Tampa Bay LightningTBL 4–1 Final Dallas StarsDAL

Sunday, January 18, 2026

Final 1st2nd3rd T SOG
Tampa Bay LightningTBL 121 4 26
Dallas StarsDAL 100 1 20

No impact calculated for this game. Impacts are calculated for games in the next 7 days.

Highlights

Scoring

1st Period
4:00 DAL Oskar Bäck (4) Nils Lundkvist (4), Mavrik Bourque (9) · snap xG 0.67 0–1 ▶
8:04 TBL Dominic James (4) Jake Guentzel (28), Charle-Edouard D'Astous (14) · snap xG 0.15 1–1 ▶
2nd Period
11:04 TBL Brandon Hagel (23) Nikita Kucherov (46), Darren Raddysh (30) · wrist xG 0.09 2–1 ▶
18:50 TBL Jake Guentzel (21) Dominic James (6), Oliver Bjorkstrand (16) · backhand xG 0.37 3–1 ▶
3rd Period
17:59 TBL Pontus Holmberg (8)EN Yanni Gourde (12), J.J. Moser (11) · snap xG 0.53 4–1 ▶

Score away–home after each goal; season totals in parentheses.

Shot quality

Expected goals (xG) rate every unblocked shot by how often shots like it go in, from where it was taken, the shot type, the strength and what happened just before it. How it works

TBL 51%Deserve to win49% DAL
TBLDAL
4.07Expected goals2.88
4Goals (no shootout)1
2.53Expected goals, 5 on 51.95
57Shot attempts42
41Unblocked attempts26
26Shots on goal20

Game notes

What stood out as the game went on, from the play-by-play and the shifts. Time on the bench is counted in 5-on-5 play outside the penalty box; the note says the player sat, not why. Goals saved are against the shots' expected goals (xG).

3rd Period
16:05 DAL Pulled goalie Pulled goalie · Pulled Oettinger, down 3–1
With 3:55 left
17:27 DAL Pulled goalie Pulled goalie · Pulled Oettinger, down 3–1
With 2:33 left; TBL scored at 17:59 of the 3rd (4–1)

