Los Angeles Kings 2, Tampa Bay Lightning 1: final score and stats
Los Angeles Kings beat Tampa Bay Lightning, Los Angeles Kings 2 to Tampa Bay Lightning 1, on Thursday, December 18, 2025 at Benchmark International Arena, Tampa, FL. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Tampa Bay Lightning vs Los Angeles Kings.
NHLThursday, December 18, 2025
DateDec 18, 2025
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenueBenchmark International Arena, Tampa, FL
TVESPN+
Attendance19,092
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Kings | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Tampa Bay Lightning | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Los Angeles KingsTampa Bay Lightning
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
15-10-9Record18-13-3
7th in Pacific DivisionStanding2nd in Atlantic Division
3-5Road record / home record8-0
LLWLWLast 5WLWWW
L2StreakW1
Team stats
Los Angeles KingsTampa Bay Lightning
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.
Los Angeles Kings
Kevin Fiala LW · Lower Leg - Surgery
Injured ReserveJakub Dvorak D · Upper Body
Injured ReserveDrew Doughty D · Lower Body - Not Specified
Day-To-DayErik Gustafsson D · Undisclosed - Not Specified
Day-To-DayTampa Bay Lightning
Erik Cernak D · Undisclosed
OutBrayden Point C · Undisclosed - Not Specified
Injured ReserveBox score
Los Angeles Kings Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joel Armia | 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 Byfield | 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 Fiala | 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 Foegele | 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 Helenius | 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 Kempe | 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 Kopitar | 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 Kuzmenko | 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 Laferriere | 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 Moore | 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 Perry | 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 Turcotte | 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 |
Los Angeles Kings Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mikey Anderson | 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 Ceci | 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 Clarke | 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 Doughty | 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 Dumoulin | 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 Edmundson | 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 |
Los Angeles Kings Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anton Forsberg | 1 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 31 | .969 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20:54 | 6:08 | 0:00 | 14:46 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Cirelli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:40 | 2:57 | 1:02 | 11:41 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 75.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Curtis Douglas | 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 | 0 |
| Zemgus Girgensons | 0 | 3 | 0 | -2 | 13:57 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:57 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gage Goncalves | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 17:26 | 4:03 | 0:00 | 13:23 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Yanni Gourde | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 17:22 | 0:58 | 0:00 | 16:24 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Guentzel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26:45 | 6:14 | 1:02 | 19:29 | 24 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 40.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pontus Holmberg | 1 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 15:37 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 15:37 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 33.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dominic James | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13:58 | 1:30 | 0:00 | 12:28 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 33.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Paul | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17:31 | 2:31 | 0:00 | 15:00 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 83.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Brayden Point | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:04 | 6:03 | 0:00 | 16:01 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 50.0 | 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:45 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:45 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Max Crozier | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:31 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:31 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charle-Edouard D'Astous | 2 | 3 | 0 | -2 | 21:33 | 1:07 | 0:03 | 20:23 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan McDonagh | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 17:49 | 0:00 | 0:59 | 16:50 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JJ Moser | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:00 | 0:01 | 0:59 | 21:00 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darren Raddysh | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26:01 | 6:13 | 0:03 | 19:45 | 25 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tampa Bay Lightning Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrei Vasilevskiy | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 18 | .900 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 57:08 | 0 | 0 |
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Los Angeles Kings vs Tampa Bay Lightning?
Los Angeles Kings won, 2-1, on Thursday, December 18, 2025.
What was the final score of Los Angeles Kings vs Tampa Bay Lightning?
Los Angeles Kings 2, Tampa Bay Lightning 1.
Who were the top performers?
Los Angeles Kings: Adrian Kempe (2 goals). Tampa Bay Lightning: Oliver Bjorkstrand (1 goals).
Where is Los Angeles Kings vs Tampa Bay Lightning played?
Benchmark International Arena, Tampa, FL.
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