Kings vs. Lightning Prediction, Odds & Stats - December 18, 2025

Scoreboard	1	2	3	Odds
Los Angeles Kings 35-27-11-9	0	2	0	+5.5
Tampa Bay Lightning 50-26-4-2	1	0	0	+190

Date	Result	Competition
05/03/26	Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 ) Tampa Bay Lightning TB ( 50-26-4-2 ) 2 - 1	Atlantic
05/01/26	Tampa Bay Lightning TB ( 50-26-4-2 ) Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 ) 1 - 0	Atlantic
04/29/26	Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 ) Tampa Bay Lightning TB ( 50-26-4-2 ) 3 - 2	Atlantic
04/26/26	Tampa Bay Lightning TB ( 50-26-4-2 ) Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 ) 3 - 2	Atlantic
04/26/26	Colorado Avalanche COL ( 55-16-5-6 ) Los Angeles Kings LA ( 35-27-11-9 ) 5 - 1	Central
04/24/26	Tampa Bay Lightning TB ( 50-26-4-2 ) Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 ) 2 - 3	Atlantic
04/23/26	Colorado Avalanche COL ( 55-16-5-6 ) Los Angeles Kings LA ( 35-27-11-9 ) 4 - 2	Central
04/21/26	Los Angeles Kings LA ( 35-27-11-9 ) Colorado Avalanche COL ( 55-16-5-6 ) 1 - 2	Pacific
04/21/26	Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 ) Tampa Bay Lightning TB ( 50-26-4-2 ) 2 - 3	Atlantic
04/19/26	Los Angeles Kings LA ( 35-27-11-9 ) Colorado Avalanche COL ( 55-16-5-6 ) 1 - 2	Pacific
04/16/26	Los Angeles Kings LA ( 35-27-11-9 ) Calgary Flames CAL ( 34-39-6-3 ) 1 - 3	Pacific
04/14/26	Los Angeles Kings LA ( 35-27-11-9 ) Vancouver Canucks VAN ( 25-49-6-2 ) 3 - 4	Pacific

Team	Puckline	Moneyline	Over / Under
Los Angeles Kings LA	+1.5 0	0	U+5.50
Tampa Bay Lightning TB	-1.5 0	0	O+5.50

time	fav	spread	money line	total
Opening 17 Dec 10:16pm	LA	-1.5 +125	-	O +5.5 -120
Closing 17 Dec 10:16pm	LA	-1.5 +125	-	O +5.5 -120

Nikita Kucherov Right Wing Los Angeles	130	Points	73	Adrian Kempe Right Wing Tampa Bay
Nikita Kucherov Right Wing Los Angeles	43	+ / -	19	Anze Kopitar Center Tampa Bay
Nikita Kucherov Right Wing Los Angeles	231	Shots	226	Adrian Kempe Right Wing Tampa Bay
Charle-Edouard D'Astous Defense Los Angeles	112	Penalty Mins	63	Brandt Clarke Defense Tampa Bay
Andrei Vasilevskiy Goaltender Los Angeles	39	Wins	19	Darcy Kuemper Goaltender Tampa Bay
Anton Forsberg Goaltender Tampa Bay	2.6	GAA	2.3	Andrei Vasilevskiy Goaltender Los Angeles

Jake Guentzel Left Wing Los Angeles	8	Points	4	Alex Laferriere Right Wing Tampa Bay
Brandon Hagel Left Wing Los Angeles	6	+ / -	0	Andrei Kuzmenko Left Wing Tampa Bay
Nikita Kucherov Right Wing Los Angeles	31	Shots	17	Quinton Byfield Right Wing Tampa Bay
Samuel Helenius Center Tampa Bay	14	Penalty Mins	13	Brandon Hagel Left Wing Los Angeles
Andrei Vasilevskiy Goaltender Los Angeles	3	Wins	0	Mikey Anderson Defense Tampa Bay
Anton Forsberg Goaltender Tampa Bay	2.7	GAA	2.2	Andrei Vasilevskiy Goaltender Los Angeles

