Montreal 5, Dallas 3
First Period
No Scoring.
Penalties — Chiarot Mtl (holding) 2:37; Hoffman Mtl (tripping) 13:59.
Second Period
1. Montreal, Dvorak 6 (Toffoli, Suzuki) 7:35 (pp).
2. Montreal, Pezzetta 3 (Evans, Lehkonen) 7:57.
3. Dallas, Peterson 6 (Pavelski) 16:24.
Penalties — Hanley Dal (hooking) 5:56; Suzuki Mtl (hooking) 14:00; Suter Dal (high-sticking) 17:35; Petry Mtl (holding) 19:28.
Third Period
4. Montreal, Toffoli 6 (Suzuki) 1:03 (sh).
5. Montreal, Dvorak 7 (unassisted) 2:38.
6. Dallas, Seguin 10 (Hanley, Gurianov) 3:03.
7. Montreal, Anderson 8 (Drouin, Pitlick) 4:17.
8. Dallas, Pavelski 16 (Seguin, Hintz) 18:41 (pp).
Penalties — Poehling Mtl (delay of game) 5:04; Suzuki Mtl, Suter Dal (roughing) 7:30; Seguin Dal (cross-checking) 12:03; Drouin Mtl (game misconduct) 12:03; Drouin Mtl (cross checking major) 12:03; Anderson Mtl, Ja.Benn Dal (misconduct) 12:03; Heiskanen Dal (tripping) 12:54; Petry Mtl (delay of game) 17:20.
Shots on goal by
| Montreal | 7 | 7 | 8 | _ | 22 |
| Dallas | 14 | 14 | 23 | _ | 51 |
Goal — Montreal: Montembeault (W, 2-6-3). Dallas: Holtby (3 shots, 3 saves), Oettinger (L, 9-4-0).
Power plays (goals-chances) — Montreal: 1-3; Dallas: 1-7.
Referees — TJ Luxmore, Kelly Sutherland. Linesmen — Trent Knorr, Matt MacPherson.
Attendance — 17,679 at Dallas.
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