2nd 18:39	Goal MTL · J. Slafkovský (PP)	54%	23%
3rd 11:07	Goal DAL · W. Johnston	13%	53%
3rd 14:49	MTL penalty · P. Danault · hooking · 2 min
3rd 16:00	DAL penalty · W. Johnston · hooking · 2 min
OT 3:40	Goal MTL · L. Hutson	52%	0%

On ice · final horn

MTL3 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
24P. DanaultC	0:07	16:40	26	0	1	1	2	2	2	0	1	10-5
93I. DemidovR	0:13	18:10	22	0	1	1	2	5	2	0	0	–
48L. HutsonD	0:09	27:58	26	0	1	1	0	3	0	2	0	–
35S. MontembeaultG		63:40	SA27GA3SV%.889xGA3.89GSAx+0.89

DAL3 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
53W. JohnstonC	0:07	22:48	20	2	0	2	3	6	2	0	3	5-2
95M. DucheneC	0:07	17:34	21	0	1	1	4	6	0	0	0	1-1
4M. HeiskanenD	0:07	27:27	28	0	1	1	5	6	0	0	4	–
29J. OettingerG		63:19	SA27GA3SV%.889xGA3.52GSAx+0.52

Goals

1st
Brendan Gallagher(1)
P. Danault (1), A. Carrier (1)
xG 0.12deflectedClip(opens nhl.com)
1–0 MTL1st 08:42+21.066%
Mavrik Bourque(1)
J. Robertson (1), R. Hintz (1)
xG 0.05wrap-aroundClip(opens nhl.com)
1–1 Tied1st 13:53+22.155%
2nd
Wyatt Johnston(1)
M. Rantanen (1), T. Harley (1)
xG 0.37snapClip(opens nhl.com)
1–2 DAL2nd 10:14+25.079%
Oliver Kapanen(1)
I. Demidov (1), J. Slafkovský (1)
xG 0.08slapClip(opens nhl.com)
2–2 Tied2nd 11:59+25.746%
Juraj Slafkovský(1)PP
N. Suzuki (1), L. Hutson (1)
xG 0.13slapClip(opens nhl.com)
3–2 MTL2nd 18:39+30.677%
3rd
Wyatt Johnston(2)
M. Heiskanen (1), M. Duchene (1)
xG 0.23snapClip(opens nhl.com)
3–3 Tied3rd 11:07+39.953%
OT
Lane Hutson(1)
P. Danault (2)
xG 0.13snapClip(opens nhl.com)
4–3 MTLOT 03:40+52.2100%

Shots

MTL3.65 xG41 unblocked · 16 blocked41 unblocked · 16 blocked

DAL3.89 xG38 unblocked · 15 blocked38 unblocked · 15 blocked

GoalSavedMissedBlockedSize = xG

xG breakdown

GoalIronSaveMissEVPPEASHSize = pony xG · blocked attempts carry none

Team stats

MTLDAL4Goals33.65xG3.8928Shots2741Unblocked3857Attempts536High danger101/5Power play0/319Faceoffs2630Hits1515Blocks163Takeaways714Giveaways156PIM10

Skaters

Player

Player
48L. HutsonLane HutsonD	27:58	1	1	2	1	4	0.13	+0.87	2	0	0	0	—	0	+2
8M. MathesonMike MathesonD	26:38	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	−0.11	2	2	0	0	—	0	-3
14N. SuzukiNick SuzukiC	23:49	0	1	1	3	7	0.91	−0.91	1	0	1	1	21%	0	-1
53N. DobsonNoah DobsonD	23:08	0	0	0	3	4	0.05	−0.05	3	6	0	1	—	0	-2
45A. CarrierAlexandre CarrierD	22:14	0	1	1	0	2	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	2	—	0	0
20J. SlafkovskýJuraj SlafkovskýL	20:21	1	1	2	4	6	0.65	+0.35	1	0	0	3	—	0	+1
13C. CaufieldCole CaufieldR	18:33	0	0	0	1	4	0.24	−0.24	1	0	1	1	—	0	-1
93I. DemidovIvan DemidovR	18:10	0	1	1	2	5	0.10	−0.10	0	0	0	1	—	2	+2
91O. KapanenOliver KapanenC	17:24	1	0	1	3	4	0.37	+0.63	0	3	0	0	30%	0	0
24P. DanaultPhillip DanaultC	16:40	0	2	2	2	2	0.03	−0.03	0	1	0	2	67%	2	+1
11B. GallagherBrendan GallagherR	15:46	1	0	1	4	8	0.58	+0.42	2	1	1	0	—	0	0
85A. TexierAlexandre TexierL	15:45	0	0	0	1	2	0.05	−0.05	1	0	0	1	50%	0	-1
90J. VelenoJoseph VelenoC	14:41	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	4	0	0	0	50%	0	-2
76Z. BolducZachary BolducR	11:06	0	0	0	3	5	0.33	−0.33	1	0	0	0	—	0	0
72A. XhekajArber XhekajD	9:14	0	0	0	1	1	0.01	−0.01	2	0	0	0	—	0	+1
27S. BlaisSammy BlaisL	8:20	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	6	0	0	0	—	0	0
47J. StrubleJayden StrubleD	7:56	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	3	0	0	1	—	0	+1
62O. BeckOwen BeckC	7:17	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	−0.07	1	0	0	1	50%	0	0
MTL total		4	7	11	28	57	3.65	+0.35	30	13	3	14	42%	4

