Tampa Bay Lightning @ Dallas Stars

24-13-3, 13-4-3 Away

25-9-7, 12-6-2 Home

Lightning

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
A. Vasilevskiy	15	7	2	1	2.33	.914
J. Johansson	9	6	1	0	2.83	.894

Stars

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
J. Oettinger	16	7	3	2	2.57	.907
C. DeSmith	9	2	4	1	2.44	.912

American Airlines Center

7:00 PM, 18 January 2026

Dallas, TX

DAL

Points

Nikita KucherovRW #86

54PTS

19G

35A

Mikko RantanenRW #96

56PTS

16G

40A

Goals

Nikita KucherovRW #86

19G

4PPG

110S

Jason RobertsonLW #21

24G

9PPG

159S

Assists

Nikita KucherovRW #86

35A

11PPA

16+/-

Mikko RantanenRW #96

40A

21PPA

3+/-

Tampa Bay Lightning

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Scott Sabourin RW	IR	6 Jan
Ryan McDonagh D	IR	3 Jan
Victor Hedman D	IR	1 Feb

team	GF/G	GAA	SF/G	SA/G	PIM	PPG	PCT	PPGA	PCT	SHG	SHGA
TB	3.35	2.65	27.4	26.7	530	23	18.0	22	83.7	3	0
DAL	3.41	2.68	25.3	27.9	357	37	29.8	23	82.2	2	0

Lightning Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
1/2/26	@LA	W5-3
12/31/25	@ANA	W4-3 OT
12/28/25	vsMTL	W5-4 SO
12/28/25	@FLA	W4-2
12/23/25	vsSTL	W4-1

Stars Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
1/2/26	@CHI	L4-3
1/1/26	vsBUF	L4-1
12/28/25	vsCHI	L4-3 SO
12/23/25	@DET	L4-3 OT
12/22/25	vsTOR	W5-1

Regular Season Series

TB leads 1-0

Stars
1
Lightning
2

Game 1

30/10

Lightning
Stars

Game 2

18/1

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Detroit	24	14	4	52
Tampa Bay	24	13	3	51
Montreal	22	12	6	50
Buffalo	21	14	4	46
Florida	21	16	3	45
Toronto	19	15	6	44
Boston	21	18	2	44
Ottawa	19	15	5	43

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Colorado	30	2	7	67
Dallas	25	9	7	57
Minnesota	24	10	7	55
Utah	19	19	3	41
Nashville	18	18	4	40
St. Louis	16	18	8	40
Chicago	15	18	7	37
Winnipeg	15	20	4	34

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Tampa Bay Lightning @ Dallas Stars

Goaltender Comparison

Game Information

Scoring Leaders

Nikita KucherovRW #86

Mikko RantanenRW #96

Nikita KucherovRW #86

Jason RobertsonLW #21

Nikita KucherovRW #86

Mikko RantanenRW #96

Injury Report

Team Stats

Regular Season Series

TB leads 1-0

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