Los Angeles Kings vs Tampa Bay Lightning — December 18, 2025 Game Stats

Game Recap

The Los Angeles Kings defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 on December 18, 2025. Despite the result, the Tampa Bay Lightning held the edge in expected goals (7.54 to 4.13) at 5-on-5, indicating the Los Angeles Kings received favorable bounces or strong goaltending. The Tampa Bay Lightning created 6 high-danger scoring chances compared to 4 from the Los Angeles Kings at 5-on-5. Adrian Kempe scored 2 goals. Jake Guentzel was the most dangerous skater with 2.50 individual expected goals on 3 shots at 5-on-5. The Tampa Bay Lightning outshot the Los Angeles Kings 32-20 in total shots on goal.

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xG Gameflow — cumulative expected goals chart tracking each team's xG as Los Angeles Kings vs Tampa Bay Lightning progressed on Dec 18, 2025
Shot heatmap — where shots were taken on the ice, color-coded by scoring probability
Event timeline — every goal, penalty, and key play mapped chronologically
Player matchup grid — head-to-head on-ice performance in Corsi and expected goals
Strength filter — 5v5 by default, with options for power play, penalty kill, and all situations

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Dec 18, 2025 · Regular Season

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Overview

	Period	Corsi			Fenwick			Shots			SC			HDSC			xG			Goals
		F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%
TBL	P1	25	17	59.5	18	11	62.1	11	8	57.9	19	7	73.1	3	3	50.0	3.93	2.31	63.0	1	0	100.0
	P2	23	11	67.6	17	11	60.7	8	9	47.1	15	6	71.4	2	2	50.0	2.44	2.45	49.9	0	2	0.0
	P3	29	5	85.3	20	4	83.3	13	3	81.3	22	3	88.0	4	0	100.0	5.06	0.60	89.4	0	0	—
	Total	77	33	70.0	55	26	67.9	32	20	61.5	56	16	77.8	9	5	64.3	11.43	5.36	68.1	1	2	33.3
LAK	P1	17	25	40.5	11	18	37.9	8	11	42.1	7	19	26.9	3	3	50.0	2.31	3.93	37.0	0	1	0.0
	P2	11	23	32.4	11	17	39.3	9	8	52.9	6	15	28.6	2	2	50.0	2.45	2.44	50.1	2	0	100.0
	P3	5	29	14.7	4	20	16.7	3	13	18.8	3	22	12.0	0	4	0.0	0.60	5.06	10.6	0	0	—
	Total	33	77	30.0	26	55	32.1	20	32	38.5	16	56	22.2	5	9	35.7	5.36	11.43	31.9	2	1	66.7

Win Probability

TBL Favored

LAK Favored

Goal

Power Play

Gameflow — Cumulative xG

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Goal

Shot Density Heatmap

LAK Attempts

TBL Attempts

Individual Event Map

Player:

LAK ShootTBL Shoot

Goal

Attempt Blocked

Hit

Shot Blocked

Takeaway

Player Matchup Grid

This grid shows how every skater on the home team (TBL) performed against every skater on the away team (LAK) when they were on the ice at the same time.

Rows = TBL players, Columns = LAK players. Forwards are listed first, then defensemen.
Green = the TBL player had a favorable matchup (above 50%). Red = unfavorable (below 50%).
Values shown from the home team's perspective. Toggle between CF% (shot attempt share) and xGF% (expected goal share).
Cells with fewer than 3 shared events are grayed out (insufficient sample). Hover over any cell for full details.

Stat:

TBL ↓ / LAK →	Kopitar	Turcotte	Helenius	Fiala	Foegele	Moore	Kuzmenko	Byfield	Kempe	Laferriere	Perry	Armia	Doughty	Edmundson	Anderson	Clarke	Ceci	Dumoulin
Guentzel	86	80	100	64	65	88	78	72	50	57	88	100	92	73	91	57	70	50
Point	91	53	25	80	71	67	57	88	0	67	60	90	81	67	88	50	70	57
Goncalves	88	57	14	60	67	60	55	88	67	86	25	67	62	70	69	55	67	62
Gourde	56	50	—	60	75	67	50	75	56	40	100	75	60	22	100	11	80	77
Cirelli	60	100	100	63	65	80	67	62	50	43	100	100	86	50	83	55	63	57
James	100	100	50	80	100	80	100	92	100	80	75	72	57	88	64	100	89	100
Girgensons	59	50	100	75	67	50	50	50	56	44	100	100	75	30	100	30	78	75
Douglas	—	100	50	100	—	—	—	100	100	0	70	64	33	100	33	100	100	100
Paul	83	86	—	77	73	71	80	76	86	67	100	67	89	71	93	56	67	60
Bjorkstrand	86	57	0	67	67	69	53	90	80	83	56	63	76	72	87	47	64	33
Holmberg	53	75	—	60	67	50	50	50	59	44	100	0	75	13	100	22	63	67
Raddysh	80	100	25	71	71	83	100	77	75	64	57	50	77	67	79	50	69	75
D'Astous	71	75	100	75	70	88	86	73	70	57	100	100	91	56	100	47	84	75
Moser	40	100	25	65	67	100	75	69	40	55	56	63	72	50	78	53	33	56
McDonagh	60	75	100	55	63	83	71	70	61	58	100	86	73	50	100	50	73	75
Crozier	0	56	33	—	50	56	55	83	0	0	50	88	57	62	71	55	33	45
Carlile	50	56	33	—	—	56	47	—	50	50	40	75	63	58	71	47	33	17