Los Angeles Kings vs. Tampa Bay LightningDec 18, 2025

FinalThursday, Dec 18, 2025· Benchmark International Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
LAK	0	2	0	2		LAK	8	9	3	20
TBL	1	0	0	1		TBL	11	8	13	32

: LAK 33TBL 77
: LAK 1.50TBL 2.97
PP goals: LAK 0TBL 1
Hits: LAK 17TBL 18
Blocks: LAK 22TBL 7
PIM: LAK 20TBL 2
: LAK 45%TBL 55%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Los Angeles Kings edge Tampa Bay Lightning 2–1

Los Angeles Kings beat Tampa Bay Lightning 2–1 at TBL. Adrian Kempe (LAK) led the scoring with 2G 0A. TBL's first power-play unit (Guentzel, Bjorkstrand, Point, Raddysh and Cirelli) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 4:40 together.

Points
Adrian Kempe had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:41.Kempe
PP1
TBL's first power-play unit (Guentzel, Bjorkstrand, Point, Raddysh and Cirelli) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 4:40 together.Guentzel Bjorkstrand Point Raddysh Cirelli
Usage
Nikita Kucherov (TBL) played 0:00, −20:36 down on his 20:36 season average over 75 games.Kucherov
New line
New look for TBL: Guentzel–Paul–Cirelli skated 6:31 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (71.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Guentzel Paul Cirelli
Usage
Oliver Bjorkstrand (TBL) played 20:54, +7:21 up on his 13:33 season average over 79 games.Bjorkstrand
Usage
Jake Guentzel (TBL) played 26:45, +6:35 up on his 20:10 season average over 80 games.Guentzel
New line
New look for LAK: Perry–Armia–Helenius skated 4:23 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (37.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Perry Armia Helenius
New line
New look for TBL: Bjorkstrand–Point–Goncalves skated 5:00 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Bjorkstrand Point Goncalves

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← LAK attacks left (bottom on phones)TBL attacks right (top on phones) →

TBL
LAK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 110 of 110 attempts · TBL 77 · LAK 33

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

TBL
LAK
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

TBL pressure
LAK pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: LAK 16% of the game, TBL 50%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

TBL

LAK

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

TBL skaters (rows) against LAK skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the TBL side.

Matchup matrix

TBL xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	LAK	TBL
	35	74
	1.26	1.67
	1.22	1.61
	6	10
	5	4
	19	26
	−0.023	+0.023
	16%	50%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Los Angeles Kings

L1Moore – Turcotte – Kuzmenko
8:1343% CF
L2Fiala – Foegele – Byfield
7:2627% CF
L3Kopitar – Kempe – Laferriere
5:4640% CF
L4Perry – Armia – Helenius
4:2338% CF
D1Doughty – Anderson
17:4220% CF
D2Dumoulin – Ceci
13:2425% CF
D3Edmundson – Clarke
12:2244% CF

PP1Kopitar – Doughty – Fiala – Kempe – Kuzmenko
1:0250% CF
PK1FArmia – Moore
1:29
PK2FFoegele – Byfield
1:06
PK1DEdmundson – Anderson
2:12
PK2DDumoulin – Ceci
2:09

Current LAK line combinations →

Tampa Bay Lightning

L1Gourde – Girgensons – Holmberg
11:0456% CF
L2Guentzel – Paul – Cirelli
6:3171% CF
L3Bjorkstrand – Point – Goncalves
5:0033% CF
D1Raddysh – Moser
15:5267% CF
D2McDonagh – D'Astous
15:4076% CF
D3Crozier – Carlile
10:3650% CF

PP1Guentzel – Bjorkstrand – Point – Raddysh – Cirelli
4:4080% CF
PP2Gourde – Paul – D'Astous – Goncalves – James
1:07100% CF
PK1FGuentzel – Cirelli
1:02
PK1DMcDonagh – Moser
0:59

Current TBL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

12:54
TBLOliver BjorkstrandPP (Anthony Cirelli, Jake Guentzel)wrist0.36 xG
LAK: Dumoulin, Armia, Ceci, MooreTBL: Guentzel, Bjorkstrand, Point, Raddysh, Cirelli
LAK 0 – 1 TBL

