Tonight your LA Kings face the Tampa Bay Lightning at Amille Arena in Tampa Bay, Florida. Your Kings are playing the second game of a back to back on this 7 game Eastern Confernce road trip.
Kings record before the game
(30-19-5)
Lightning record before the game
(37-14-3)
Tonight's starting lineup for your LA Kings
Alex Iafallo-Anze Kopitar-Tyler Toffoli
Tanner Pearson-Adrian Kempe-Dustin Brown
Kyle Clifford-Torrey Mitchell-Marian Gaborik
Andy Andreoff-Nick Shore-Jonny Brodzinski
Defense Pairings
Derek Forbort-Drew Doughty
Jake Muzzin-Paul LaDue
Alec Martinez-Christian Foli
Tonight's starting goalie for your LA Kings is Darcy Kuemper
Scratches for tonight's game: Jonathan Quick Michael Amadio Kevin Gravel
On the injury reserve Jeff Carter (ankle injury) Trevor Lewis (undisclosed)
At 1:05 in the 1st period the Lightning scored to take a early 1-0 lead. The goal was scored by number 91 Steven Stamkos, it was his (1st goal of the game and 21st of the season). Then at 5:02 the Kings tied the game at 1-1. The goal was scored by number 17 Jonny Brodzinski, it was his (1st goal of the game and 4th of the season). At 9:45 the Lightning struck again to make it 2-1. The goal was scored by number 17 Alex Killorn, it was his (1st goal of the game and 9th of the season).
At 3:12 in the 2nd period the Lightning made it 3-1. The goal was scored by number 13 Cedric Pacquette, it was his (1st goal of the game and 2nd of the season). Then at 14:43 it was 4-1 Lightning. The goal was scored by number 86 Nikita Kucherov, it was his (1st goal of the game and 29th of the season).
At 3:17 in the 3rd period the Kings cut the Bolts lead and half and made it a 2-4 game. The goal was scored by number 11 Anze Kopitar, it was his (1st goal of the game and 23rd of the season). Then at 13:05 the Kings made it a one goal game at 3-4. The goal was scored by number 5 Christian Folin, it was his (1st goal of the game and 3rd of the season).
Kings record after the game
(30-20-5)
Lightning record after the game
(38-14-3)