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Canadiens surrender lead to Stars, but recover in OT

On Sunday the Montreal Canadiens closed out their seven-game holiday road trip against the Dallas Stars at American Airlines Center, with a 2 p.m. puck drop.
The Habs rolled with rotating goaltenders, as Jacob Fowler started Saturday and Samuel Montembeault gets the start today, reflecting their three-netminder approach with Jakub Dobes.
Injuries affected the lineup, with Josh Anderson missing Saturday's game due to an upper-body injury, Mike Matheson returning after missing Thursday's game from an elbow by Brad Marchand, and the first goal credited to Brendan Gallagher amid a disputed Phillip Danault deflection.
The Canadiens remain third in the division, two points behind the Detroit Red Wings and three behind the Tampa Bay Lightning, after six games without a regulation loss on the seven-game holiday road trip.
After a prior 7-0 defeat the rematch carried extra weight, as the last time the Canadiens faced the Stars they suffered a 7-0 loss at the Bell Centre, and the Gazette frames the holiday road trip as an ordeal for a second straight year.

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