2nd period

5:21
LAKAdrian Kempe (Anze Kopitar, Corey Perry)wrist0.03 xG
LAK: Kopitar, Doughty, Edmundson, Kempe, ClarkeTBL: McDonagh, Gourde, Girgensons, D'Astous, Holmberg
LAK 1 – 1 TBL
15:58
LAKAdrian Kempebackhand0.27 xG
LAK: Kopitar, Dumoulin, Ceci, Kempe, FoegeleTBL: McDonagh, Gourde, Girgensons, D'Astous, Holmberg
LAK 2 – 1 TBL

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Los Angeles Kings

LAK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Trevor Moore L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.22	2	1	0	16:45	—	—	29	41
Andrei Kuzmenko L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	0	2	0	12:20	—	—	36	47
Alex Turcotte C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	0	2	0	10:57	—	—	33	54
Quinton Byfield R	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.32	1	1	0	19:12	—	—	24	30
Warren Foegele L	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	2	0	0	16:27	—	—	32	76
Kevin Fiala L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	2	15:54	—	—	27	17
Anze Kopitar C	L3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	1	0	19:06	—	—	31	35
Adrian Kempe R	L3	2	0	2	+2	2	0.30	1	1	4	15:41	—	—	30	46
Alex Laferriere R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	2	0	15:01	—	—	36	8
Corey Perry R	L4	0	1	1	0	2	0.13	0	0	12	12:42	—	—	33	52
Joel Armia R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	1	0	0	11:58	—	—	26	17
Samuel Helenius C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	6:20	—	—	58	69
Drew Doughty D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	24:19	—	—	24	35
Mikey Anderson D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	1	5	2	22:45	—	—	19	28
Brian Dumoulin D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	0	3	0	18:40	—	—	33	62
Cody Ceci D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	18:32	—	—	25	65
Joel Edmundson D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	3	1	0	19:15	—	—	42	31
Brandt Clarke D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.00	1	3	0	15:48	—	—	45	45

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Anton Forsberg(start)	W	32	31	1	.969	2.97	60:00

Tampa Bay Lightning

TBL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Yanni Gourde C	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.06	1	0	0	17:22	—	—	64	38
Pontus Holmberg R	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.07	2	1	0	15:37	—	—	60	38
Zemgus Girgensons C	L1	0	0	0	-2	4	0.06	3	0	0	13:57	—	—	65	41
Jake Guentzel C	L2	0	1	1	0	4	0.47	0	1	0	26:45	—	—	75	58
Nick Paul L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	2	0	0	17:31	—	—	82	50
Anthony Cirelli C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.13	0	0	0	15:40	—	—	70	74
Brayden Point C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.55	0	0	0	22:04	—	—	66	52
Oliver Bjorkstrand R	L3	1	0	1	0	5	0.71	1	0	0	20:54	—	—	62	61
Gage Goncalves C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.24	2	0	2	17:26	—	—	57	64
Darren Raddysh D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.12	1	0	0	26:01	—	—	69	78
J.J. Moser D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	0	2	0	22:00	—	—	70	68
Charle-Edouard D'Astous D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.02	3	2	0	21:33	—	—	77	69
Ryan McDonagh D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	0	0	0	17:49	—	—	74	68
Maxwell Crozier D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	13:31	—	—	58	41
Declan Carlile D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	1	0	0	11:45	—	—	52	34
Dominic James C	—	0	0	0	0	2	0.24	1	0	0	13:58	—	—	82	92
Curtis Douglas C	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	6:59	—	—	67	71
Nikita Kucherov R	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0:00	—	—	—	—

TBL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Andrei Vasilevskiy(start)	L	20	18	2	.900	1.50	57:08

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Oliver Bjorkstrand (TBL PP) 1st 12:54 · assists Anthony Cirelli, Jake Guentzel · Odd-man rush · carried in · 3-on-2 at the blue line · 16.4 mph shot · 4.1 s from entry to goal.

Oliver Bjorkstrand · 1st 12:54 · TBL PP

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 16.4 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Entry to goal: 4.1 s

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Adrian Kempe · 2nd 5:21 · LAK

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 4
Shot: 81.3 mph
Distance: 45 ft
Entry to goal: 1.2 s

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Adrian Kempe · 2nd 15:58 · LAK

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 19.9 mph
Distance: 2 ft
Entry to goal: 2.5 s

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.