Shot map

TBL shoots ←Bigger circle: higher xG; filled: goal→ DAL shoots
Miro Heiskanen: snap, 59 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 0:42) Gage Goncalves: snap, 36 ft, xG 0.07 (P1 2:13) Nils Lundkvist: snap, 43 ft, xG 0.04 (P1 3:57) Mikko Rantanen: snap, 35 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 5:24) Yanni Gourde: snap, 42 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 6:12) Yanni Gourde: tip-in, 77 ft, xG 0.00 (P1 9:28) Yanni Gourde: tip-in, 7 ft, xG 0.08 (P1 10:59) Erik Cernak: snap, 38 ft, xG 0.04 (P1 11:38) Roope Hintz: snap, 34 ft, xG 0.07 (P1 13:46) Jake Guentzel: snap, 41 ft, xG 0.05 (P1 14:52) Brandon Hagel: backhand, 13 ft, xG 0.12 (P1 15:47) Mikko Rantanen: backhand, 20 ft, xG 0.11 (P1 17:27) Justin Hryckowian: backhand, 13 ft, xG 0.06 (P1 18:02) Justin Hryckowian: snap, 7 ft, xG 0.06 (P1 18:03) Jason Robertson: snap, 29 ft, xG 0.19 (P1 18:57) Jason Robertson: snap, 17 ft, xG 0.20 (P1 19:18) Miro Heiskanen: snap, 36 ft, xG 0.07 (P1 19:55) Anthony Cirelli: tip-in, 22 ft, xG 0.05 (P2 1:35) Nikita Kucherov: snap, 23 ft, xG 0.14 (P2 1:46) Jake Guentzel: wrist, 46 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 3:03) Zemgus Girgensons: snap, 38 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 4:40) Esa Lindell: snap, 56 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 5:11) Roope Hintz: tip-in, 17 ft, xG 0.05 (P2 5:17) Brandon Hagel: wrist, 20 ft, xG 0.16 (P2 6:06) Darren Raddysh: slap, 70 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 7:25) Jake Guentzel: wrist, 8 ft, xG 0.12 (P2 7:38) Darren Raddysh: slap, 41 ft, xG 0.08 (P2 7:53) Erik Cernak: snap, 51 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 9:05) Charle-Edouard D'Astous: tip-in, 11 ft, xG 0.06 (P2 9:52) Ilya Lyubushkin: snap, 45 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 10:16) Wyatt Johnston: snap, 9 ft, xG 0.45 (P2 10:19) Anthony Cirelli: snap, 13 ft, xG 0.16 (P2 10:37) Sam Steel: tip-in, 14 ft, xG 0.07 (P2 10:49) Max Crozier: snap, 64 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 11:42) Oliver Bjorkstrand: tip-in, 9 ft, xG 0.09 (P2 11:56) Jake Guentzel: snap, 38 ft, xG 0.06 (P2 13:45) Jake Guentzel: snap, 30 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 13:46) Charle-Edouard D'Astous: wrist, 7 ft, xG 0.06 (P2 13:47) Charle-Edouard D'Astous: wrist, 6 ft, xG 0.06 (P2 13:48) Thomas Harley: snap, 68 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 14:11) Roope Hintz: snap, 14 ft, xG 0.20 (P2 14:33) Wyatt Johnston: wrist, 10 ft, xG 0.16 (P2 14:46) Mikko Rantanen: snap, 35 ft, xG 0.05 (P2 14:59) Justin Hryckowian: snap, 28 ft, xG 0.08 (P2 17:25) Mikko Rantanen: snap, 29 ft, xG 0.09 (P2 18:26) Dominic James: snap, 19 ft, xG 0.18 (P2 18:47) Nikita Kucherov: snap, 52 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 0:46) Darren Raddysh: snap, 49 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 1:29) Mavrik Bourque: backhand, 19 ft, xG 0.12 (P3 1:54) Yanni Gourde: slap, 47 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 4:03) Pontus Holmberg: wrist, 47 ft, xG 0.04 (P3 4:27) Kyle Capobianco: snap, 66 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 6:31) Oliver Bjorkstrand: snap, 34 ft, xG 0.09 (P3 8:44) Radek Faksa: snap, 39 ft, xG 0.05 (P3 9:10) Brandon Hagel: tip-in, 13 ft, xG 0.10 (P3 9:19) Charle-Edouard D'Astous: snap, 12 ft, xG 0.09 (P3 10:51) Darren Raddysh: slap, 58 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 13:42) Brandon Hagel: tip-in, 16 ft, xG 0.05 (P3 14:00) Anthony Cirelli: tip-in, 9 ft, xG 0.10 (P3 14:09) Nikita Kucherov: wrist, 77 ft, xG 0.58 (P3 16:25) Dominic James: snap, 50 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 18:24) Ilya Lyubushkin: slap, 61 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 19:34) Oskar Bäck: GOAL, snap, 3 ft, xG 0.67 (P1 4:00) Dominic James: GOAL, snap, 23 ft, xG 0.15 (P1 8:04) Brandon Hagel: GOAL, wrist, 7 ft, xG 0.09 (P2 11:04) Jake Guentzel: GOAL, backhand, 12 ft, xG 0.37 (P2 18:50) Pontus Holmberg: GOAL, snap, 102 ft, xG 0.53 (P3 17:59)
About these numbers

xG comes from hockeystats.io's own model, a gradient-boosted tree model trained on every unblocked shot from the 2021-22 to 2025-26 regular seasons using the NHL's public play-by-play. Each shot's value is the share of similar shots that became goals. A team's xG is the sum over its shots; "deserve to win" asks how often the team would outscore its opponent if every shot went in at exactly that rate. Blocked shots count as attempts but have no xG (the NHL records where they were blocked, not where they were taken), so the map leaves them out.

