Graphic design: Francisco Oporta & Todd Little
The Florida Panthers (6-6-1) 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 (6-4-4), who are currently holding down fourth place in the Pacific Division.
Florida opened its four-game road trip with a thud, collapsing late and losing 7-3 to Cutter Gauthier, who delivered his first career hat trick, and the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday. The Panthers held a 3-2 lead midway through the game, only to see the Ducks reel off five unanswered goals, which ended the Cats’ 11-game point streak against their expansion cousins. Evan Rodrigues scored a goal and added an assist, and Brad Marchand and Eetu Luostarinen also lit the lamp for Florida, who have lost five of six on the road.
The Kings are finishing off a four-game homestand that began with losses to the Detroit Red Wings (in a shootout) and New Jersey Devils before they got back in the win column by blanking the Winnipeg Jets 3-0 on Tuesday. Darcy Kuemper stopped all 23 shots to post his first shutout of the season and Adrian Kempe, Kevin Fiala and Drew Doughty provided the goals in the victory over the Jets. Kempe leads the team in scoring with 16 points.
- WHEN: 10 p.m. ET
- WHERE: Crypto.com Arena – Los Angeles, CA
- ON THE TUBE: ESPN+, Hulu
- ON THE DIAL: 104.3 WQAM (D/B), 106.3 ESPN West Palm (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 0 – (Recap) 1/29/2025
- NEXT MEETING: December 17, 2025
- PROJECTED STARTERS: Florida: Bobrovsky (6-4-0 .883 / 2.82 2SO) Los Angeles: Kuemper (4-3-3 .900 / 2.57 1SO)
- PLAYER STATS: Florida / Los Angeles
Thursday in the Atlantic (Standings/Panthers Playoff Chances)
- OTTAWA (6-5-2 14P) at BOSTON (8-7-0 16P) 7 p.m.
- St. Louis (4-8-2 10P) at BUFFALO (5-4-4 14P) 7 p.m.
- MONTREAL (9-3-1 19P) at New Jersey (9-4-0 18P) 7 p.m.
- TAMPA BAY (6-5-2 14P) at Vegas (7-2-3 17P) 10 p.m.
Idle: DET (18P), TOR (17P)
