The Tampa Bay Lightning lost 2-1 to the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday night. Andrei Vasilevskiy and Ryan McDonagh returned to the lineup, Nikita Kucherov was scratched due to illness while Brandon Hagel missed the game with an upper-body injury. Anthony Cirelli left the game in the 3rd period and didn't return. Oliver Bjorkstrand scored the lone goal for the Lightning, his 5th of the season.

<p>The Tampa Bay Lightning lost 2-1 to the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday night. Andrei Vasilevskiy and Ryan McDonagh returned to the lineup, Nikita Kucherov was scratched due to illness while Brandon Hagel missed the game with an upper-body injury. Anthony Cirelli left the game in the 3rd period and didn't return. Oliver Bjorkstrand scored the lone goal for the Lightning, his 5th of the season.</p>

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