Tampa Bay Lightning @ Los Angeles Kings

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

Final

	1	2	3	T
Lightning TB	1	1	3	5
Kings LA	2	0	1	3

Los Angeles KingsKingsLA

16-14-9, 5-9-4 Home

Tampa Bay Lightning


forwards
Oliver BjorkstrandO. Bjorkstrand#22
Anthony CirelliA. Cirelli#71
Zemgus GirgensonsZ. Girgensons#28
Gage GoncalvesG. Goncalves#93
Yanni GourdeY. Gourde#37
Jake GuentzelJ. Guentzel#59
Brandon HagelB. Hagel#38
Pontus HolmbergP. Holmberg#29
Dominic JamesD. James#17
Nikita KucherovN. Kucherov#86
Nick PaulN. Paul#20
Brayden PointB. Point#21
defensemen
Declan CarlileD. Carlile#67
Erik CernakE. Cernak#81
Maxwell CrozierM. Crozier#24
Charle-Edouard D'AstousC. D'Astous#51
J.J. MoserJ.J. Moser#90
Darren RaddyshD. Raddysh#43

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	10:21	1:13	0:00	9:08	0	0	0.0
1	1	2	4	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	21	17:13	1:28	1:39	14:06	8	5	61.5
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	17	12:24	0:00	1:22	11:02	0	1	0.0
1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	20	16:50	0:26	0:00	16:24	1	0	100.0
0	0	1	1	0	0	1	5	1	0	0	17	15:18	0:00	1:31	13:47	3	7	30.0
0	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	19	17:44	2:17	0:00	15:27	1	3	25.0
0	1	2	3	2	0	0	0	3	0	1	20	18:32	0:27	1:35	16:30	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	16	11:55	0:00	0:00	11:55	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	11	9:23	0:00	0:00	9:23	5	4	55.6
1	2	3	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	25	20:51	2:15	0:00	18:36	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	13	9:58	0:25	0:12	9:21	1	1	50.0
2	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	18:56	2:17	0:00	16:39	5	3	62.5
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	16	11:24	0:00	0:00	11:24	0	0	0.0
0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	5	0	0	26	20:13	0:00	1:37	18:36	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	3	1	2	0	0	1	17	14:25	0:00	0:00	14:25	0	0	0.0
0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	3	0	2	25	21:39	0:29	1:28	19:42	0	0	0.0
0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	24	24:49	0:00	1:42	23:07	0	0	0.0
0	2	2	0	4	1	1	2	0	0	0	26	24:55	2:13	1:34	21:08	0	0	0.0

goalies
Jonas JohanssonJ. Johansson#31

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
20	3	17	.850	16	1	0	0	0	60:00	0

Los Angeles Kings


forwards
Joel ArmiaJ. Armia#40
Quinton ByfieldQ. Byfield#55
Kevin FialaK. Fiala#22
Warren FoegeleW. Foegele#37
Samuel HeleniusS. Helenius#79
Adrian KempeA. Kempe#9
Anze KopitarA. Kopitar#11
Andrei KuzmenkoA. Kuzmenko#96
Alex LaferriereA. Laferriere#14
Jeff MalottJ. Malott#39
Corey PerryC. Perry#10
Alex TurcotteA. Turcotte#15
defensemen
Mikey AndersonM. Anderson#44
Cody CeciC. Ceci#5
Brandt ClarkeB. Clarke#92
Drew DoughtyD. Doughty#8
Brian DumoulinB. Dumoulin#2
Joel EdmundsonJ. Edmundson#6

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-1	3	1	0	0	0	2	1	2	21	15:11	1:01	1:04	13:06	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	23	19:01	2:09	1:11	15:41	3	8	27.3
1	1	-3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	20	19:22	2:09	0:00	17:13	1	0	100.0
0	0	-1	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	2	23	15:45	0:00	0:59	14:46	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	10	7:22	0:00	0:00	7:22	1	3	25.0
0	0	-2	1	1	2	0	0	3	0	0	20	18:37	1:02	0:27	17:08	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	2	1	2	1	1	2	21	16:53	0:58	0:37	15:18	5	6	45.5
1	1	-2	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	19	16:47	2:08	0:00	14:39	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	20	17:25	1:00	1:05	15:20	3	1	75.0
1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	11	7:47	0:00	0:00	7:47	0	0	0.0
0	3	0	2	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	14	11:29	2:12	0:00	9:17	0	1	0.0
0	0	-2	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	19	15:49	0:00	0:00	15:49	11	5	68.8
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-2	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	1	23	21:35	0:00	2:02	19:33	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	20	15:45	0:00	0:41	15:04	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	4	1	5	0	0	0	1	2	25	20:20	2:18	0:00	18:02	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	25	22:15	0:52	0:00	21:23	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	2	20	16:50	0:00	0:42	16:08	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	23	19:19	0:01	2:00	17:18	0	0	0.0

goalies
Darcy KuemperD. Kuemper#35

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
23	4	19	.826	16	2	1	0	0	59:46	0

* - A player receives a "plus" if they are on the ice when their Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. They receive a "minus" if on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

		1	2	3	T
	Lightning	1	1	3	5
	Kings	2	0	1	3

1st Period		TB	LA
3:34	Brayden Point (8) (Power Play) Assists: Jake Guentzel (22), Nikita Kucherov (34)	1	0
4:43	Jeff Malott (3) Assists: Corey Perry (10)	1	1
6:14	Andrei Kuzmenko (8) (Power Play) Assists: Corey Perry (11), Kevin Fiala (13)	1	2

2nd Period			TB	LA
18:07		Brayden Point (9) Assists: Darren Raddysh (21), J.J. Moser (10)	2	2

3rd Period		TB	LA
1:37	Kevin Fiala (14) (Power Play) Assists: Corey Perry (12), Andrei Kuzmenko (6)	2	3
16:41	Anthony Cirelli (11) Assists: Brandon Hagel (17), Nikita Kucherov (35)	3	3
18:19	Gage Goncalves (4) Assists: Jake Guentzel (23), Anthony Cirelli (13)	4	3
19:15	Nikita Kucherov (19) (Empty Net) Assists: Darren Raddysh (22)	5	3

Nikita Kucherov scores goal vs. Kings

0:20

Gage Goncalves lights the lamp for Lightning

0:38

Anthony Cirelli lights the lamp

0:45

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Kings
2
Lightning
1

Game 1

19/12

Lightning
5
Kings
3

Game 2

2/1

crypto.com Arena

12:00 AM, 2 January 2026

Los Angeles, CA

Attendance: 18,001

Referees:
Francis Charron
Brandon Schrader

Linesmen:
Julien Fournier
Kilian McNamara

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	15	3	45
Toronto	19	15	6	44
Boston	21	18	2	44
Ottawa	19	15	5	43

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Edmonton	20	15	6	46
Vegas	17	10	11	45
Anaheim	21	16	3	45
San Jose	20	17	3	43
Seattle	17	14	7	41
Los Angeles	16	14	9	41
Calgary	18	18	4	40
Vancouver	16	20	3	35

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