Los Angeles Kings vs Tampa Bay Lightning
On the ice
LA shoots leftTB shoots right 
Shots on goal
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LA | 8 | 9 | 3 | 20 |
| TB | 11 | 8 | 13 | 32 |
In net
Anton Forsberg31/32 SV, .969
Andrei Vasilevskiy18/20 SV, .900| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LA | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| TB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Who won: Kings 2-1
The Los Angeles Kings beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 on Thursday, December 18, 2025 at Benchmark International Arena. The Kings lead the series 1-0. The Kings outscored the Lightning 2-0 in the 2nd period. Adrian Kempe led the Kings in goals (2). Oliver Bjorkstrand led the Lightning in goals (1).
| Forwards | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joel ArmiaRW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11:58 | 0:00 | 2:24 | 9:34 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Quinton ByfieldRW | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19:12 | 0:00 | 3:16 | 15:56 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 30.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin FialaLW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:54 | 1:02 | 0:00 | 14:52 | 18 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Warren FoegeleLW | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16:27 | 0:00 | 2:45 | 13:42 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Samuel HeleniusC | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6:20 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 6:20 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 75.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Adrian KempeRW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 15:41 | 1:02 | 0:00 | 14:39 | 20 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Anze KopitarC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 19:06 | 1:02 | 2:29 | 15:35 | 23 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 11 | 57.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrei KuzmenkoLW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:20 | 1:02 | 0:00 | 11:18 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex LaferriereRW | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15:01 | 0:00 | 0:49 | 14:12 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevor MooreLW | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 16:45 | 0:00 | 2:53 | 13:52 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corey PerryRW | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12:42 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 12:42 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| Alex TurcotteC | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10:57 | 0:00 | 0:02 | 10:55 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenses | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mikey AndersonD | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22:45 | 0:00 | 2:47 | 19:58 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Cody CeciD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:32 | 0:00 | 2:41 | 15:51 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandt ClarkeD | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:48 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 15:48 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Drew DoughtyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24:19 | 1:02 | 2:35 | 20:42 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian DumoulinD | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18:40 | 0:00 | 2:26 | 16:14 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Joel EdmundsonD | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 19:15 | 0:00 | 4:13 | 15:02 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Goalies | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anton ForsbergG | 1 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 31 | .969 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 |
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