Los Angeles Kings at Tampa Bay Lightning, 2025-12-18

NHL · Dec 18, 2025

Los Angeles Kings15-10-9

2–1

Final

Tampa Bay Lightning18-13-3

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The Kings slipped past the Lightning 2–1 at Benchmark International Arena. A. Kempe took first star with 2 goals.

Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Kings	0	2	0	2	20
Lightning	1	0	0	1	32

★ Three Stars

1A. KempeLAK · 2G 0A

2A. ForsbergLAK

3A. CirelliTBL · 0G 1A

Scoring Summary

1st Period

12:54

Oliver Bjorkstrand (Anthony Cirelli, Jake Guentzel)PP

0-1

2nd Period

05:21

Adrian Kempe (Anze Kopitar, Corey Perry)

1-1

15:58

Adrian Kempe

2-1

Boxscore

Kings2

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Adrian KempeR	2	0	2	+2	4	2	1	1	15:41
Corey PerryR	0	1	1	0	12	2	0	0	12:42
Anze KopitarC	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	1	19:06
Warren FoegeleL	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	0	16:27
Joel ArmiaR	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	11:58
Quinton ByfieldR	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	19:12
Kevin FialaL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	15:54
Samuel HeleniusC	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	6:20
Alex LaferriereR	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	15:01
Trevor MooreL	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	16:45
Alex TurcotteC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	10:57
Mikey AndersonD	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	5	22:45
Cody CeciD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	18:32
Brandt ClarkeD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	3	15:48
Drew DoughtyD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	24:19
Brian DumoulinD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	3	18:40
Joel EdmundsonD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	3	1	19:15
Andrei KuzmenkoL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	12:20

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Anton ForsbergStart	32	31	1	.969	60:00
Pheonix Copley	0	0	0	-	0:00

Lightning1

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Oliver BjorkstrandR	1	0	1	0	0	5	1	0	20:54
Anthony CirelliC	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	15:40
Jake GuentzelC	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	1	26:45
Zemgus GirgensonsC	0	0	0	-2	0	4	3	0	13:57
Gage GoncalvesC	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	17:26
Yanni GourdeC	0	0	0	-2	0	2	1	0	17:22
Pontus HolmbergR	0	0	0	-2	0	1	2	1	15:37
Dominic JamesC	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	13:58
Nikita KucherovR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Nick PaulL	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	17:31
Brayden PointC	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	22:04
Max CrozierD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	13:31
Charle-Edouard D'AstousD	0	0	0	-2	0	1	3	2	21:33
Ryan McDonaghD	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	17:49
J.J. MoserD	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	22:00
Darren RaddyshD	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	26:01
Curtis DouglasC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6:59
Declan CarlileD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	11:45

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Andrei VasilevskiyStart	20	18	2	.900	57:08
Jonas Johansson	0	0	0	-	0:00