Tampa Bay Lightning 5, Los Angeles Kings 3: final score and stats
Tampa Bay Lightning beat Los Angeles Kings, Tampa Bay Lightning 5 to Los Angeles Kings 3, on Thursday, January 1, 2026 at crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles, CA. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Los Angeles Kings vs Tampa Bay Lightning.
NHLThursday, January 1, 2026
DateJan 1, 2026
Start time7:00 PM ET
Venuecrypto.com Arena, Los Angeles, CA
TVESPN+
Attendance18,001
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Lightning | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Los Angeles Kings | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Tampa Bay LightningLos Angeles Kings
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
24-13-3Record16-14-9
2nd in Atlantic DivisionStanding7th in Pacific Division
4-6Road record / home record2-6
WLWWWLast 5LLWLW
W1StreakL2
Team stats
Tampa Bay LightningLos Angeles Kings
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.
Tampa Bay Lightning
Erik Cernak D · Undisclosed
OutBrayden Point C · Undisclosed - Not Specified
Injured ReserveLos 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-DayBox score
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 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 10:21 | 1:13 | 0:00 | 9:08 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Cirelli | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 17:13 | 1:28 | 1:39 | 14:06 | 21 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 61.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zemgus Girgensons | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12:24 | 0:00 | 1:22 | 11:02 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gage Goncalves | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:50 | 0:26 | 0:00 | 16:24 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanni Gourde | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:18 | 0:00 | 1:31 | 13:47 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 30.0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Jake Guentzel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:44 | 2:17 | 0:00 | 15:27 | 19 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 25.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Hagel | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 18:32 | 0:27 | 1:35 | 16:30 | 20 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pontus Holmberg | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:55 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:55 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dominic James | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 9:23 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:23 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 55.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nikita Kucherov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20:51 | 2:15 | 0:00 | 18:36 | 25 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Paul | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 9:58 | 0:25 | 0:12 | 9:21 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brayden Point | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:56 | 2:17 | 0:00 | 16:39 | 23 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 62.5 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 11:24 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:24 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Erik Cernak | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 20:13 | 0:00 | 1:37 | 18:36 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Max Crozier | 3 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 14:25 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 14:25 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Charle-Edouard D'Astous | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 21:39 | 0:29 | 1:28 | 19:42 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| JJ Moser | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 24:49 | 0:00 | 1:42 | 23:07 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darren Raddysh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24:55 | 2:13 | 1:34 | 21:08 | 26 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Tampa Bay Lightning Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonas Johansson | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .850 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 |
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 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 15:11 | 1:01 | 1:04 | 13:06 | 21 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Quinton Byfield | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 19:01 | 2:09 | 1:11 | 15:41 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 27.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Fiala | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 19:22 | 2:09 | 0:00 | 17:13 | 20 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Warren Foegele | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 15:45 | 0:00 | 0:59 | 14:46 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Samuel Helenius | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7:22 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:22 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adrian Kempe | 2 | 3 | 0 | -2 | 18:37 | 1:02 | 0:27 | 17:08 | 20 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anze Kopitar | 2 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 16:53 | 0:58 | 0:37 | 15:18 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 45.5 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Andrei Kuzmenko | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 16:47 | 2:08 | 0:00 | 14:39 | 19 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Laferriere | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 17:25 | 1:00 | 1:05 | 15:20 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 75.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Malott | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7:47 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:47 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corey Perry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:29 | 2:12 | 0:00 | 9:17 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Alex Turcotte | 2 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 15:49 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 15:49 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 68.8 | 2 | 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 | 2 | 3 | 0 | -2 | 21:35 | 0:00 | 2:02 | 19:33 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cody Ceci | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:45 | 0:00 | 0:41 | 15:04 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandt Clarke | 5 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 20:20 | 2:18 | 0:00 | 18:02 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Drew Doughty | 2 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 22:15 | 0:52 | 0:00 | 21:23 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Brian Dumoulin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:50 | 0:00 | 0:42 | 16:08 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Joel Edmundson | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 19:19 | 0:01 | 2:00 | 17:18 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Los Angeles Kings Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darcy Kuemper | 4 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 19 | .826 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 59:46 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
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Jan 1, 2026TB 5, LA 3
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Tampa Bay Lightning vs Los Angeles Kings?
Tampa Bay Lightning won, 5-3, on Thursday, January 1, 2026.
What was the final score of Tampa Bay Lightning vs Los Angeles Kings?
Tampa Bay Lightning 5, Los Angeles Kings 3.
Who were the top performers?
Tampa Bay Lightning: Brayden Point (2 goals). Los Angeles Kings: Andrei Kuzmenko (1 goals).
Where is Tampa Bay Lightning vs Los Angeles Kings played?
crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles, CA.
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