Tampa Bay Lightning at Dallas Stars
· American Airlines Center, Dallas · Regular Season · Final
Final score
The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Dallas Stars 4–1 on Sunday, January 18, 2026 on the road.
Goals by period
Goals by period, Tampa Bay Lightning at Dallas Stars
| Team |
1st1st period |
2nd2nd period |
3rd3rd period |
Total |
| Tampa Bay Lightning |
1 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
| Dallas Stars |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Shots on goal by period
Shots on goal by period, Tampa Bay Lightning at Dallas Stars
| Team |
1st1st period |
2nd2nd period |
3rd3rd period |
Total |
| Tampa Bay Lightning |
5 |
15 |
6 |
26 |
| Dallas Stars |
9 |
9 |
2 |
20 |
Three stars
- A. Vasilevskiy, Tampa Bay Lightning (goaltender)
- D. James, Tampa Bay Lightning (1 goal, 1 assist)
- J. Guentzel, Tampa Bay Lightning (1 goal, 1 assist)
Scoring summary
Every goal, Tampa Bay Lightning at Dallas Stars. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
| Period |
Time |
Team |
Goal |
Assists |
Type |
Score |
| 1st |
04:00 |
Dallas Stars |
Oskar Bäck (4) |
Nils Lundkvist (4), Mavrik Bourque (9) |
Even strength |
TBL 0, DAL 1 |
| 1st |
08:04 |
Tampa Bay Lightning |
Dominic James (4) |
Jake Guentzel (28), Charle-Edouard D'Astous (14) |
Even strength |
TBL 1, DAL 1 |
| 2nd |
11:04 |
Tampa Bay Lightning |
Brandon Hagel (23) |
Nikita Kucherov (46), Darren Raddysh (30) |
Even strength |
TBL 2, DAL 1 |
| 2nd |
18:50 |
Tampa Bay Lightning |
Jake Guentzel (21) |
Dominic James (6), Oliver Bjorkstrand (16) |
Even strength |
TBL 3, DAL 1 |
| 3rd |
17:59 |
Tampa Bay Lightning |
Pontus Holmberg (8) |
Yanni Gourde (12), J.J. Moser (11) |
Even strength, Empty net |
TBL 4, DAL 1 |
Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.
Team stats
Team stats, Tampa Bay Lightning at Dallas Stars
| Stat |
Tampa Bay Lightning |
Dallas Stars |
| Shots on goal |
26 |
20 |
| Power play |
0 of 2 |
0 of 2 |
| Penalty minutes |
6 |
6 |
| Hits |
21 |
16 |
| Blocked shots |
14 |
14 |
| Giveaways |
17 |
13 |
| Takeaways |
6 |
3 |
| Faceoffs won |
19/48 (39.6%) |
29/48 (60.4%) |
Box score
Tampa Bay Lightning
Tampa Bay Lightning skaters
| Player |
PosPosition |
GGoals | AAssists | PPoints | +/-Plus/minus | PIMPenalty minutes | SOGShots on goal | HITHits | BLKBlocked shots | FO%Faceoff percentage | TOITime on ice |
| Number 17 D. James |
C |
1 |
1 |
2 |
+2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
60% |
11:14 |
| Number 20 N. Paul |
L |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
60% |
14:39 |
| Number 22 O. Bjorkstrand |
R |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
|
14:19 |
| Number 28 Z. Girgensons |
C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
+1 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
100% |
14:05 |
| Number 29 P. Holmberg |
R |
1 |
0 |
1 |
+1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
|
14:43 |
| Number 37 Y. Gourde |
C |
0 |
1 |
1 |
+1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
38.5% |
16:51 |
| Number 38 B. Hagel |
L |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
|
18:03 |
| Number 59 J. Guentzel |
C |
1 |
1 |
2 |
+2 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
|
17:56 |
| Number 62 J. Finley |
C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
25% |
11:34 |
| Number 71 A. Cirelli |
C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
+1 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
30% |
15:58 |
| Number 86 N. Kucherov |
R |
0 |
1 |
1 |
+1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
16:48 |
| Number 93 G. Goncalves |
C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
+1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
11:20 |
| Number 24 M. Crozier |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
+1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
20:16 |
| Number 43 D. Raddysh |
D |
0 |
1 |
1 |
+2 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
