After struggling to convert scoring changes, Tampa Bay has just 1 goal through the first 2 periods but makes it stick.

Hagel made it 2-0 at 15:39 of the third period after sending a pass to a streaking Kucherov for a breakaway. Rittich made the save on the breakaway, but Hagel beat Drew Doughty to the loose puck and scored on the rebound.

Anthony Cirelli scored his fourth short-handed goal of the season for Tampa Bay. The shutout was Andrei Vasilevskiy’s 37th of his career.

After a dreadful loss to the Blackhawks earlier this week, the Lightning defeated a solid Kings team by a score of 3-0.