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Gameday 49: Florida Panthers at Los Angeles Kings

Graphic design: Francisco Oporta

The Florida Panthers (28-17-3) continue their western swing tonight at Crypto.com Arena where they will pay their one and only regular season visit to the Los Angeles Kings (25-14-5), who are firmly ensconced in third place in the Pacific Division.

Florida opened its four-game road trip with a satisfying 5-2 victory over the Anaheim Ducks last night at Honda Center. Sam Reinhart, Evan Rodrigues, Carter Verhaeghe, Sam Bennett and Uvis Balinskis scored the goals and Sergei Bobrovsky made 28 saves to end a personal three-game losing streak. Rookie Mackie Samoskevich and fourth-line center Tomas Nosek each contributed two assists to the cause, as the Cats won consecutive games for the first time in 2025.

Like the Panthers, the Kings have been having trouble finding the back of the net recently. Los Angeles has lost two-straight and dropped four of its last five games. In those four defeats they’ve scored a total of four goals. Veteran keeper Darcy Kuemper, who sports a miserly 2.10 GAA, gives the offensively-challenged Kings a chance whenever he’s in the net. Adrian Kempe and Anze Kopitar are tied for the team lead in scoring with 43 points.

  • WHEN: 10 p.m. ET
  • WHERE: Crypto.com Arena – Los Angeles, CA
  • ON THE TUBE: TNT
  • ON THE DIAL: 560 WQAM (D/B), 1230 The Gambler (PB), Thunder 100.3 FM (Keys)
  • SOCIALS: #TimeToHunt, #GoKingsGo, #FLAvsLAK, @LitterBoxCats, LBC FaceBook
  • ENEMY INTEL: Mayor’s Manor
  • SEASON SERIES: Game 1 of 2
  • LAST MEETING: @FLA 3, LAK 2 (OT) – (Recap) 1/11/2024
  • NEXT MEETING: January 29, 2025
  • PROJECTED STARTERS: Florida: Knight (9-6-1 .905 / 2.45 2SO) Los Angeles: Kuemper (13-4-5 .922 / 2.10 2SO)
  • PLAYER STATS: Florida / Los Angeles

Wednesday in the Atlantic (Standings/Panthers Playoff Chances)

  • BOSTON (23-19-6 52P) at New Jersey (26-17-6 58P) 7 p.m.
  • Columbus (22-18-7 58P) at TORONTO (30-16-2 62P) 7:30 p.m.

Idle: TBL (53P), OTT (52P), MON (52P). DET (47P), BUF (41P)

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