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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

Game Information

Amalie Arena

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

2024-25 Pacific Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Edmonton 34 17 72 4
Vegas 33 17 72 6
Los Angeles 29 17 65 7
Vancouver 26 18 63 11
Calgary 26 21 60 8
Anaheim 24 24 54 6
Seattle 24 29 52 4
San Jose 15 35 37 7

2024-25 Atlantic Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Florida 34 20 71 3
Toronto 33 20 68 2
Tampa Bay 31 20 66 4
Ottawa 29 23 62 4
Detroit 28 22 61 5
Boston 27 24 60 6
Montreal 25 26 55 5
Buffalo 22 27 49 5
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