{"id":491508,"date":"2026-01-04T10:06:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T10:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/491508\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T10:06:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T10:06:09","slug":"dallas-brings-losing-streak-into-matchup-with-montreal-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/491508\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas brings losing streak into matchup with Montreal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Dallas Stars look to stop a four-game skid when they play the Montreal Canadiens.<\/p>\n<p>Montreal Canadiens (22-13-6, in the Atlantic Division) vs. Dallas Stars (25-9-7, in the Central Division)<\/p>\n<p>Dallas; Sunday, 2 p.m. EST<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/betmgm.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE:<\/a> Stars -214, Canadiens +176; over\/under is 6.5<\/p>\n<p>BOTTOM LINE: The Dallas Stars come into a matchup against the Montreal Canadiens as losers of four in a row.<\/p>\n<p>Dallas is 12-6-2 at home and 25-9-7 overall. The Stars have a 13-1-4 record in games they serve fewer penalty minutes than their opponents.<\/p>\n<p>Montreal has a 12-4-5 record on the road and a 22-13-6 record overall. The Canadiens have an 8-4-0 record in games they score one or more power-play goals.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday&#8217;s game is the second time these teams match up this season. The Stars won 7-0 in the previous matchup. Jason Robertson led the Stars with two goals.<\/p>\n<p>TOP PERFORMERS: Robertson has 24 goals and 24 assists for the Stars. Wyatt Johnston has four goals and six assists over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n<p>Lane Hutson has six goals and 34 assists for the Canadiens. Nicholas Suzuki has six goals and three assists over the past 10 games.<\/p>\n<p>LAST 10 GAMES: Stars: 4-4-2, averaging 3.4 goals, 5.8 assists, 3.5 penalties and 8.3 penalty minutes while giving up 2.9 goals per game.<\/p>\n<p>Canadiens: 6-2-2, averaging 3.6 goals, 5.5 assists, 3.8 penalties and 9.3 penalty minutes while giving up 2.3 goals per game.<\/p>\n<p>INJURIES: Stars: None listed.<\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dataskrive.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Data Skrive<\/a> and data from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportradar.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sportradar<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong id=\"isPasted\">Copyright 2025 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Dallas Stars look to stop a four-game skid when they play the Montreal Canadiens. Montreal Canadiens (22-13-6,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":491507,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,1596,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-491508","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-dallas","10":"tag-texas","11":"tag-tx","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-united-states-of-america","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","16":"tag-us","17":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115836274986348326","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=491508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491508\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/491507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=491508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=491508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=491508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}