Box score

Tampa Bay Lightning

Skater GAP+/− AttxG HitBlkTOI
Forwards
38 Brandon Hagel 101 0 70.53 0018:03
59 Jake Guentzel 112 +2 60.67 0117:56
37 Yanni Gourde 011 +1 60.10 0016:51
86 Nikita Kucherov 011 +1 40.73 0216:48
71 Anthony Cirelli 000 +1 60.31 2015:58
29 Pontus Holmberg 101 +1 20.56 0114:43
20 Nick Paul 000 -1 00.00 0014:39
28 Oliver Bjorkstrand 011 0 20.18 2014:19
28 Zemgus Girgensons 000 +1 20.04 3014:05
37 Jack Finley 000 0 00.00 2011:34
93 Gage Goncalves 000 +1 20.07 1111:20
17 Dominic James 112 +2 40.35 2111:14
Defense
43 Darren Raddysh 011 +2 60.15 2222:27
51 Charle-Edouard D'Astous 011 +1 60.27 1122:20
90 J.J. Moser 011 +1 10.00 2321:24
24 Max Crozier 000 +1 10.02 1120:16
81 Erik Cernak 000 0 20.07 1116:57
72 Declan Carlile 000 +1 00.00 2013:06
Goalie SAGA SVSV% xGA GSAx
Andrei Vasilevskiy 20119 .950 2.88 +1.88

Dallas Stars

Skater GAP+/− AttxG HitBlkTOI
Forwards
21 Jason Robertson 000 -2 40.39 0019:57
96 Mikko Rantanen 000 -2 70.27 0118:46
53 Wyatt Johnston 000 -3 30.61 0218:33
95 Matt Duchene 000 -2 10.00 0018:13
24 Roope Hintz 000 -1 50.32 2117:57
18 Sam Steel 000 -1 10.07 0117:00
12 Radek Faksa 000 -1 10.05 5013:20
22 Mavrik Bourque 011 +1 10.12 3011:57
14 Jamie Benn 000 0 00.00 1011:43
15 Colin Blackwell 000 -1 10.00 3011:40
49 Justin Hryckowian 000 +1 40.20 0011:15
10 Oskar Bäck 101 0 10.67 0010:52
Defense
4 Miro Heiskanen 000 -3 40.09 1223:48
55 Thomas Harley 000 +1 20.01 0323:25
23 Esa Lindell 000 -2 20.01 0323:17
5 Nils Lundkvist 011 0 10.04 1017:26
46 Ilya Lyubushkin 000 0 30.03 0114:12
20 Kyle Capobianco 000 -1 10.01 0012:23
Goalie SAGA SVSV% xGA GSAx
Jake Oettinger 25322 .880 2.97 -0.03

Skaters by time on ice. Goalie lines count shots with the goalie in net, from the NHL play-by-play.

Player ratings

What each player added to the result, in goals, from most to least. Hover a number for what it's made of.

