Adrian Kempe broke a tie with 5:48 to play and Darcy Kuemper made 34 saves for the Kings while shutting out Tampa Bay over the final 58 1/2 minutes in their 2-1 win over the Lightning.
Kings goaltender Darcy Kuemper makes a glove save during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Tampa Bay Lightning, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025, in Los Angeles. LOS ANGELES –– The Kings have been pedestrian in some areas but they’ve been magical in others, specifically in the third period and at Crypto.com Arena, where they won their ninth straight home game by defeating the Tampa Bay Lightning, 2-1, on Saturday evening.
Game No. 1000 for Lewis, a 2006 first-rounder who won two Stanley Cups with the Kings, was all the more remarkable because of the way Lewis reached the milestone. A trusted checker and penalty killer with limited scoring punch and just six NHL fights, his offensive totals were lower than any other forward that reached the 1,000-game mark without accumulating at least 2,000 penalty minutes.
After failing to convert on one rush, they generated another. The Lightning’s Nathan Perbix took a spill in the neutral zone to give the Kings an odd-man attack momentarily. Perbix caught up to Alex Turcotte and attempted to tie up his stick, but Turcotte managed to slip the puck to a trailing Kempe, who rifled a shot home for his team-leading 19th goal of the campaign with 5:48 to play.
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