NHL Game Preview: Tampa Bay Lightning at Los Angeles Kings with Line Combinations 1/1/2026

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Tampa Bay Lightning (23-13-3, 49 pts) at Los Angeles Kings (16-13-9, 41 pts)

Venue: crypto.com Arena
Date: Thursday, January 1
Time: 7:00 pm EST
How To Watch: ESPN+/The Spot/FDSNW

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Tampa Bay Lightning News & Notes:

The Lightning picked up a 5-3 overtime win over the Ducks last night. They’ve won five straight, averaging 4.6 goals per game while allowing 2.8 goals per game.

Los Angeles Kings News & Notes:

The Kings suffered a 5-2 loss to the Avalanche on Monday. They’ve dropped seven of their last nine games, going 2-5-2, averaging 2.1 goals per game while allowing 2.8 goals per game.

Tampa Bay Lightning Projected Lines:

Goncalves-Point-Kucherov
Hagel-Cirelli-Guentzel
Holmberg-Gourde-Girgensons
Paul-James-Bjorkstrand

Moser-Raddysh
D’astous-Cernak
Carlile-Crozier

Johansson
Vasilevskiy

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Los Angeles Kings Projected Lines

Laferriere-Kopitar-Kempe
Foegele-Byfield-Moore
Fiala-Turcotte-Kuzmenko
Armia-Helenius-Perry

Anderson-Doughty
Edmundson-Clarke
Dumoulin-Ceci

Kuemper
Forsberg

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Players To Watch:

Tampa Bay Lightning

Oliver Bjorkstrand scored the Lightning’s lone goal in their loss to the Kings last month.

Los Angeles Kings

Adrian Kempe scored both of the Kings’ goals in their 2-1 win over Tampa Bay on December 18th.

Injury Report:

Tampa Bay Lightning

D Emil Lilleberg – OUT
D Victor Hedman – IR
F Scott Sabourin – DTD
D Ryan McDonagh – IR

Los Angeles Kings

None

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