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After taking on the second place team in the league last night, the Montreal Canadiens are back home today to take on the Dallas Stars who are third in the Central division and seventh in the league.

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Jason Robertson scored the shootout winner to lift the surging Dallas Stars past the Montreal Canadiens 2-1 for their seventh consecutive victory on Saturday night

The Dallas Stars face the Philadelphia Flyers Thursday night at Wells Fargo Center for the first time this season. Entering Thursday's match, the Stars are 25-13-1 while the Flyers are 17-19-5. The two teams will face each other once more this season on March 22 in Dallas.

Two of the NHL's hottest teams will meet in Montreal on Saturday when the Canadiens try to snap the Dallas Stars' six-game winning streak.

MONTREAL — Jason Robertson scored the shootout winner to lift the surging Dallas Stars past the Montreal Canadiens 2-1 for their seventh consecutive victory on Saturday night. Robertson scored the only goal of the shootout while goalie Jake Oettinger stopped Patrik Laine, Cole Caufield and Nick Suzuki.

The Montreal Canadiens lost in a shootout to the Dallas Stars on Saturday night, but continue to put up points in their chase for the playoffs.

Alex Chiasson, a 2018 Stanley Cup champion with the Washington Capitals, retired from the NHL on Monday after 11 seasons. The 34-year-old forward had 233 points (120 goals, 113 assists) in 651 regular-season games for seven NHL teams.

Jason Robertson scored the shootout winner to lift the surging Dallas Stars past the Montreal Canadiens 2-1 for their seventh consecutive victory on Saturday night. Robertson scored the only goal of the shootout while goalie Jake Oettinger stopped Patrik Laine,

Dylan Strome had a goal and two assists, Alex Ovechkin added his 872nd career goal and the Washington Capitals earned a 7-4 victory against the visiting New York Rangers on Saturday.

The team announced that defenceman David Savard is set to return to the lineup on Saturday as they take on the Dallas Stars.