The Montreal Canadiens are right back in action against the Dallas Stars on Sunday, January 4. This marks the first matchup between these two teams since Dallas took a 7-0 beating back in November.<\/p>\n
My Canadiens vs. Stars predictions and NHL picks<\/a> suggest we may be in for another higher-scoring affair, with the Canadiens’ usual suspects going to work.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Canadiens vs Stars prediction<\/p>\n Canadiens vs Stars best bet: Lane Hutson Over 1.5 shots on goal (-105)<\/p>\n Montreal Canadiens<\/a> defenseman Lane Hutson<\/a> has never typically been one to fire a ton of pucks on net, but he seems to be changing that narrative as of late.<\/p>\n Despite the 2-0 loss to the St. Louis Blues yesterday, he hit the Over for shots for the fifth time in the last six games.<\/p>\n The sophomore defenseman has 40 points in 41 games and should be in line to munch some heavy minutes against a strong Dallas Stars<\/a> team today.<\/p>\n He’s played over 28 minutes in three of the last six games, which means he’ll have plenty of ice time to eclipse this modest shot total.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Canadiens vs Stars same-game parlay<\/p>\n Juraj Slafkovsky<\/a> has seemingly struck gold with linemates Ivan Demidov<\/a> and Oliver Kapanen<\/a>. After a slow start to the season, the Slovakian forward is now on pace for career bests across the board.<\/p>\n He’s racked up 10 points over his last eight games, producing multi-point outings in half of those games.<\/p>\n I expect this matinee affair to produce a flurry of goals, with both starting goaltenders enduring their fair share of struggles this season.<\/p>\n Jakub Dobes, despite a 13-5-3 record, boasts a 3.01 GAA and .889 SV%. Jake Oettinger, despite a 16-7-3 record, sports a .907 save percentage.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n The Habs \u2014 already a poor defensive team \u2014 are also playing the second half of a back-to-back.<\/p>\n Canadiens vs Stars SGP<\/p>\n Lane Hutson Over 1.5 shots on goal<\/p>\n Juraj Slafkovsky Over 0.5 points<\/p>\n Canadiens vs Stars odds<\/p>\n Moneyline: Canadiens +170 | Stars -210<\/p>\n Puck Line: Canadiens +1.5 (-135) | Stars -1.5 (+115)<\/p>\n Over\/Under: Over 6.5 (+100) | Under 6.5 (-120)<\/p>\n Canadiens vs Stars trend<\/p>\n Dallas has won three of the last four meetings against Montreal, but has lost the last three that took place at home. Find more NHL betting trends<\/a> for Canadiens vs. Stars.<\/p>\n How to watch Canadiens vs Stars<\/p>\n Location<\/p>\n American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX<\/p>\n Date<\/p>\n Sunday, January 4, 2026<\/p>\n Puck drop<\/p>\n 2:00 p.m. ET<\/p>\n TV<\/p>\n TSN2<\/p>\n Canadiens vs Stars latest injuries<\/p>\n Odds are correct at the time of publishing and are subject to change. Advertisement<\/p>\n This article originally appeared on Covers.com<\/a>, read the full article here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Montreal Canadiens are right back in action against the Dallas Stars on Sunday, January 4. This marks…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":390371,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[196,147,5,638,424,909,976,502,21,4,1618,84,197],"class_list":{"0":"post-390370","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-dallas","9":"tag-dallas-stars","10":"tag-hockey","11":"tag-ivan-demidov","12":"tag-jake-oettinger","13":"tag-jakub-dobes","14":"tag-juraj-slafkovsky","15":"tag-lane-hutson","16":"tag-montreal-canadiens","17":"tag-nhl","18":"tag-oliver-kapanen","19":"tag-st-louis-blues","20":"tag-stars"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/115837556763138903","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=390370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390370\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/390371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=390370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=390370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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