NHL Game Preview: Los Angeles Kings at Tampa Bay Lightning with Line Combinations 12/18/2025 | Inside The Rink
HomeNHLNHL Game Preview: Los Angeles Kings at Tampa Bay Lightning with Line Combinations 12/18/2025
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Los Angeles Kings (14-10-9) at Tampa Bay Lightning (18-12-3)
Venue: Benchmark International Arena
Date: Thursday, December 18
Time: 7:00 pm EST
How To Watch: FDSW, The Spot, ESPN+
Radio: 560 AM WQAM, 102.5 The Bone
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Los Angeles Kings News & Notes:
The Kings have lost six of their last eight games after a 3-2 loss to the Florida Panthers on Wednesday. LA is 31st in the NHL in power play efficiency at 14.7 percent.
Tampa Bay Lightning News & Notes:
The Lightning have lost two games in a row after a 5-2 loss to the Florida Panthers on Monday. Tampa Bay is second in the NHL in penalty killing at 85 percent.
Los Angeles Kings Projected Lines
Laferriere-Kopitar-Kempe
Fiala-Byfield-Foegele
Kuzmenko-Turcotte-Moore
Armia-Helenius-Perry
Anderson-Doughty
Edmundson-Clarke
Dumoulin-Ceci
Copley
Forsberg
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Tampa Bay Lightning Projected Lines:
Hagel-Cirelli-Kucherov
Guentzel-Point-Bjorkstrand
Girgensons-Gourde-Holmberg
Douglas-Paul-Sabourin
Moser-Raddysh
D’Astous-McDonagh
Carlile-Crozier
Vasilevskiy
Johansson
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Players To Watch:
Los Angeles Kings
Adrian Kempe leads the Kings with 28 points. Kevin Fiala is second on the team with 23 points.
Tampa Bay Lightning
Nikita Kucherov leads the Lightning with 42 points. Jake Guentzel is second on the team with 33 points.
Injury Report:
Los Angeles Kings
F Phillip Danault – OUT
G Darcy Kuemper – IR
Tampa Bay Lightning
D Erik Cernak – Day to day
D Victor Hedman – IR
D Emil Lilleberg – Day to day
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