Los Angeles Kings vs Tampa Bay Lightning

Regular season · Thursday, December 18, 2025 · Benchmark International Arena

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2–1

Final

SOG 20–32

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Game summary

The Los Angeles Kings beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 on Thursday, December 18, 2025 at Benchmark International Arena. The Lightning outshot the Kings 32-20.

Adrian Kempe scored twice. Oliver Bjorkstrand also scored.

Anton Forsberg made 31 saves on 32 shots for the win; Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 18 of 20.

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

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Oliver Bjorkstrand (5)Anthony Cirelli (10), Jake Guentzel (19)0–112:54 TBL · PPG

2nd period

Adrian Kempe (12)Anze Kopitar (11), Corey Perry (8)1–105:21 LAK
Adrian Kempe (13)Unassisted2–115:58 LAK

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

GoalLAK on iceTBL on iceDefenders’ longest

0–1 TBL

1st 12:54 · PP · Bjorkstrand

Dumoulin 0:41

NormalDumoulin 0:41

1–1 LAK

2nd 5:21 · Kempe

Holmberg 0:42

NormalHolmberg 0:42

2–1 LAK

2nd 15:58 · Kempe

McDonagh 0:43

NormalMcDonagh 0:43

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2025–26).

3.9%

5.8%

6.5%

7.1%

7.3%

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

LAKTBL

20Shots on goal32

45%Faceoff %55%

0/1Power play1/5

20Penalty minutes2

17Hits18

22Blocked shots7

20Giveaways9

11Takeaways2

Penalties

1st 11:41Adrian Kempe · cross checking2 min
2nd 10:09Gage Goncalves · high sticking2 min
2nd 11:11Kevin Fiala · holding2 min
2nd 17:25Mikey Anderson · tripping2 min
3rd 07:45Adrian Kempe · hooking2 min
3rd 18:55Corey Perry · holding the stick2 min
3rd 18:55Corey Perry · misconduct10 min

Season series

Los Angeles Kings

Los Angeles Kings skaters

9Adrian KempeR	2	0	2	+2	2	1	1	4	–	15:41
10Corey PerryR	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	12	–	12:42
11Anze KopitarC	0	1	1	+2	0	0	1	0	58	19:06
12Trevor MooreL	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	–	16:45
14Alex LaferriereR	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	–	15:01
15Alex TurcotteC	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	50	10:57
22Kevin FialaL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	15:54
37Warren FoegeleL	0	0	0	+1	1	2	0	0	–	16:27
40Joel ArmiaR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	11:58
55Quinton ByfieldR	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	0	30	19:12
79Samuel HeleniusC	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	75	06:20
96Andrei KuzmenkoL	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	–	12:20
2Brian DumoulinD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	3	0	–	18:40
5Cody CeciD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	–	18:32
6Joel EdmundsonD	0	0	0	+1	1	3	1	0	–	19:15
8Drew DoughtyD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	–	24:19
44Mikey AndersonD	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	2	–	22:45
92Brandt ClarkeD	0	0	0	+1	2	1	3	0	–	15:48

Los Angeles Kings goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29Pheonix CopleyG		0	0	0	–	00:00
31Anton ForsbergG	W	32	31	1	.969	60:00

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters

22Oliver BjorkstrandR	1	0	1	0	5	1	0	0	–	20:54
59Jake GuentzelC	0	1	1	0	4	0	1	0	40	26:45
71Anthony CirelliC	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	75	15:40
17Dominic JamesC	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	33	13:58
20Nick PaulL	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	83	17:31
21Brayden PointC	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	50	22:04
28Zemgus GirgensonsC	0	0	0	-2	4	3	0	0	25	13:57
29Pontus HolmbergR	0	0	0	-2	1	2	1	0	33	15:37
37Yanni GourdeC	0	0	0	-2	2	1	0	0	33	17:22
42Curtis DouglasC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	06:59
86Nikita KucherovR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	00:00
93Gage GoncalvesC	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	–	17:26
24Max CrozierD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	13:31
27Ryan McDonaghD	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	–	17:49
43Darren RaddyshD	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	–	26:01
51Charle-Edouard D'AstousD	0	0	0	-2	1	3	2	0	–	21:33
67Declan CarlileD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	11:45
90J.J. MoserD	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	–	22:00

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Jonas JohanssonG		0	0	0	–	00:00
88Andrei VasilevskiyG	L	20	18	2	.900	57:08