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Florida Panthers vs Los Angeles Kings · Matchup Preview Based on 26-27 form — rosters current
Florida Panthers
Home · Panthers
1–0–2
4 PTS
VS
Puck Drop In
DAYS
2668H
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7M
·
29S
The read
Aaron Ekblad is still looking for his first goal on Darcy Kuemper after 33 shots.
Amerant Bank Arena
Los Angeles Kings
Away · Kings
0–1–1
1 PTS
Panthers
GOALIES
Kings
Jacob Markstrom
Expected
.917 SV% · 1.40 GAA · 1W
.895 SV% L5 · Cooling
VS
Darcy Kuemper
Expected
.724 SV% · 8.08 GAA · 0W
.767 SV% L5 · Cooling
Panthers
PROJECTED TOP LINES
Kings
L1
Brady Tkachuk · Sam Reinhart · Brad Marchand
L1
Artemi Panarin · Quinton Byfield · Adrian Kempe
L2
Carter Verhaeghe · Sam Bennett · Matthew Tkachuk
L2
Mats Zuccarello · Alex Turcotte · Alex Laferriere
L3
Eetu Luostarinen · Anton Lundell · Sandis Vilmanis
L3
Trevor Moore · Erik Haula · Joel Armia
L4
Bokondji Imama · Lars Eller · Garnet Hathaway
L4
Scott Laughton · Corey Perry
D1
Gustav Forsling · Dmitry Kulikov
D1
Brian Dumoulin · Drew Doughty
D2
Niko Mikkola · Seth Jones
D2
Joel Edmundson · Brandt Clarke
D3
Uvis Balinskis · Radko Gudas
D3
Mikey Anderson · Cody Ceci
PP1
Brady Tkachuk · Sam Bennett · Sam Reinhart · Seth Jones · Matthew Tkachuk
PP1
Mats Zuccarello · Quinton Byfield · Adrian Kempe · Artemi Panarin · Brandt Clarke
PP2
Brad Marchand · Anton Lundell · Carter Verhaeghe · Uvis Balinskis · Eetu Luostarinen
PP2
Alex Turcotte · Erik Haula · Alex Laferriere · Erik Gustafsson · Drew Doughty
PK1
Lars Eller · Sam Reinhart · Gustav Forsling · Dmitry Kulikov
PK1
Erik Haula · Joel Armia · Mikey Anderson · Drew Doughty
PK2
Anton Lundell · Eetu Luostarinen · Niko Mikkola · Radko Gudas
PK2
Scott Laughton · Trevor Moore · Joel Edmundson · Cody Ceci
PanthersProjected lines
L1
Brady Tkachuk · Sam Reinhart · Brad Marchand
L2
Carter Verhaeghe · Sam Bennett · Matthew Tkachuk
L3
Eetu Luostarinen · Anton Lundell · Sandis Vilmanis
L4
Bokondji Imama · Lars Eller · Garnet Hathaway
D1
Gustav Forsling · Dmitry Kulikov
D2
Niko Mikkola · Seth Jones
D3
Uvis Balinskis · Radko Gudas
PP1
Brady Tkachuk · Sam Bennett · Sam Reinhart · Seth Jones · Matthew Tkachuk
PP2
Brad Marchand · Anton Lundell · Carter Verhaeghe · Uvis Balinskis · Eetu Luostarinen
PK1
Lars Eller · Sam Reinhart · Gustav Forsling · Dmitry Kulikov
PK2
Anton Lundell · Eetu Luostarinen · Niko Mikkola · Radko Gudas
KingsProjected lines
L1
Artemi Panarin · Quinton Byfield · Adrian Kempe
L2
Mats Zuccarello · Alex Turcotte · Alex Laferriere
L3
Trevor Moore · Erik Haula · Joel Armia
L4
Scott Laughton · Corey Perry
D1
Brian Dumoulin · Drew Doughty
D2
Joel Edmundson · Brandt Clarke
D3
Mikey Anderson · Cody Ceci
PP1
Mats Zuccarello · Quinton Byfield · Adrian Kempe · Artemi Panarin · Brandt Clarke
PP2
Alex Turcotte · Erik Haula · Alex Laferriere · Erik Gustafsson · Drew Doughty
PK1
Erik Haula · Joel Armia · Mikey Anderson · Drew Doughty
PK2
Scott Laughton · Trevor Moore · Joel Edmundson · Cody Ceci
Last Game (2026-10-04) · Oct 5 · 8:58 AM CT
Zach Dooley · as of Oct 3
Panthers
INJURY REPORT
Kings
Aaron Ekblad
DAY-TO-DAY · Personal
Otto Salin
IR · Undisclosed injury · Expected back Oct 6
Aleksander Barkov
IR · Left knee · Expected back Oct 27
Jakub Dvorak
IR · Upper body · Expected back Oct 6
MacKenzie Entwistle
IR · Undisclosed injury · Expected back Oct 10
Jan Jenik
IR · Undisclosed injury · Expected back Oct 6
Jonah Gadjovich
IR · Upper body (surgery) · Expected back Oct 17
Kevin Fiala
IR · Left lower leg (surgery) · Expected back Oct 17
PanthersInjury report
Aaron Ekblad
DAY-TO-DAY · Personal
Aleksander Barkov
IR · Left knee · Expected back Oct 27
MacKenzie Entwistle
IR · Undisclosed injury · Expected back Oct 10
Jonah Gadjovich
IR · Upper body (surgery) · Expected back Oct 17
KingsInjury report
Otto Salin
IR · Undisclosed injury · Expected back Oct 6
Jakub Dvorak
IR · Upper body · Expected back Oct 6
Jan Jenik
IR · Undisclosed injury · Expected back Oct 6
Kevin Fiala
IR · Left lower leg (surgery) · Expected back Oct 17
Last Game (2026-10-04) · Oct 5 · 8:58 AM CT
Zach Dooley · as of Oct 3
STORYLINE
The Panthers have lost 2 straight past regulation and are 1-0-2 in their first 3 games. The Kings lost their last game in overtime and are 0-1-1 in their first 2 games.
Live
Matchup Intel
Aaron Ekblad is still looking for his first goal on Darcy Kuemper after 33 shots.
Dmitry Kulikov is 3 goals shy of 100 career goals.
The numbers behind it
Matchup
Aaron Ekblad has 33 shots on Darcy Kuemper without a goal.
(Florida)
0/33
vs Darcy Kuemper
Matchup
Aleksander Barkov has 6 goals on Darcy Kuemper (35 shots).
(Florida)
6
goals on Darcy Kuemper
Milestone
Dmitry Kulikov is 3 goals shy of 100 career goals.
97
career goals