Tampa Bay Lightning 4, Dallas Stars 1: final score and stats
Tampa Bay Lightning beat Dallas Stars, Tampa Bay Lightning 4 to Dallas Stars 1, on Sunday, January 18, 2026 at American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Dallas Stars vs Tampa Bay Lightning.
NHLSunday, January 18, 2026
DateJan 18, 2026
Start time2:00 PM ET
VenueAmerican Airlines Center, Dallas, TX
TVNHL Net
Attendance18,532
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Lightning | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Dallas Stars | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Tampa Bay LightningDallas Stars
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
30-13-4Record27-13-9
2nd in Atlantic DivisionStanding4th in Central Division
4-6Road record / home record6-4
WLWWWLast 5WLWWL
W1StreakW1
Team stats
Tampa Bay LightningDallas Stars
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
Tampa Bay Lightning
Erik Cernak D · Undisclosed
OutBrayden Point C · Undisclosed - Not Specified
Injured ReserveDallas Stars
Miro Heiskanen D · Upper Body
OutKyle Capobianco D · Leg
Injured ReserveOskar Back C · Finger - Fracture
Injured ReserveMatt Duchene C · Abdomen
Injured ReserveLuke Krys D · Undisclosed
Injured ReserveBox score
Tampa Bay Lightning Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oliver Bjorkstrand | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14:19 | 2:46 | 0:00 | 11:33 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Cirelli | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15:58 | 1:06 | 2:07 | 12:45 | 20 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 30.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Finley | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11:34 | 0:07 | 0:00 | 11:27 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 25.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Zemgus Girgensons | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14:05 | 0:00 | 1:44 | 12:21 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gage Goncalves | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:20 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:20 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanni Gourde | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 16:51 | 0:00 | 1:53 | 14:58 | 22 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 38.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Guentzel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:56 | 4:00 | 0:00 | 13:56 | 18 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Hagel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:03 | 3:53 | 1:16 | 12:54 | 21 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pontus Holmberg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:43 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 14:43 | 20 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dominic James | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11:14 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:14 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 60.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nikita Kucherov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:48 | 4:00 | 0:00 | 12:48 | 19 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Paul | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 14:39 | 0:00 | 0:59 | 13:40 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 60.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Tampa Bay Lightning Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Declan Carlile | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13:06 | 0:00 | 0:40 | 12:26 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Erik Cernak | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:57 | 0:08 | 0:00 | 16:49 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Max Crozier | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:16 | 0:00 | 2:24 | 17:52 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Charle-Edouard D'Astous | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 22:20 | 0:46 | 0:00 | 21:34 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JJ Moser | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 21:24 | 0:00 | 3:19 | 18:05 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Darren Raddysh | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 22:27 | 3:14 | 1:38 | 17:35 | 22 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Tampa Bay Lightning Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrei Vasilevskiy | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 19 | .950 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 |
Dallas Stars Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oskar Back | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10:52 | 0:00 | 1:42 | 9:10 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamie Benn | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:43 | 0:26 | 0:00 | 11:17 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Colin Blackwell | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 11:40 | 0:03 | 1:12 | 10:25 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Mavrik Bourque | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11:57 | 1:07 | 0:00 | 10:50 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 25.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Duchene | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 18:13 | 1:06 | 0:00 | 17:07 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Radek Faksa | 0 | 5 | 0 | -1 | 13:20 | 0:02 | 1:42 | 11:36 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 75.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roope Hintz | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 17:57 | 2:51 | 0:00 | 15:06 | 18 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 75.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Hryckowian | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11:15 | 0:00 | 1:06 | 10:09 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Wyatt Johnston | 2 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 18:33 | 2:51 | 0:00 | 15:42 | 21 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mikko Rantanen | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 18:46 | 3:34 | 0:00 | 15:12 | 20 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Robertson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 19:57 | 3:33 | 0:00 | 16:24 | 19 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Sam Steel | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 17:00 | 0:00 | 2:19 | 14:41 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 75.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Dallas Stars Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Capobianco | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 12:23 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 12:23 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Thomas Harley | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:25 | 1:09 | 1:39 | 20:37 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Miro Heiskanen | 2 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 23:48 | 2:51 | 2:21 | 18:36 | 23 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Esa Lindell | 3 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 23:17 | 0:22 | 3:26 | 19:29 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nils Lundkvist | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:26 | 0:05 | 0:00 | 17:21 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ilya Lyubushkin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:12 | 0:00 | 0:33 | 13:39 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dallas Stars Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Oettinger | 3 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 22 | .880 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 58:16 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
Season series
TB wins series 2-0
Jan 18, 2026TB 4, DAL 1
Oct 30, 2025DAL 1, TB 2
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Tampa Bay Lightning vs Dallas Stars?
Tampa Bay Lightning won, 4-1, on Sunday, January 18, 2026.
What was the final score of Tampa Bay Lightning vs Dallas Stars?
Tampa Bay Lightning 4, Dallas Stars 1.
Who were the top performers?
Tampa Bay Lightning: Jake Guentzel (1 goals). Dallas Stars: Oskar Back (1 goals).
Where is Tampa Bay Lightning vs Dallas Stars played?
American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX.
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