Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Dallas StarsJan 18, 2026

FinalSunday, Jan 18, 2026· American Airlines Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
TBL	1	2	1	4		TBL	5	15	6	26
DAL	1	0	0	1		DAL	9	9	2	20

: TBL 57DAL 42
: TBL 4.24DAL 2.70
PP goals: TBL 0DAL 0
Hits: TBL 21DAL 16
Blocks: TBL 14DAL 14
PIM: TBL 6DAL 6
: TBL 40%DAL 60%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Dallas Stars 4–1

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Dallas Stars 4–1 at DAL. Jake Guentzel (TBL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for TBL: Bjorkstrand–Paul–Finley skated 9:46 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Dominic James had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 11:14.James
Points
Jake Guentzel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:56.Guentzel
New line
New look for TBL: Bjorkstrand–Paul–Finley skated 9:46 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Bjorkstrand Paul Finley
New line
New look for DAL: Benn–Blackwell–Faksa skated 7:29 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Benn Blackwell Faksa
New line
New look for TBL: Guentzel–Goncalves–James skated 8:22 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Guentzel Goncalves James
Luck
DAL scored 1 goal on 2.70 expected goals (42 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Charle-Edouard D'Astous (TBL) played 22:20, +3:38 up on his 18:42 season average over 69 games.D'Astous
Usage
Mavrik Bourque (DAL) played 11:57, −3:35 down on his 15:32 season average over 81 games.Bourque

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← TBL attacks left (bottom on phones)DAL attacks right (top on phones) →

DAL
TBL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 99 of 99 attempts · DAL 42 · TBL 57

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

DAL
TBL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

DAL pressure
TBL pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: TBL 50% of the game, DAL 24%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

DAL

TBL

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

DAL skaters (rows) against TBL skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the DAL side.

Matchup matrix

DAL xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	TBL	DAL
	55	35
	3.00	2.27
	2.86	2.22
	20	10
	2	1
	18	17
	−0.079	+0.079
	50%	24%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Tampa Bay Lightning

L1Gourde – Girgensons – Holmberg
10:4153% CF
L2Bjorkstrand – Paul – Finley
9:4633% CF
L3Kucherov – Cirelli – Hagel
9:0170% CF
L4Guentzel – Goncalves – James
8:2267% CF
D1Cernak – D'Astous
15:0473% CF
D2Raddysh – Moser
12:5258% CF
D3Crozier – Carlile
11:4954% CF

PP1Kucherov – Guentzel – Bjorkstrand – Raddysh – Hagel
3:28100% CF
PP2Kucherov – Guentzel – Cirelli – Hagel – D'Astous
0:25
PK1FGourde – Girgensons
1:43
PK2FCirelli – Hagel
1:04
PK1DCrozier – Moser
2:16
PK2DRaddysh – Carlile
0:29

Current TBL line combinations →

Dallas Stars

L1Duchene – Hintz – Robertson
9:5146% CF
L2Rantanen – Steel – Johnston
8:2437% CF
L3Benn – Blackwell – Faksa
7:2933% CF
L4Bäck – Bourque – Hryckowian
7:2260% CF
D1Lindell – Heiskanen
10:1038% CF
D2Lundkvist – Harley
9:4038% CF
D3Capobianco – Lyubushkin
6:0271% CF

PP1Rantanen – Hintz – Robertson – Heiskanen – Johnston
2:5180% CF
PP2Duchene – Rantanen – Robertson – Harley – Bourque
0:42
PK1FFaksa – Bäck
1:39
PK2FBlackwell – Steel
1:10
PK1DLindell – Heiskanen
2:19
PK2DLyubushkin – Harley
0:33

Current DAL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Tampa Bay Lightning

