Overview
- Brad Marchand scored two goals, and Sam Bennett, Sam Reinhart and Anton Lundell added one each for Florida.
- Anze Kopitar and Corey Perry tallied for Los Angeles, which fell to 1-4-2 at home and dropped its third game in four.
- Anton Forsberg started for the Kings following disputed projections and made 19 saves on 24 shots.
- Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 24 shots for the Panthers, who pulled away in the third period with Lundell’s shorthanded breakaway and Marchand’s second goal.
- Florida won despite a lengthy injury list that included Matthew Tkachuk, Tomas Nosek, Dmitry Kulikov and Jonah Gadjovich.