Los Angeles Kings LA Tampa Bay Lightning TB

	Stat
14	Games Won	18
10	Games Lost	12
6-2-1-1	Last 10	5-5-0
4-6-3-1	W L Streak	8-8-0
12-21	Against The Spread	14-19
-880	Money	-100
4-6-3-1	Home	8-8-0
10-4-1-4	Away	10-4-2-1
13-19-1	Total	13-16-4

date	home-away	ats	o/u	TB:Shots	TB:Goals	TB:Assists	LA:Shots	LA:Goals	LA:Assists
01/01/2026	LA 3 - TB 5	TB	Over 5.5	24	5	9	20	3	5
12/18/2025	TB 1 - LA 2	LA	Under 5.5	32	1	2	20	2	2
01/30/2025	TB 3 - LA 0	TB	Under 5.5	28	0	0	33	3	3
01/04/2025	LA 2 - TB 1	LA	Under 5.5	34	1	2	21	2	2
03/23/2024	LA 4 - TB 3	LA	Over 6	24	3	4	23	4	5
01/09/2024	TB 3 - LA 2	TB	Under 6.5	22	2	4	29	3	4
01/28/2023	TB 5 - LA 2	TB	Over 6	28	2	3	25	5	8
10/25/2022	LA 4 - TB 2	LA	Under 6	25	2	2	33	4	7
01/18/2022	LA 4 - TB 6	TB	Over 5.5	25	6	8	36	4	3
12/14/2021	TB 3 - LA 2	TB	Under 5.5	30	2	4	30	3	5
01/29/2020	LA 2 - TB 4	TB	Under 6	24	4	8	34	2	4
01/14/2020	TB 3 - LA 3	LA	Under 6	41	3	5	38	3	5
02/25/2019	TB 3 - LA 3	LA	Under 6	33	3	4	34	3	5
01/03/2019	LA 2 - TB 6	TB	Over 6	33	6	9	30	2	2
02/10/2018	TB 4 - LA 3	TB	Over 5.5	47	3	6	28	4	6
11/09/2017	LA 2 - TB 5	TB	Over 5.5	43	5	10	24	2	4

date	score	ats	o/u	Shots	Goals	Assists
04/26/2026	LA 1 - COL 5	L	Over 5.5	32	5	8
04/23/2026	LA 2 - COL 4	L	Over 5.5	23	4	4
04/21/2026	COL 2 - LA 1	L	Under 5.5	25	1	2
04/19/2026	COL 2 - LA 1	L	Under 6	25	1	2
04/16/2026	CAL 3 - LA 1	L	Under 6	28	1	2
04/14/2026	VAN 4 - LA 3	L	Over 6	34	3	6
04/13/2026	SEA 3 - LA 5	W	Over 6	30	5	4
04/11/2026	LA 1 - EDM 0	W	Under 6.5	27	0	0
04/09/2026	LA 4 - VAN 1	W	Under 6	25	1	2
04/06/2026	LA 2 - NAS 2	L	Under 6	31	2	4

date	score	ats	o/u	Shots	Goals	Assists
05/03/2026	TB 1 - MON 2	L	Under 5	29	1	2
05/01/2026	MON 0 - TB 1 (OT)	W	Under 5.5	30	0	0
04/29/2026	TB 2 - MON 3	L	Under 5.5	40	2	2
04/26/2026	MON 2 - TB 3	W	Under 6	18	2	4
04/24/2026	MON 3 - TB 2	L	Under 6	29	3	5
04/21/2026	TB 3 - MON 2	W	Under 6	34	3	5
04/19/2026	TB 3 - MON 4 (OT)	L	Over 6	23	3	6
04/15/2026	TB 2 - NYR 4	L	Under 6.5	31	2	4
04/13/2026	TB 4 - DET 3	W	Over 6.5	22	4	6
04/11/2026	BOS 1 - TB 2	W	Under 6	21	1	1

Los Angeles Kings LA Tampa Bay Lightning TB

avg	rank	edge in	rank	avg
3.0	7	Goals Per Game	6	3.1
2.1	3	Goals Against Per Game	10	2.9
17.4	26	Shots Per Game	24	19.6
12.6	1	Shots Against Per Game	16	25.0
17.2	2	Shooting %	4	16.1
17.0	24	Opponent Shooting %	12	11.4
4.86	7	Shot Differential Per Game	26	-5.43
17.2	2	Scoring Efficiency Ratio	4	16.1
.830	10	Save %	4	.890
.900	6	Opponent Save %	2	.860
5.7	27	Penalty Minutes Per Game	1	50.7
0.29	12	Power Play Goals Per Game	2	1
0.14	1	Power Play Goals Against Per Game	14	1.29
14.3	17	Power Play %	11	21.2
90.9	2	Penalty Kill %	12	82.0
1.54	24	Blocks To Shots On Goal Ratio	10	2.24

Los Angeles Kings LA

	Season stats	rank
Goals Against	2.9	7
Shots Against	27.17	11
Penalty Kill (%)	75	30
Shutouts	6	5
Penalty Mins	648	8

Tampa Bay Lightning TB

	Season stats	rank
Goals Against	2.79	3
Shots Against	26.7	8
Penalty Kill (%)	83	3
Shutouts	2	22
Penalty Mins	1106	32

Los Angeles Kings LA

	Season stats	rank
Goals	2.68	29
Shots	28.01	17
Power Play (%)	17	29
Faceoff (%)	50	17
Penalty Mins	671	19

