Los Angeles Kings at Tampa Bay Lightning

Thu, Dec 18, 2025 · Benchmark International Arena · 2025–26 Regular Season

Los Angeles Kings

2 – 1

Final

Tampa Bay Lightning

The Los Angeles Kings beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 2–1 on Thu, Dec 18, 2025 at Benchmark International Arena. Adrian Kempe scored twice. Anton Forsberg made 31 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 20–32.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
LAK	0	2	0	2	20
TBL	1	0	0	1	32

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	12:54	TBL	PP	Oliver Bjorkstrand (5) · wrist	Anthony Cirelli (10), Jake Guentzel (19)	0–1
2nd	05:21	LAK	EV	Adrian Kempe (12) · wrist	Anze Kopitar (11), Corey Perry (8)	1–1
2nd	15:58	LAK	EV	Adrian Kempe (13) · backhand	Unassisted	2–1

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	11:41	LAK	Adrian Kempe	cross checking	2
2nd	10:09	TBL	Gage Goncalves	high sticking	2
2nd	11:11	LAK	Kevin Fiala	holding	2
2nd	17:25	LAK	Mikey Anderson	tripping	2
3rd	07:45	LAK	Adrian Kempe	hooking	2
3rd	18:55	LAK	Corey Perry	holding the stick	2
3rd	18:55	LAK	Corey Perry	misconduct	10

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: LAK 1.69 · TBL 3.80 · xG% LAK 30.8

Los Angeles Kings

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
9	Adrian Kempe	R	2	0	2	+2	4	2	1	1		15:41	20
11	Anze Kopitar	C	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	1	57.7	19:06	23
10	Corey Perry	R	0	1	1	0	12	2	0	0		12:42	15
8	Drew Doughty	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0		24:19	24
44	Mikey Anderson	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	5		22:45	27
6	Joel Edmundson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	3	1		19:15	22
55	Quinton Byfield	R	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	30.0	19:12	23
2	Brian Dumoulin	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	3		18:40	20
5	Cody Ceci	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0		18:32	22
12	Trevor Moore	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1		16:45	18
37	Warren Foegele	L	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	0		16:27	21
22	Kevin Fiala	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		15:54	18
92	Brandt Clarke	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	3		15:48	20
14	Alex Laferriere	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2		15:01	20
96	Andrei Kuzmenko	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2		12:20	12
40	Joel Armia	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		11:58	15
15	Alex Turcotte	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	50.0	10:57	14
79	Samuel Helenius	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	75.0	6:20	7

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	Anton Forsberg	W	32	31	1	.969	60:00

Tampa Bay Lightning

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
59	Jake Guentzel	C	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	1	40.0	26:45	24
22	Oliver Bjorkstrand	R	1	0	1	0	0	5	1	0		20:54	20
71	Anthony Cirelli	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	75.0	15:40	17
43	Darren Raddysh	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0		26:01	25
21	Brayden Point	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	50.0	22:04	23
90	J.J. Moser	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2		22:00	24
51	Charle-Edouard D'Astous	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	3	2		21:33	27
27	Ryan McDonagh	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0		17:49	24
20	Nick Paul	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	83.3	17:31	19
93	Gage Goncalves	C	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0		17:26	20
37	Yanni Gourde	C	0	0	0	-2	0	2	1	0	33.3	17:22	22
29	Pontus Holmberg	R	0	0	0	-2	0	1	2	1	33.3	15:37	20
17	Dominic James	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	33.3	13:58	17
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	-2	0	4	3	0	25.0	13:57	20
24	Max Crozier	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		13:31	18
67	Declan Carlile	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		11:45	14
42	Curtis Douglas	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6:59	9
86	Nikita Kucherov	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0:00	0

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
88	Andrei Vasilevskiy	L	20	18	2	.900	57:08