Tampa Bay Lightning @ Los Angeles Kings

24-13-3, 13-4-3 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Lightning TB	1	1	3	5
Kings LA	2	0	1	3

Los Angeles KingsKingsLA

16-14-9, 5-9-4 Home

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Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Kings
2
Lightning
1

Game 1

12/18

Lightning
5
Kings
3

Game 2

1/1

crypto.com Arena

7:00 PM, January 1, 2026Coverage: ESPN+

Los Angeles, CA

Attendance: 18,001

Referees:
Francis Charron
Brandon Schrader

Linesmen:
Julien Fournier
Kilian McNamara

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Tampa Bay	26	13	3	55
Montreal	24	13	6	54
Detroit	25	15	4	54
Buffalo	22	15	4	48
Florida	22	17	3	47
Toronto	20	15	7	47
Boston	22	19	2	46
Ottawa	20	17	5	45

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Vegas	18	11	12	48
Edmonton	21	16	6	48
Seattle	20	14	7	47
San Jose	22	18	3	47
Los Angeles	18	14	10	46
Anaheim	21	19	3	45
Calgary	18	21	4	40
Vancouver	16	21	5	37

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Tampa Bay Lightning @ Los Angeles Kings

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Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

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