Lightning vs. Kings Prediction, Odds & Stats - January 01, 2026

Scoreboard	1	2	3	Odds
Tampa Bay Lightning 50-26-4-2	1	1	3	+5.5
Los Angeles Kings 35-27-11-9	2	0	1	+105

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
Tampa Bay Lightning TB	+1.5 0	0	U+5.50
Los Angeles Kings LA	-1.5 0	0	O+5.50

time	fav	spread	money line	total
Opening 31 Dec 4:22pm	TB	-1.5 +180	-	O +5.5 -125
Closing 31 Dec 4:22pm	TB	-1.5 +180	-	O +5.5 -125

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

Tampa Bay Lightning TB Los Angeles Kings LA

	Stat
23	Games Won	16
13	Games Lost	13
5-5-0	Last 10	6-2-1-1
11-9-0	W L Streak	5-8-3-1
17-22	Against The Spread	14-24
85	Money	-930
11-9-0	Home	5-8-3-1
12-4-2-1	Away	11-5-1-4
17-18-4	Total	15-22-1

date	home-away	ats	o/u	LA:Shots	LA:Goals	LA:Assists	TB:Shots	TB:Goals	TB:Assists
01/01/2026	LA 3 - TB 5	TB	Over 5.5	20	3	5	24	5	9
12/18/2025	TB 1 - LA 2	LA	Under 5.5	20	2	2	32	1	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
05/03/2026	TB 1 - MON 2	L	Under 5	9	2	4
05/01/2026	MON 0 - TB 1 (OT)	W	Under 5.5	33	1	2
04/29/2026	TB 2 - MON 3	L	Under 5.5	24	3	5
04/26/2026	MON 2 - TB 3	W	Under 6	20	3	6
04/24/2026	MON 3 - TB 2	L	Under 6	17	2	2
04/21/2026	TB 3 - MON 2	W	Under 6	27	2	4
04/19/2026	TB 3 - MON 4 (OT)	L	Over 6	19	4	8
04/15/2026	TB 2 - NYR 4	L	Under 6.5	21	4	8
04/13/2026	TB 4 - DET 3	W	Over 6.5	30	3	5
04/11/2026	BOS 1 - TB 2	W	Under 6	24	2	4

date	score	ats	o/u	Shots	Goals	Assists
04/26/2026	LA 1 - COL 5	L	Over 5.5	25	1	2
04/23/2026	LA 2 - COL 4	L	Over 5.5	26	2	4
04/21/2026	COL 2 - LA 1	L	Under 5.5	36	2	4
04/19/2026	COL 2 - LA 1	L	Under 6	32	2	2
04/16/2026	CAL 3 - LA 1	L	Under 6	20	3	5
04/14/2026	VAN 4 - LA 3	L	Over 6	25	4	8
04/13/2026	SEA 3 - LA 5	W	Over 6	33	3	5
04/11/2026	LA 1 - EDM 0	W	Under 6.5	21	1	0
04/09/2026	LA 4 - VAN 1	W	Under 6	26	4	7
04/06/2026	LA 2 - NAS 2	L	Under 6	28	2	1

Tampa Bay Lightning TB Los Angeles Kings LA

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

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

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

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

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

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Los Angeles Kings LA

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Tampa Bay Lightning TB

Lightning are 6-1 in their last 7 in the fourth game of a 4-in-6 situation.

Over is 5-2 in Lightning last 7 games as a road underdog of +201 or greater.

Lightning are 50-15 in their last 65 games as a road favorite of -151 to -200.

Under is 6-0-1 in Lightning last 7 vs. a team with a losing record.

Over is 4-1 in Lightning last 5 games as a favorite.

Los Angeles Kings LA

Under is 5-1 in Kings last 6 home games vs. a team with a road winning % of greater than .600.

Over is 7-3-2 in Kings last 12 Thursday games.

Kings are 3-8 in their last 11 after scoring 2 goals or less in their previous game.

Under is 4-1 in Kings last 5 games as a favorite.

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

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	45-33	42-32-4
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

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	25-50	32-41-2
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

Tampa Bay Lightning

Pitchers

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Hitters

POS	Player

Los Angeles Kings

Pitchers

POS	Player

Hitters

POS	Player

Game Statistics

Shots

20.8

15.0

Shooting %

Penalties

Penalty Minutes

Power Plays

Goals

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

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
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	45-33	42-32-4
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

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	25-50	32-41-2
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

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