Tampa Bay Lightning TB

	Season stats	rank
Goals	3.49	4
Shots	28.11	14
Power Play (%)	21	15
Faceoff (%)	47	29
Penalty Mins	1207	1

Los Angeles Kings LA

player (position)	status		ats*current	o/u*	notes
Alex Turcotte (C)	Ques Sun	Undisclosed - 14 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Jeff Malott (LW)	Questionable	Undisclosed - 10 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Samuel Helenius (C)	Ques Thurs	Undisclosed - 29 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Adrian Kempe (RW)	Ques Tues	Lower Body - 24 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Adrian Kempe (RW)	Ques Thurs	Lower Body - 16 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Quinton Byfield (RW)	Ques Sat	Upper Body - 03 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Darcy Kuemper (G)	Ques Thurs	Illness - 02 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Joel Armia (RW)	Out indefinitely	Upper Body - 27 / 02 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Andrei Kuzmenko (LW)	out for season	Knee - 27 / 02 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Drew Doughty (D)	Ques Thurs	Lower Body - 27 / 02 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details

Tampa Bay Lightning TB

player (position)	status		ats*current	o/u*	notes
Nick Paul (LW)	Ques Fri	Illness - 29 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Pontus Holmberg (RW)	Ques Sun	Upper Body - 22 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Charle-Edouard D'Astous (D)	Ques Fri	Undisclosed - 20 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Zemgus Girgensons (LW)	Ques Mon	Undisclosed - 11 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Darren Raddysh (D)	Ques Wed	Undisclosed - 11 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Brandon Hagel (LW)	Ques Sat	Lower Body - 09 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Scott Sabourin (RW)	Ques Mon	Undisclosed - 01 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Brandon Hagel (LW)	Ques Tues	Undisclosed - 01 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Nikita Kucherov (RW)	Ques Tues	Illness - 29 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Victor Hedman (D)	Out indefinitely	Personal - 20 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details

Los Angeles Kings LA

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Tampa Bay Lightning TB

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Los Angeles Kings LA

Kings are 9-3 in their last 12 in the fourth game of a 4-in-6 situation.

Over is 4-1 in Kings last 5 Thursday games.

Kings are 1-6 in their last 7 after scoring 2 goals or less in their previous game.

Under is 5-1 in Kings last 6 games as a favorite.

Kings are 5-1 in their last 6 games as an underdog of +201 or greater.

Tampa Bay Lightning TB

Lightning are 7-3 in their last 10 after scoring 2 goals or less in their previous game.

Under is 4-0-1 in Lightning last 5 vs. a team with a losing record.

Under is 5-1-1 in Lightning last 7 following a home loss of 3 or more goals.

Lightning are 6-24 in their last 30 games as an underdog of +201 or greater.

Over is 7-2-3 in Lightning last 12 games as a home favorite of -151 to -200.

Team	Win / Loss	ATS	OU
Colorado Avalanche COL	55-16	43-38	34-37-10
Dallas Stars DAL	50-20	31-47	39-35-4
Minnesota Wild MIN	46-24	42-41	47-31-5
Vegas Golden Knights VEG	39-26	36-47	41-35-7
Edmonton Oilers EDM	41-30	35-43	42-27-9
Utah Mammoth UTAH	43-33	30-47	37-33-7
Anaheim Ducks ANA	43-33	34-49	39-36-8
Los Angeles Kings LA	35-27	39-36	29-36-10
San Jose Sharks SJ	39-35	45-29	34-31-9
St. Louis Blues STL	37-33	37-33	31-35-4
Nashville Predators NAS	38-34	31-41	39-27-6
Winnipeg Jets WIN	35-35	45-29	34-31-9
Seattle Kraken SEA	34-37	44-27	29-35-7
Calgary Flames CAL	34-39	23-48	31-38-2
Chicago Blackhawks CHI	29-39	45-28	33-31-9
Vancouver Canucks VAN	25-49	31-40	39-25-7

Team	Win / Loss	ATS	OU
Carolina Hurricanes CAR	53-22	36-47	41-35-7
Buffalo Sabres BUF	50-23	49-36	45-34-6
Tampa Bay Lightning TB	50-26	35-45	33-38-9
Montreal Canadiens MON	48-24	49-36	45-34-6
Boston Bruins BOS	45-27	45-33	35-34-9
Ottawa Senators OTT	44-27	30-43	37-31-5
Pittsburgh Penguins PIT	41-25	46-30	38-30-8
Philadelphia Flyers PHI	43-27	33-44	37-34-6
Washington Capitals WAS	43-30	39-33	34-31-7
Detroit Red Wings DET	41-31	38-34	34-30-8
Columbus Blue Jackets CLB	40-30	39-33	34-31-7
NY Islanders Islanders NYI	43-34	27-42	37-27-5
New Jersey Devils NJ	42-37	28-44	31-37-4
Florida Panthers FLA	40-38	38-34	34-30-8
Toronto Maple Leafs TOR	32-36	30-41	40-23-8
NY Rangers Rangers NYR	34-39	35-35	30-38-2

