Jason Robertson scores twice, Stars rout Canadiens 7-0 for fourth straight win

By Canadian Press on November 13, 2025.

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 The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 13, 2025.

Daniel Rainbird, The Canadian Press