|
22:27 |
| Number 51 C. D'Astous |
D |
0 |
1 |
1 |
+1 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
|
22:20 |
| Number 67 D. Carlile |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
+1 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
13:06 |
| Number 81 E. Cernak |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
16:57 |
| Number 90 J. Moser |
D |
0 |
1 |
1 |
+1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
|
21:24 |
Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
| Goalie |
SAShots against | SVSaves | GAGoals against | SV%Save percentage | TOITime on ice | DECDecision |
| Number 88 A. Vasilevskiy |
20 |
19 |
1 |
.950 |
60:00 |
Win |
Dallas Stars
Dallas Stars skaters
| Player |
PosPosition |
GGoals | AAssists | PPoints | +/-Plus/minus | PIMPenalty minutes | SOGShots on goal | HITHits | BLKBlocked shots | FO%Faceoff percentage | TOITime on ice |
| Number 10 O. Bäck |
C |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
100% |
10:52 |
| Number 12 R. Faksa |
C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
0 |
75% |
13:20 |
| Number 14 J. Benn |
L |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
100% |
11:43 |
| Number 15 C. Blackwell |
C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
25% |
11:40 |
| Number 18 S. Steel |
C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
75% |
17:00 |
| Number 21 J. Robertson |
L |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-2 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
19:57 |
| Number 22 M. Bourque |
C |
0 |
1 |
1 |
+1 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
25% |
11:57 |
| Number 24 R. Hintz |
C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
75% |
17:57 |
| Number 49 J. Hryckowian |
C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
+1 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
100% |
11:15 |
| Number 53 W. Johnston |
C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-3 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
50% |
18:33 |
| Number 95 M. Duchene |
C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
18:13 |
| Number 96 M. Rantanen |
R |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-2 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
|
18:46 |
| Number 4 M. Heiskanen |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-3 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
|
23:48 |
| Number 5 N. Lundkvist |
D |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
17:26 |
| Number 20 K. Capobianco |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
12:23 |
| Number 23 E. Lindell |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
|
23:17 |
| Number 46 I. Lyubushkin |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
14:12 |
| Number 55 T. Harley |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
+1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
23:25 |
Dallas Stars goalies
| Goalie |
SAShots against | SVSaves | GAGoals against | SV%Save percentage | TOITime on ice | DECDecision |
| Number 29 J. Oettinger |
25 |
22 |
3 |
.880 |
58:16 |
Loss |
Penalties
Penalties, Tampa Bay Lightning at Dallas Stars
| Period |
Time |
Team |
Player |
Infraction |
Minutes |
| 1st |
05:24 |
Tampa Bay Lightning |
Erik Cernak |
Hooking |
2 |
| 1st |
18:04 |
Tampa Bay Lightning |
Declan Carlile |
Roughing |
2 |
| 1st |
18:04 |
Dallas Stars |
Justin Hryckowian |
Roughing |
2 |
| 2nd |
06:16 |
Dallas Stars |
Jason Robertson |
Hooking |
2 |
| 2nd |
14:20 |
Tampa Bay Lightning |
Erik Cernak |
Interference |
2 |
| 3rd |
07:26 |
Dallas Stars |
Colin Blackwell |
Interference |
2 |
Game information
- Tampa Bay Lightning head coach
- Jon Cooper
- Dallas Stars head coach
- Glen Gulutzan
- Referees
- Chris Schlenker, Trevor Hanson
- Linesmen
- Andrew Smith, Ben O'Quinn
- Tampa Bay Lightning scratches
- Simon Lundmark
- Dallas Stars scratches
- Alexander Petrovic, Adam Erne, Nathan Bastian
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