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Los Angeles Kings at Tampa Bay Lightning

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Vasilevskiy stops 28 shots, Hagel scores 2 goals and Tampa Bay blanks Los Angeles 3-0

David Rittich sprawls out for stellar glove save

Anthony Cirelli scored his fourth short-handed goal of the season for the Kings. The shutout was Vasilevskiy's second this season and 37th of his career.

David Rittich finished with 30 saves for Los Angeles, which has lost four straight. The Kings were shut out for the second consecutive game and fell to 2-7-1 in the past 10 games.

Hagel opened the scoring at 4:45 of the first period and opened up some breathing room with his second with less than five minutes to play. Cirelli scored an empty-net goal with 1:17 left.

Takeaways Kings: After playing 23:51 in his season debut on Wednesday, Drew Doughty was back in the lineup on Thursday. Los Angeles fell to 11-14-2 on the road.

Lightning: Defenseman Victor Hedman, who on Thursday was named captain for Team Sweden for the Four Nations Face-off, became the 10th Swedish-born player to appear in 1,100 career regular-season games. Vasilevskiy recorded his 21st career assist.

Key moment Los Angeles appeared to tie the game when Quinton Byfield converted a breakaway at 7:41 of the second period just after killing off a penalty. But Tampa Bay challenged for offside and the goal was overturned because Jacob Moverare entered the zone early.

Key stat The Kings were held to two or fewer goals for the seventh consecutive game.

Up Next The Kings are at Carolina and the Lightning host the Islanders both on Saturday night.

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Scoring Summary

Goal 1st Period 4:45 Brandon Hagel Goal (21) Wrist Shot, assists: Gage Goncalves (2), Andrei Vasilevskiy (1)
Goal 3rd Period 15:39 Brandon Hagel Goal (22) Wrist Shot, assists: Nikita Kucherov (52)
Goal 3rd Period 18:43 Anthony Cirelli Goal (19) Backhand, assists: Brandon Hagel (32)

Statistics

https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/la.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originLA https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/tb.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originTB
18 Blocked Shots 9
29 Hits 18
4 Takeaways 4
28 Shots 33
0 Power Play Goals 0
1 Power Play Opportunities 2
0.0 Power Play Percentage 0.0
0 Short Handed Goals 1
0 Shootout Goals 0
25 Faceoffs Won 31
44.6 Faceoff Win Percent 55.4
9 Giveaways 15
2 Total Penalties 1
4 Penalty Minutes 2
Tampa Bay Lightning Tampa Bay Lightning Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Victor Hedman, D Day-To-Day Mar 22
Maxwell Crozier, D Injured Reserve Mar 19
Declan Carlile, D Injured Reserve Mar 14
Dominic James, C Injured Reserve Mar 5
Los Angeles Kings Los Angeles Kings Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Andrei Kuzmenko, LW Injured Reserve Mar 6
Kevin Fiala, LW Injured Reserve Mar 6

Game Information

Benchmark International Arena

Location: Tampa, FL
Attendance: 19,092 | Capacity:

2025-26 Pacific Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Anaheim 38 27 80 4
Edmonton 34 28 77 9
Vegas 31 25 76 14
Los Angeles 28 25 72 16
Seattle 31 29 71 9
San Jose 32 30 70 6
Calgary 28 34 63 7
Vancouver 21 40 50 8

2025-26 Atlantic Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Buffalo 44 20 94 6
Tampa Bay 43 21 90 4
Montreal 38 21 86 10
Boston 39 23 86 8
Detroit 38 24 84 8
Ottawa 36 24 81 9
Florida 34 32 71 3
Toronto 29 29 71 13
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