🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 30-20-8 before this game
3–1
Final
⭐ Home Stars 42-12-6 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
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Canadiens at Stars

Canadiens beat Stars 3–1 at American Airlines Center on March 4, 1998.

🗓 Wed, Mar 4, 1998 · 19:30 CST 📍 American Airlines Center, Dallas 🏒 1997-98 🔁 Canadiens lead the season series 2–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🇨🇦 MTL
Martin Rucinsky
1 G
3 shots · 19:41 TOI · +2
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Vincent Damphousse
1 G
3 shots · 20:47 TOI · +1
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Marc Bureau
1 G
2 shots · 10:13 TOI

🚨 Scoring

Goal-by-goal detail has not synced for this game yet.

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🇨🇦MTL DAL⭐
23 Shots on goal 25
21 Hits 25
8 Blocked shots 6
9 Takeaways 11
17 Giveaways 16
17 Penalty minutes 15
MTL shooting 13.0% (3/23) DAL shooting 4.0% (1/25)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🇨🇦Canadiens
Andy Moog
0/1
.000 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
⭐Stars
Ed Belfour
0/3
.000 SV% · 3 GA · 59:53 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 30-20-8 (52% win rate, 58 games)
Stars
Stars — tied after 1st: 42-12-6 (70% win rate, 60 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 30-20-8 (52% win rate, 58 games)
Stars
Stars — tied after 2nd: 42-12-6 (70% win rate, 60 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Rucinsky · Damphousse · Recchi 20:09
L2 Savage · Koivu · Hoglund 16:26
L3 Brunet · Poulin · Bureau 12:38
L4 Thornton · Bordeleau · Stevenson 7:01
D1 Manson · Zalapski 24:32
D2 Brisebois · Quintal 21:00
D3 Popovic · Rivet 13:58
⭐Stars
L1 Modano · Lehtinen · Langenbrunner 18:31
L2 Adams · Nieuwendyk · Verbeek 16:37
L3 Lind · Carbonneau · Harvey 12:24
L4 Hogue · Errey · Marshall 8:37
D1 Chambers · Matvichuk 25:18
D2 Sydor · Ludwig 20:56
D3 Muni · Lukowich 9:51

⚔️ Last meetings

Canadiens lead the season series 2–0 Full head-to-head →
Nov 3, 1997
⭐DAL @ 🇨🇦MTL
4–6 · Canadiens won
Jan 13, 1997
⭐DAL @ 🇨🇦MTL
2–1 · Stars won
Jan 1, 1997
🇨🇦MTL @ ⭐DAL
6–4 · Canadiens won
Mar 11, 1996
⭐DAL @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–4 · Canadiens won
Feb 7, 1996
🇨🇦MTL @ ⭐DAL
4–2 · Canadiens won

❓ MTL vs DAL, answered

Who won Canadiens vs Stars on March 4, 1998?

Canadiens won 3–1.

What was the final score of Canadiens vs Stars?

The final score was Canadiens 3, Stars 1.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Andy Moog made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Stars goalie play?

Ed Belfour made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Canadiens vs Stars played?

At American Airlines Center in Dallas, the Stars home rink.

What is the Canadiens vs Stars season series?

Canadiens lead the season series 2–0 after 2 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🇨🇦Canadiens
Previous game · Feb 28
🇨🇦MTL @ 🍁TOR
0–4 · TOR won
Next game · Mar 5
🇨🇦MTL @ 🎵STL
0–4 · STL won
⭐Stars
Previous game · Mar 1
⭐DAL @ 🪶CHI
2–2 · DAL won
Next game · Mar 7
⭐DAL @ 🎵STL
1–2 · STL won
Also on March 4, 1998
🗽NYR @ 🐆FLA
4–3 final
🏔️COL @ 🍁TOR
5–3 final
⚡TBL @ 🛢️EDM
2–4 final
🐙DET @ 🦆ANA
2–0 final
Canadiens season page Stars season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule