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Game Thread: Montreal Canadiens (15-16-5) at Dallas Stars (22-9-4) – 02 Jan 2024 – 8:00PM EST



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# Montreal [](/r/habs) Canadiens (15-16-5) at Dallas [](/r/dallasstars) Stars (22-9-4)

#American Airlines Center

##Time

|PT|MT|CT|ET|AT|UTC|
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|5:00PM|6:00PM|7:00PM|8:00PM|9:00PM|1:00AM|##Game Info:

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|TV|RDS, TSN2, BSSW|
|Other|[Preview](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020577) – [Boxscore](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020577/boxscore) – [Recap](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020577/recap)|
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    ##Projected Lineups

    ||Left|Center|Right||Left|Center|Right|
    |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
    |[DAL](/r/dallasstars)|Jason Robertson|Roope Hintz|Joe Pavelski|[MTL](/r/habs)|Cole Caufield|Nick Suzuki|Juraj Slafkovsky|
    |[DAL](/r/dallasstars)|Mason Marchment|Matt Duchene|Tyler Seguin|[MTL](/r/habs)|Josh Anderson|Sean Monahan|Jesse Ylönen|
    |[DAL](/r/dallasstars)|Jamie Benn|Wyatt Johnston|Evgenii Dadonov|[MTL](/r/habs)|Johnathan Kovacevic|Jake Evans|Brendan Gallagher|
    |[DAL](/r/dallasstars)|Sam Steel|Ty Dellandrea|Craig Smith|[MTL](/r/habs)|Michael Pezzetta|Mitchell Stephens|Joel Armia|

    ||Left D|Right D||Left D|Right D|
    |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
    |[DAL](/r/dallasstars)|Ryan Suter|Miro Heiskanen|[MTL](/r/habs)|Michael Matheson|David Savard|
    |[DAL](/r/dallasstars)|Esa Lindell|Jani Hakanpaa|[MTL](/r/habs)|Kaiden Guhle|Justin Barron|
    |[DAL](/r/dallasstars)|Thomas Harley|Nils Lundkvist|[MTL](/r/habs)|Jayden Struble|Jordan Harris|

    ||Goalies||Goalies|
    |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
    |[DAL](/r/dallasstars)|Scott Wedgewood|[MTL](/r/habs)|Jake Allen|
    |[DAL](/r/dallasstars)|Matthew Murray|[MTL](/r/habs)|Samuel Montembeault|

    [Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/dallas-stars/line-combinations/), [Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/montreal-canadiens/line-combinations/)

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    ##Injuries

    ||Player|Date|Injury|Status|Details|Return|
    |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
    |[DAL](/r/dallasstars)|Jake Oettinger|15 Dec 2023|Lower Body|OUT|Oettinger (lower body) resumed skating but will remain sidelined Sunday, Stars’ radio analyst Bruce LeVine reports.|04 Jan 2024|
    |[DAL](/r/dallasstars)|Jerad Rosburg|09 Oct 2023|Undisclosed|IR-NR|Rosburg (undisclosed) was moved to the injured/non-roster list Monday.|10 Jan 2024|
    |–|–|–|–|–|–|–|
    |[MTL](/r/habs)|Christian Dvorak|31 Dec 2023|Upper Body|OUT|Dvorak (upper body) won’t play Sunday versus Tampa Bay.|unknown|
    |[MTL](/r/habs)|Tanner Pearson|09 Dec 2023|Upper Body|IR|Pearson (upper body) was put on injured reserve Wednesday.|10 Jan 2024|
    |[MTL](/r/habs)|Alex Newhook|30 Nov 2023|Ankle|IR|Newhook is expected to miss the next 10-12 weeks with a high-ankle sprain, per Arpon Basu of The Athletic.|17 Feb 2024|
    |[MTL](/r/habs)|Rafael Harvey-Pinard|16 Nov 2023|Lower Body|IR|Not Specified|17 Jan 2024|
    |[MTL](/r/habs)|Kirby Dach|14 Oct 2023|Knee|IR|Surgery|15 Sep 2024|
    |[MTL](/r/habs)|Chris Wideman|21 Sep 2023|Back|IR|Wideman is out indefinitely because of a back injury.|17 Jan 2024|
    |[MTL](/r/habs)|Carey Price||Knee|IR-LT||01 Jul 2024|

    [Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/dallas-stars/injuries), [Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/montreal-canadiens/injuries)

    ##Team Stats

    |Team|GP|W|L|OT|P|P%|GF/G|GA/G|PP%|PK%|SF/G|SA/G|FO%|
    |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
    |[DAL](/r/dallasstars)|35|22|9|4|48|0.686|3.60|3.03|22.33|85.84|30.54|30.43|53.61|
    |[MTL](/r/habs)|36|15|16|5|35|0.486|2.75|3.39|18.25|72.58|28.78|32.94|54.47|

    [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/team/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=%5B{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=50&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=0&cayenneExp=gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

    ##Team Leaders

    |Stat||Player|Value||Player|Value|
    |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
    |G|[DAL](/r/dallasstars)|Roope Hintz|15|[MTL](/r/habs)|Nick Suzuki|11|
    |A|[DAL](/r/dallasstars)|Jason Robertson|25|[MTL](/r/habs)|Nick Suzuki, Mike Matheson|21|
    |P|[DAL](/r/dallasstars)|Jason Robertson|36|[MTL](/r/habs)|Nick Suzuki|32|
    |+/-|[DAL](/r/dallasstars)|Matt Duchene|13|[MTL](/r/habs)|Jake Evans|6|
    |PIM|[DAL](/r/dallasstars)|Mason Marchment|32|[MTL](/r/habs)|Arber Xhekaj|47|
    |TOI|[DAL](/r/dallasstars)|Miro Heiskanen|25:17|[MTL](/r/habs)|Mike Matheson|25:15|

    [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/skater/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=%5B{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”goals”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=25 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024), [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/skater/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=%5B{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”goals”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=8 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

    ## Goalie Breakdown

    ||Name|GP|GS|W|L|OT|SO|GAA|SV%|
    |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
    |[DAL](/r/dallasstars)|Jake Oettinger|21|21|11|7|2|1|2.93|0.901|
    |[DAL](/r/dallasstars)|Scott Wedgewood|15|14|11|2|2|0|2.92|0.905|
    |–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|
    |[MTL](/r/habs)|Sam Montembeault|16|15|7|5|3|0|2.94|0.903|
    |[MTL](/r/habs)|Jake Allen|13|13|4|7|2|0|3.40|0.903|

    [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/goalie/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=%5B{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”savePct”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=25 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024), [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/goalie/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=%5B{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”savePct”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=8 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

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