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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

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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
Brandon Hagel, LW Suspension Apr 25
Oliver Bjorkstrand, RW Out Apr 19
Los Angeles Kings Los Angeles Kings Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Tanner Jeannot, LW Out Apr 20

Game Information

Amalie Arena

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

2024-25 Pacific Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Vegas 50 22 110 10
Los Angeles 48 25 105 9
Edmonton 48 29 101 5
Calgary 41 27 96 14
Vancouver 38 30 90 14
Anaheim 35 37 80 10
Seattle 35 41 76 6
San Jose 20 50 52 12

2024-25 Atlantic Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Toronto 52 26 108 4
Tampa Bay 47 27 102 8
Florida 47 31 98 4
Ottawa 45 30 97 7
Montreal 40 31 91 11
Detroit 39 35 86 8
Buffalo 36 39 79 7
Boston 33 39 76 10
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