By Canadian Press

Tyler Seguin scores twice as Stars hold off Canadiens for 3-2 win

Feb 10, 2024 | 2:01 PM

MONTREAL — Tyler Seguin scored twice as the Dallas Stars defeated the Montreal Canadiens 3-2 on Saturday afternoon at Bell Centre.

Thomas Harley also scored for Dallas (32-14-6), while Matt Duchene and Mason Marchment pitched in with two assists each.

Starter Jake Oettinger made 18 saves after sitting out a 5-4 Stars loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday.

Nick Suzuki — with a goal and an assist — and Juraj Slafkovsky replied for Montreal (21-22-8), which lost its first game since the NHL all-star break. 

Mike Matheson had two assists and Cole Caufield extended his point streak to a career-high 11 games with a helper on Suzuki’s goal.

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Sam Montembeault stopped 35 shots in his second straight start.

Canadiens forward Alex Newhook played his first game since Nov. 30 due to a high ankle sprain. The 23-year-old had three shots and a hit while centring Montreal’s third line.

After a scoreless first period, Montreal opened the scoring 38 seconds into the second when Caufield’s perfectly timed bank pass sent Suzuki on a partial break before the captain rifled a shot over Oettinger’s right shoulder.

A few minutes later, the Canadiens had a 35-second span to forget.

Rafael Harvey-Pinard ran into teammate Joel Armia in the neutral zone and appeared to buckle his right leg in the process.

While Harvey-Pinard struggled to get off the ice and into the locker room, Harley beat Montembeault five-hole for his 13th of the season to even the score at 3:51. The Stars gained the lead 24 seconds later as Seguin finished off a feed from Duchene in front of the net.

The Canadiens later announced Harvey-Pinard would not return because of a lower-body injury.

Montembeault kept the Canadiens in the game as the Stars dominated the shots 21-7 in the period.

Seguin, however, doubled Dallas’ lead with 2:15 remaining off another Duchene feed in front.

Slafkovsky got one back under a minute later, scoring in a third straight game from a sharp angle for his 10th of the season. The 2022 first-overall pick has 16 points in his last 22 games.

Jake Evans took a double-minor penalty in the third period for high-sticking Joe Pavelski, sending Dallas on a four-minute power play with six minutes left in the game.

The Canadiens, however, had the majority of Grade A chances during the penalty kill. Matheson, after a feed from Brandon Gignac, hit the post on a deke to the backhand.

Later, Armia broke in all alone but sailed his shot over the net.

Montreal pulled the goalie for an extra attacker with a minute left, but didn’t manage to generate any offence as Dallas held on for the win.

UP NEXT

Canadiens: Host the St. Louis Blues in the second game of a back-to-back Sunday.

Stars: Host the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 10, 2024.

Daniel Rainbird, The Canadian Press