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Tampa Bay Lightning vs Dallas Stars

Regular season · Sunday, January 18, 2026 · American Airlines Center

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4–1

Final

SOG 26–20

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Game summary

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Dallas Stars 4-1 on Sunday, January 18, 2026 at American Airlines Center. The Lightning outshot the Stars 26-20.

Goals came from Oskar Bäck, Dominic James, Brandon Hagel, Jake Guentzel and Pontus Holmberg.

Andrei Vasilevskiy made 19 saves on 20 shots for the win; Jake Oettinger stopped 22 of 25.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Tampa Bay LightningTBL121426
Dallas StarsDAL100120

Three stars

  1. ★1st starAndrei VasilevskiyTBL · .950 SV%
  2. ★2nd starDominic JamesTBL · 1G 1A
  3. ★3rd starJake GuentzelTBL · 1G 1A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
1:20

2–1 · 2nd 11:04 · Hagel. Steel was 1:20 into his shift when it went in.

GoalTBL on iceDAL on ice

0–1 DAL

1st 4:00 · Bäck

Long shift: Raddysh 1:13

1–1 TBL

1st 8:04 · James

Long shift: Lindell 1:02

2–1 TBL

2nd 11:04 · Hagel

Long shift: Steel 1:20

3–1 TBL

2nd 18:50 · Guentzel

Long shift: Capobianco 1:02

4–1 TBL

3rd 17:59 · EN · Holmberg

Rantanen 1:54

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2025–26).
3.9%
5.8%
6.5%
7.1%
7.3%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

TBLDAL
26Shots on goal20
40%Faceoff %60%
0/2Power play0/2
6Penalty minutes6
21Hits16
14Blocked shots14
17Giveaways13
6Takeaways3

Penalties

  • 1st 05:24Erik Cernak · hooking2 min
  • 1st 18:04Declan Carlile · roughing2 min
  • 1st 18:04Justin Hryckowian · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 06:16Jason Robertson · hooking2 min
  • 2nd 14:20Erik Cernak · interference2 min
  • 3rd 07:26Colin Blackwell · interference2 min

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