The Montreal Canadiens turned a potentially brutal road stretch into a perfect trip. The Habs beat the Dallas Stars 5-2 at the American Airlines Center on October 29, completing a four-game road sweep — all regulation wins, and all without injured captain Nick Suzuki.
Cole Caufield and Alex Newhook each scored twice. Newhook’s promotion to the top line in Suzuki’s absence delivered immediately: his second goal came on the rush right after Caufield had opened the scoring. Phillip Danault sealed it with an empty-netter — his first goal of the season. Lane Hutson set a Canadiens franchise record with his 136th assist before age 23, and goalie Jakub Dobes made 17 saves for the win.
For Dallas, Wyatt Johnston had a goal and an assist, Jamie Benn scored and Mikko Rantanen picked up two assists — but Jake Oettinger’s personal four-game winning streak ended as he allowed 16 saves on 20 shots, and the Stars dropped their second straight to fall to 7-5-1.
The context makes it more impressive. The Canadiens played the entire trip without Suzuki, out two to four weeks, and without rookie Ivan Demidov. Only five times in 30 years of franchise history has Montreal won four straight on the road in regulation. The Canadiens extended their points streak to six games (5-0-1) and improved to 8-3-2, and coach Martin St-Louis pointed to the team’s maturity and ability to protect leads as the foundation of the closing-out success.
The reward: a return home to the Bell Centre, where Montreal hosted the Pittsburgh Penguins on Halloween night.
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