TBL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Yanni Gourde C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.08	0	0	0	16:51	—	—	63	50
Pontus Holmberg R	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.55	0	1	0	14:43	—	—	62	50
Zemgus Girgensons C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	3	0	0	14:05	—	—	56	47
Nick Paul L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:39	—	—	40	17
Oliver Bjorkstrand R	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.22	2	0	0	14:19	—	—	38	47
Jack Finley C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	11:34	—	—	29	38
Brandon Hagel L	L3	1	0	1	0	3	0.62	0	0	0	18:03	—	—	68	49
Nikita Kucherov R	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.84	0	2	0	16:48	—	—	64	52
Anthony Cirelli C	L3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.34	2	0	0	15:58	—	—	65	57
Jake Guentzel C	L4	1	1	2	+2	3	0.64	0	1	0	17:56	—	—	71	98
Gage Goncalves C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.07	1	1	0	11:20	—	—	64	66
Dominic James C	L4	1	1	2	+2	2	0.37	2	1	0	11:14	—	—	65	71
Charle-Edouard D'Astous D	D1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.22	1	1	0	22:20	—	—	67	83
Erik Cernak D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	1	1	4	16:57	—	—	70	81
Darren Raddysh D	D2	0	1	1	+2	4	0.17	2	2	0	22:27	—	—	66	41
J.J. Moser D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	3	0	21:24	—	—	57	33
Maxwell Crozier D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.02	1	1	0	20:16	—	—	45	77
Declan Carlile D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	0	2	13:06	—	—	57	83

TBL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Andrei Vasilevskiy(start)	W	20	19	1	.950	2.70	60:00

Dallas Stars

DAL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jason Robertson L	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.34	0	0	2	19:57	—	—	41	20
Matt Duchene C	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	18:13	—	—	25	10
Roope Hintz C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.29	2	1	0	17:57	—	—	30	15
Mikko Rantanen R	L2	0	0	0	-2	4	0.28	0	1	0	18:46	—	—	37	50
Wyatt Johnston C	L2	0	0	0	-3	2	0.58	0	2	0	18:33	—	—	35	40
Sam Steel C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	0	1	0	17:00	—	—	31	45
Radek Faksa C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	5	0	0	13:20	—	—	36	0
Jamie Benn L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:43	—	—	27	2
Colin Blackwell C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	2	11:40	—	—	54	20
Mavrik Bourque C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.10	3	0	0	11:57	—	—	55	79
Justin Hryckowian C	L4	0	0	0	+1	3	0.17	0	0	2	11:15	—	—	67	81
Oskar Bäck C	L4	1	0	1	0	1	0.71	0	0	0	10:52	—	—	62	70
Miro Heiskanen D	D1	0	0	0	-3	0	0.04	1	2	0	23:48	—	—	39	16
Esa Lindell D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.00	0	3	0	23:17	—	—	33	11
Thomas Harley D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	0	3	0	23:25	—	—	38	69
Nils Lundkvist D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.04	1	0	0	17:26	—	—	28	65
Ilya Lyubushkin D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	1	0	14:12	—	—	50	61
Kyle Capobianco D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	0	0	0	12:23	—	—	47	23

DAL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Oettinger(start)	L	25	22	3	.880	3.05	58:16

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Oskar Bäck (DAL) 1st 4:00 · assists Nils Lundkvist, Mavrik Bourque · Forecheck turnover · 11.8 mph shot.

Oskar Bäck · 1st 4:00 · DAL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 11.8 mph
Distance: 39 ft

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Dominic James · 1st 8:04 · TBL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 64.2 mph
Distance: 17 ft
Entry to goal: 1.7 s

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Brandon Hagel · 2nd 11:04 · TBL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 4-on-3
Passes: 0
Shot: 3.8 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Entry to goal: 6.6 s

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Jake Guentzel · 2nd 18:50 · TBL

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 29.4 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Entry to goal: 3.3 s
Type: rebound

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Pontus Holmberg · 3rd 17:59 · TBL EN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 0
Shot: 32.8 mph
Distance: 95 ft

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.

Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Dallas StarsJan 18, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Dallas Stars 4–1

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Tampa Bay Lightning

Dallas Stars

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Tampa Bay Lightning

Dallas Stars

Goal anatomy

Oskar Bäck · 1st 4:00 · DAL

Dominic James · 1st 8:04 · TBL

Brandon Hagel · 2nd 11:04 · TBL

Jake Guentzel · 2nd 18:50 · TBL

Pontus Holmberg · 3rd 17:59 · TBL EN