NHL Recaps: Sunday, Jan 18, 2026

3 games: what happened that matters for your fantasy team, built from the play-by-play and shift charts.

Game recaps

Final

Full report

Tampa Bay Lightning

Dallas Stars

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.

•Dominic James had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 11:14.
•Jake Guentzel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:56.
•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.

Full report: shot map, shifts, lines, box score →

Detroit Red Wings edge Ottawa Senators 4–3 (OT)

Detroit Red Wings beat Ottawa Senators 4–3 in overtime at home. Alex DeBrincat (DET) led the scoring with 1G 1A. DET's first power-play unit (van Riemsdyk, Kane, Larkin, DeBrincat and Seider) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 4:40 together.

•Alex DeBrincat had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 7 shots in 23:14.
•Drake Batherson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:37.
•Andrew Copp had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:51.

Full report: shot map, shifts, lines, box score →

Edmonton Oilers rout St. Louis Blues 5–0

Edmonton Oilers beat St. Louis Blues 5–0 at home. Zach Hyman (EDM) led the scoring with 2G 1A. EDM's first power-play unit (Hyman, Nugent-Hopkins, Walman, McDavid and Bouchard) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:50 together.

•Zach Hyman had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 17:59.
•Vasily Podkolzin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:05.
•Connor McDavid had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 22:42.

Full report: shot map, shifts, lines, box score →

Goal of the night

The hardest tracked shot of the night: Lucas Raymond for DET vs OTT, 67.7 mph. Full game report →

Lucas Raymond (DET vs OTT): Odd-man rush, carried in, 3-on-2 at the blue line, 3 passes, 67.7 mph shot.

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Zach Hyman EDM	vs STL	2	1	3	4	0	1	17:59	—
Alex DeBrincat DET	vs OTT	1	1	2	7	1	1	23:14	—
Jake Guentzel TBL	at DAL	1	1	2	3	0	1	17:56	—
Dominic James TBL	at DAL	1	1	2	2	2	1	11:14	—
Vasily Podkolzin EDM	vs STL	1	1	2	2	2	0	14:05	—
Drake Batherson OTT	at DET	1	1	2	2	1	0	14:37	—
Connor McDavid EDM	vs STL	0	2	2	4	0	0	22:42	—
Andrew Copp DET	vs OTT	0	2	2	2	1	0	19:51	—
Mattias Ekholm EDM	vs STL	0	2	2	1	1	1	19:02	—

Line changes

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. Report →
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. Report →
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. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
James Reimer OTT	at DET	O	34	4	.882
Jordan Binnington STL	at EDM	L	28	5	.821
Connor Ingram EDM	vs STL	W	27	0	.1000
Jake Oettinger DAL	vs TBL	L	25	3	.880
John Gibson DET	vs OTT	W	22	3	.864
Andrei Vasilevskiy TBL	at DAL	W	20	1	.950

Next up: tonight's starting goalies, today's line combinations and today's games. Takeaways are generated from the numbers with fixed rules; nothing is written by a language model.