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Tampa Bay Lightning vs Los Angeles Kings

Regular season · Thursday, January 1, 2026 · Crypto.com Arena

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5–3

Final

SOG 24–20

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Game summary

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Los Angeles Kings 5-3 on Thursday, January 1, 2026 at Crypto.com Arena. The Lightning outshot the Kings 24-20.

Brayden Point scored twice. Jeff Malott, Andrei Kuzmenko, Kevin Fiala, Anthony Cirelli, Gage Goncalves and Nikita Kucherov also scored.

Jonas Johansson made 17 saves on 20 shots for the win; Darcy Kuemper stopped 19 of 23.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Tampa Bay LightningTBL113524
Los Angeles KingsLAK201320

Three stars

  1. ★1st starBrayden PointTBL · 2G 0A
  2. ★2nd starCorey PerryLAK · 0G 3A
  3. ★3rd starGage GoncalvesTBL · 1G 0A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Tired legs

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

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
1:37

2–3 · 3rd 1:37 · Fiala. TBL stayed on through an icing. Moser was 1:37 into his shift when it went in.

GoalTBL on iceLAK on ice

1–0 TBL

1st 3:34 · PP · Point

Long shift: Edmundson 1:14

1–1 LAK

1st 4:43 · Malott

Crozier 0:19

1–2 LAK

1st 6:14 · PP · Kuzmenko

Stuck out there: Moser 1:31

2–2 TBL

2nd 18:07 · Point

Doughty 0:26

2–3 LAK

3rd 1:37 · PP · Fiala

Stuck out there: Moser 1:37

3–3 TBL

3rd 16:41 · Cirelli

Clarke 0:55

4–3 TBL

3rd 18:19 · Goncalves

Edmundson 0:59

5–3 TBL

3rd 19:15 · EN · Kucherov

Kopitar 0:56

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

TBLLAK
24Shots on goal20
50%Faceoff %50%
1/2Power play2/3
11Penalty minutes9
22Hits20
12Blocked shots21
10Giveaways19
2Takeaways6

Penalties

  • 1st 02:52Anze Kopitar · tripping2 min
  • 1st 05:43Max Crozier · holding2 min
  • 2nd 14:12Declan Carlile · tripping2 min
  • 3rd 00:58Darren Raddysh · cross checking2 min
  • 3rd 05:33Drew Doughty · interference2 min
  • 3rd 20:00Corey Perry · fighting5 min
  • 3rd 20:00Yanni Gourde · fighting5 min

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