The Florida Panthers (10-4-1) are back in Sunrise were they will play host to the Los Angeles Kings (20-17-4) tonight at Amerant Bank Arena. Florida is coming off a perfect road trip, that saw them sweep past the Arizona Coyotes, Vegas Golden Knights and St. Louis Blue, outscoring the four Western Conference clubs by a combined 21-7 margin. Hometown boy Matthew Tkachuk delivered a natural hat trick in the third period and also set up Sam Reinhart’s second period power-play goal to lift the Panthers to a 5-1 win over the Blues.
The struggling Kings hit Broward County in the midst of six-game (0-3-3) losing streak. On Tuesday, visiting Los Angeles held a two-goal lead over the Tampa Bay Lightning after forty minutes, but couldn’t hold it and lost the game when Nick Perbix scored 2:03 into overtime. A win tonight would end both the Kings’ run of misery and Florida’s eight-game winning streak. Los Angeles won the first meeting by a 2-1 count in mid-November.
- WHEN: 7:00 p.m. ET
- WHERE: Amerant Bank Arena – Sunrise, FL
- ON THE TUBE: Bally Sports Florida, Bally Sports West
- ON THE DIAL: 560 WQAM (D/B), 1230 The Gambler (PB), Thunder 100.3 (Keys)
- SOCIALS: #TimeToHunt, #GoKingsGo, #LAKvsFLA, @LitterBoxCats, LBC FaceBook
- ENEMY INTEL: Jewels From The Crown
- FLA IN SEASON SERIES: Game 2 of 2 (0-1)
- LAST MEETING: LAK 2, @FLA 1 – (Recap) 11/16/2023
- NEXT MEETING: Stanley Cup Final or 2024-25 regular season
- PROJECTED STARTERS: Florida: Bobrovsky (20-6-1 .911 / 2.45 2SO) / Los Angeles: Talbot (14-9-4 .922 / 2.20 2SO)
- PLAYER STATS: Florida / Los Angeles
Thursday in the Atlantic (Standings/Panthers Playoff Chances)
- OTTAWA (14-22-0 28P) at BUFFALO (17-20-4 38P) 7 p.m.
- Edmonton (21-15-1 43P) at DETROIT (20-16-4 44P) 7 p.m.
- San Jose (9-29-3 21P) at MONTREAL (17-17-6 40P) 7 p.m.
- New Jersey (21-15-2 44P) at TAMPA BAY (20-15-5 45P) 7 p.m.
- TORONTO (21-10-7 49P) at New York Islanders (18-12-10 46P) 7 p.m. (ESPN)
- BOSTON (24-8-8 56P) at Vegas (23-13-5 51P) 10 p.m.