Los Angeles Kings

Pitchers

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Hitters

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Tampa Bay Lightning

Pitchers

POS	Player

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Game Statistics

Shots

10.0

3.1

Shooting %

Penalties

Penalty Minutes

Power Plays

Goals

Team	Last 5 Matches
Los Angeles Kings LA ( 35-27-11-9 )	L L L L L
Tampa Bay Lightning TB ( 50-26-4-2 )	W L W L W

Nikita Kucherov Right Wing Los Angeles	130	Points	73	Adrian Kempe Right Wing Tampa Bay
Nikita Kucherov Right Wing Los Angeles	43	+ / -	19	Anze Kopitar Center Tampa Bay
Nikita Kucherov Right Wing Los Angeles	231	Shots	226	Adrian Kempe Right Wing Tampa Bay
Charle-Edouard D'Astous Defense Los Angeles	112	Penalty Mins	63	Brandt Clarke Defense Tampa Bay
Andrei Vasilevskiy Goaltender Los Angeles	39	Wins	19	Darcy Kuemper Goaltender Tampa Bay
Anton Forsberg Goaltender Tampa Bay	2.6	GAA	2.3	Andrei Vasilevskiy Goaltender Los Angeles

Jake Guentzel Left Wing Los Angeles	8	Points	4	Alex Laferriere Right Wing Tampa Bay
Brandon Hagel Left Wing Los Angeles	6	+ / -	0	Andrei Kuzmenko Left Wing Tampa Bay
Nikita Kucherov Right Wing Los Angeles	31	Shots	17	Quinton Byfield Right Wing Tampa Bay
Samuel Helenius Center Tampa Bay	14	Penalty Mins	13	Brandon Hagel Left Wing Los Angeles
Andrei Vasilevskiy Goaltender Los Angeles	3	Wins	0	Mikey Anderson Defense Tampa Bay
Anton Forsberg Goaltender Tampa Bay	2.7	GAA	2.2	Andrei Vasilevskiy Goaltender Los Angeles

Team	Win / Loss	ATS	OU
Colorado Avalanche COL	55-16	43-38	34-37-10
Dallas Stars DAL	50-20	31-47	39-35-4
Minnesota Wild MIN	46-24	42-41	47-31-5
Vegas Golden Knights VEG	39-26	36-47	41-35-7
Edmonton Oilers EDM	41-30	35-43	42-27-9
Utah Mammoth UTAH	43-33	30-47	37-33-7
Anaheim Ducks ANA	43-33	34-49	39-36-8
Los Angeles Kings LA	35-27	39-36	29-36-10
San Jose Sharks SJ	39-35	45-29	34-31-9
St. Louis Blues STL	37-33	37-33	31-35-4
Nashville Predators NAS	38-34	31-41	39-27-6
Winnipeg Jets WIN	35-35	45-29	34-31-9
Seattle Kraken SEA	34-37	44-27	29-35-7
Calgary Flames CAL	34-39	23-48	31-38-2
Chicago Blackhawks CHI	29-39	45-28	33-31-9
Vancouver Canucks VAN	25-49	31-40	39-25-7

Team	Win / Loss	ATS	OU
Carolina Hurricanes CAR	53-22	36-47	41-35-7
Buffalo Sabres BUF	50-23	49-36	45-34-6
Tampa Bay Lightning TB	50-26	35-45	33-38-9
Montreal Canadiens MON	48-24	49-36	45-34-6
Boston Bruins BOS	45-27	45-33	35-34-9
Ottawa Senators OTT	44-27	30-43	37-31-5
Pittsburgh Penguins PIT	41-25	46-30	38-30-8
Philadelphia Flyers PHI	43-27	33-44	37-34-6
Washington Capitals WAS	43-30	39-33	34-31-7
Detroit Red Wings DET	41-31	38-34	34-30-8
Columbus Blue Jackets CLB	40-30	39-33	34-31-7
NY Islanders Islanders NYI	43-34	27-42	37-27-5
New Jersey Devils NJ	42-37	28-44	31-37-4
Florida Panthers FLA	40-38	38-34	34-30-8
Toronto Maple Leafs TOR	32-36	30-41	40-23-8
NY Rangers Rangers NYR	34-39	35-35	30-38-2

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