The Kings had entered this game with 4 consecutive wins over the Lightning, but it wasn’t in the cards today to stretch that to 5 consecutive wins.
Willie O’Ree dropped the ceremonial puck at this Martin Luther King, Jr. Day matchup. O’Ree broke the NHL color carrier on January 18, 1958.
Daryl Sutter entered the game tied for 12th place all time in head coaching wins. He remains tied with Jacques Lemaire at 617 victories.
Anze Kopitar sat out this game with an illness. Andy Andreoff got in the lineup for the first time in 9 games.