Dallas Stars' Mikko Rantanen (96) tries to wrap the puck around the net as Montreal Canadiens' Lane Hutson (48) defends in front of Canadiens goaltender Jakub Dobes (75) during first period NHL hockey action in Montreal on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
Dallas Stars' Wyatt Johnston (53) celebrates his goal over the Montreal Canadiens with teammates Jason Robertson (21), Roope Hintz (24), Miro Heiskanen (4) and Mikko Rantanen (96) during first period NHL hockey action in Montreal on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
Dallas Stars' Jason Robertson (21) scores on Montreal Canadiens goaltender Jakub Dobes (75) as Canadiens' Oliver Kapanen (91) tries to defend during second period NHL hockey action in Montreal on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
Dallas Stars' Mikko Rantanen (96) tries to wrap the puck around the net as Montreal Canadiens' Lane Hutson (48) defends in front of Canadiens goaltender Jakub Dobes (75) during first period NHL hockey action in Montreal on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
Dallas Stars' Wyatt Johnston (53) celebrates his goal over the Montreal Canadiens with teammates Jason Robertson (21), Roope Hintz (24), Miro Heiskanen (4) and Mikko Rantanen (96) during first period NHL hockey action in Montreal on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
MONTREAL - Jason Robertson had two goals and an assist, Casey DeSmith made 23 saves and the Dallas Stars thumped the Montreal Canadiens 7-0 in a dominant outing on Thursday.
Wyatt Johnston — with his 100th career goal — Esa Lindell, Tyler Seguin, Colin Blackwell and Alexander Petrovic also scored for Dallas (11-4-3), which won its fourth straight game. Radek Faksa provided three assists and Mikko Rantanen added two.
DeSmith earned his first shutout of the season — and the Stars' second in 2025-26.
Jakub Dobes allowed five goals on 13 shots through two periods to earn his second consecutive loss for Montreal (10-5-2) after beginning the season with six straight wins. Sam Montembeault entered the game in the third period but didn’t fare much better, stopping four of six.
The Canadiens, who entered the night in first place in the Atlantic Division, lost their second game in a row and fourth in five outings.
Montreal controlled much of the first period, but Johnston opened the scoring on the power play at 14:21, finishing a tick-tack-toe play with Roope Hintz and Rantanen.
The Stars then exploded with even-strength goals from Lindell, Seguin and two from Robertson in the second period to grab a 5-0 lead.
TAKEAWAYS
Stars: Robertson scored twice in 99 seconds later in the second, beating Dobes to the backhand before burying a wrist shot through a crowd as some fans headed for the exits with 3:11 remaining in the middle frame.
Canadiens: On top of the loss, forward Alex Newhook exited with an apparent right-leg injury after crashing feet-first into the end boards after he was tripped up by Stars defenceman Ilya Lyubushkin early in the second period.
KEY MOMENT
Shortly after Newhook’s injury, Robertson sent Seguin on a breakaway with a heads-up breakout pass behind the Canadiens’ defencemen to make it 3-0 at 7:10 in the second.
KEY STAT
The Stars extended their winning streak at the Bell Centre to seven games, dating back to Oct. 30, 2018.
UP NEXT
Canadiens: Host the Boston Bruins on Saturday.
Stars: Host the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday.
This report by ºÃÉ«tvwas first published Nov. 13, 2025.
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