Tampa Bay Lightning

Player Rating Points Shots On ice Pen FO Other GSAx TOI
59 Jake Guentzel C +3.46 +1.45 +0.43 +1.64 0.00 -0.05 -0.01 — 17:56
17 Dominic James C +2.80 +1.45 +0.23 +1.06 0.00 +0.01 +0.05 — 11:14
88 Andrei Vasilevskiy G +1.88 0.00 — — 0.00 — — +1.88 60:00
51 Charle-Edouard D'Astous D +1.73 +0.55 +0.17 +0.94 0.00 0.00 +0.07 — 22:20
86 Nikita Kucherov R +1.42 +0.70 +0.48 +0.18 0.00 0.00 +0.06 — 16:48
38 Brandon Hagel L +1.17 +0.75 +0.35 -0.08 +0.15 0.00 0.00 — 18:03
29 Pontus Holmberg R +1.14 +0.75 +0.37 0.00 0.00 0.00 +0.03 — 14:43
67 Declan Carlile D +0.89 0.00 0.00 +0.89 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 13:06
24 Max Crozier D +0.88 0.00 +0.01 +0.86 0.00 0.00 +0.01 — 20:16
93 Gage Goncalves C +0.79 0.00 +0.05 +0.72 0.00 0.00 +0.03 — 11:20
37 Yanni Gourde C +0.76 +0.70 +0.07 0.00 0.00 -0.03 +0.02 — 16:51
22 Oliver Bjorkstrand R +0.66 +0.55 +0.12 -0.03 0.00 0.00 +0.02 — 14:19
71 Anthony Cirelli C +0.46 0.00 +0.20 +0.32 0.00 -0.04 -0.02 — 15:58
43 Darren Raddysh D +0.33 +0.55 +0.10 -0.42 0.00 0.00 +0.10 — 22:27
81 Erik Cernak D +0.28 0.00 +0.05 +0.50 -0.30 0.00 +0.03 — 16:57
28 Zemgus Girgensons C -0.01 0.00 +0.03 -0.04 0.00 +0.01 0.00 — 14:05
90 J.J. Moser D -0.06 +0.55 0.00 -0.89 +0.15 0.00 +0.13 — 21:24
62 Jack Finley C -0.12 0.00 0.00 -0.08 0.00 -0.02 -0.02 — 11:34
20 Nick Paul L -0.85 0.00 0.00 -0.85 0.00 +0.02 -0.02 — 14:39

Dallas Stars

Player Rating Points Shots On ice Pen FO Other GSAx TOI
10 Oskar Bäck C +1.81 +0.75 +0.44 +0.62 0.00 +0.02 -0.02 — 10:52
22 Mavrik Bourque C +1.48 +0.55 +0.08 +0.92 0.00 -0.04 -0.02 — 11:57
55 Thomas Harley D +1.18 0.00 0.00 +1.04 0.00 0.00 +0.13 — 23:25
49 Justin Hryckowian C +1.16 0.00 +0.13 +1.00 0.00 +0.01 +0.02 — 11:15
5 Nils Lundkvist D +1.11 +0.70 +0.03 +0.38 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 17:26
46 Ilya Lyubushkin D +0.45 0.00 +0.02 +0.38 0.00 0.00 +0.05 — 14:12
96 Mikko Rantanen R +0.24 0.00 +0.17 -0.12 +0.15 0.00 +0.03 — 18:46
29 Jake Oettinger G -0.03 0.00 — — 0.00 — — -0.03 58:16
53 Wyatt Johnston C -0.20 0.00 +0.40 -0.70 0.00 0.00 +0.10 — 18:33
24 Roope Hintz C -0.21 0.00 +0.21 -0.53 0.00 +0.08 +0.03 — 17:57
18 Sam Steel C -0.21 0.00 +0.05 -0.32 0.00 +0.02 +0.05 — 17:00
14 Jamie Benn L -0.41 0.00 0.00 -0.40 0.00 +0.01 -0.02 — 11:43
12 Radek Faksa C -0.51 0.00 +0.03 -0.72 +0.15 +0.02 0.00 — 13:20
15 Colin Blackwell C -0.69 0.00 0.00 -0.52 -0.15 -0.02 0.00 — 11:40
20 Kyle Capobianco D -0.73 0.00 0.00 -0.72 0.00 0.00 -0.02 — 12:23
21 Jason Robertson L -0.75 0.00 +0.25 -0.83 -0.15 0.00 -0.02 — 19:57
95 Matt Duchene C -1.24 0.00 0.00 -1.22 0.00 0.00 -0.02 — 18:13
23 Esa Lindell D -1.34 0.00 0.00 -1.48 0.00 0.00 +0.13 — 23:17
4 Miro Heiskanen D -1.35 0.00 +0.06 -1.49 0.00 0.00 +0.08 — 23:48

An expected-goals take on Dom Luszczyszyn's Game Score: goals and assists, the quality of a player's own shots, shot quality for and against while they were on the ice at 5v5, penalties, faceoffs and puck plays, all in goals; goalies by goals saved above expected. From the NHL play-by-play and shift charts.