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Season 26-27
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TUE · OCT 6 · 9:00 PM CT
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Los Angeles Kings
Kings
0–1–1
VS
Florida Panthers
Panthers
1–0–1
Pre-Game · Game 3 of 84
TUE · OCT 6 · 9:00 PM CT
ESPN
Los Angeles Kings
Home · Kings
0–1–1
1 PTS
VS
Puck Drop In
The read
Darcy Kuemper has Aaron Ekblad figured out, 33 shots without a goal. But the Kings have struggled to beat Akira Schmid: .939 on 33 shots.
Crypto.com Arena
Florida Panthers
Away · Panthers
1–0–1
3 PTS
Kings
GOALIES
Panthers
Darcy Kuemper
Darcy Kuemper
Expected
.724 SV% · 8.08 GAA · 0W
.767 SV% L5 · Cooling
VS
Akira Schmid
Akira Schmid
Likely · 29148-akira-schmid
.875 SV% · 3.80 GAA · 0W
.880 SV% L5 · Cooling
Kings
PROJECTED TOP LINES
Panthers
L1
Artemi Panarin · Quinton Byfield · Adrian Kempe
L1
Brady Tkachuk · Lars Eller · Sam Reinhart
L2
Mats Zuccarello · