Los Angeles Kings vs Tampa Bay Lightning

NHL

Kings

15-10-9, 39 PTS

2-1

Final

Lightning

18-13-3, 39 PTS

Benchmark International Arena

TV: Sportsnet+

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	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Oliver BjorkstrandRW	0	1	0	0	20:54	6:08	0:00	14:46	20	1	5	0	5	1	0	1	0.0	0	0	0
Anthony CirelliC	0	0	0	0	15:40	2:57	1:02	11:41	17	0	9	1	1	0	12	4	75.0	1	0	0
Curtis DouglasC	0	0	0	0	6:59	0:00	0:00	6:59	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Zemgus GirgensonsC	0	3	0	-2	13:57	0:00	0:00	13:57	20	0	5	0	4	1	1	3	25.0	0	0	0
Gage GoncalvesC	0	2	1	0	17:26	4:03	0:00	13:23	20	0	2	0	2	1	0	1	0.0	1	1	2
Yanni GourdeC	0	1	0	-2	17:22	0:58	0:00	16:24	22	0	5	0	2	0	3	6	33.3	0	0	0
Jake GuentzelC	1	0	0	0	26:45	6:14	1:02	19:29	24	0	15	1	4	3	2	3	40.0	0	0	0
Pontus HolmbergRW	1	2	0	-2	15:37	0:00	0:00	15:37	20	0	3	0	1	2	1	2	33.3	2	0	0
Dominic JamesC	0	1	1	0	13:58	1:30	0:00	12:28	17	0	2	0	2	3	1	2	33.3	1	0	0
Nick PaulLW	0	2	0	0	17:31	2:31	0:00	15:00	19	0	3	0	1	2	10	2	83.3	3	0	0
Brayden PointC	0	0	0	0	22:04	6:03	0:00	16:01	23	0	5	0	3	2	5	5	50.0	1	0	0

Defenses	BS	HT	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	YTDG	S	SM
Declan CarlileD	0	1	0	11:45	0:00	0:00	11:45	14	1	0	2
Maxwell CrozierD	1	1	0	13:31	0:00	0:00	13:31	18	1	0	0
Charle-Edouard D'AstousD	2	3	-2	21:33	1:07	0:03	20:23	27	3	1	2
Ryan McDonaghD	0	0	-2	17:49	0:00	0:59	16:50	24	3	1	1
J.J. MoserD	2	0	0	22:00	0:01	0:59	21:00	24	3	2	1
Darren RaddyshD	0	1	0	26:01	6:13	0:03	19:45	25	7	3	2