Pony score

Cool = offence · warm = defenceProductionPlay drivingSpecial teamsUsageMethod

Forwards

Danault+0.68

Gallagher+0.49

Slafkovský+0.48

Kapanen+0.47

Suzuki+0.22

Demidov+0.11

Blais−0.03

Beck−0.20

Bolduc−0.20

Caufield−0.30

Texier−0.44

Veleno−0.47

Defence

Hutson+0.92

Dobson+0.25

Struble−0.15

Carrier−0.15

Xhekaj−0.18

Matheson−0.26

Goalie

Montembeault+0.92

Units

5v5

Lines

Lines
Texier·Suzuki·Caufield	9:47	13	3	9	25.0%	3	4	0	1	0.23	0.67	25.5%	−0.44	2	1	67%
Slafkovský·Kapanen·Demidov	9:06	14	10	8	55.6%	4	4	1	0	0.35	0.54	39.4%	−0.19	1	0	100%
Danault·Gallagher·Bolduc	7:40	13	6	6	50.0%	4	3	1	0	0.43	0.26	62.6%	+0.17	2	0	100%
Blais·Beck·Veleno	5:21	9	3	3	50.0%	1	1	0	0	0.08	0.10	46.3%	−0.01	1	0	100%
Occasional · 7 groups
Danault·Veleno·Gallagher	2:00	3	0	3	0.0%	0	2	0	1	0.00	0.30	0.0%	−0.30	0	0	—
Blais·Veleno·Gallagher	0:58	3	0	2	0.0%	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.19	0.0%	−0.19	0	0	—
Texier·Kapanen·Gallagher	0:51	2	1	0	100.0%	1	0	0	0	0.01	0.00	100.0%	+0.01	0	0	—
Slafkovský·Suzuki·Kapanen	0:36	1	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Suzuki·Beck·Veleno	0:34	1	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Texier·Danault·Veleno	0:34	1	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Slafkovský·Texier·Kapanen	0:31	2	0	2	0.0%	0	2	0	0	0.00	0.37	0.0%	−0.37	0	0	—
MTL 5v5	45:59		32	41	43.8%	17	24	2	3	1.49	3.33	30.9%	−1.84

Goalies

Samuel Montembeault

MTL · 63:40

Saves: 24/27
SV%: .889
xGA: 3.89
GSAx: +0.89

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	23/26	.885	3.74	+0.74
Power play	1/1	1.000	0.14	+0.14
Shorthanded	0/0	—	0.00	0.00
High danger	5/7	.714	2.04	+0.04

Jake Oettinger

DAL · 63:19

Saves: 24/28
SV%: .857
xGA: 3.65
GSAx: −0.35

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	18/21	.857	2.00	−1.00
Power play	6/7	.857	1.65	+0.65
Shorthanded	0/0	—	0.00	0.00
High danger	1/1	1.000	1.32	+1.32

Lines

His goal Primary assist Goal for Goal against Time together ES PP PK minutes

Montréal Canadiens

Minutes

27:58Hutson
26:38Matheson
23:08Dobson
22:14Carrier
9:14Xhekaj
7:56Struble

23:49Suzuki
20:21Slafkovský
18:33Caufield
18:10Demidov
17:24Kapanen
16:40Danault
15:46Gallagher
15:45Texier
14:41Veleno
11:06Bolduc
8:20Blais
7:17Beck

Matchups

5v5Size = time head to headSplit = xG shareMTLDAL

Zone starts

DZD zoneNZ · flyNeutral · flyOZO zone

DobsonD0 O4
MathesonD1 O4
StrubleD0 O0
XhekajD0 O0
HutsonD3 O0
CarrierD4 O0
GallagherD0 O3
TexierD2 O5
CaufieldD1 O4
DemidovD0 O3
BolducD0 O2
BeckD0 O1
SlafkovskýD1 O2
DanaultD4 O4
BlaisD0 O0
VelenoD2 O2
KapanenD3 O3
SuzukiD4 O2

Shift starts · darker = later period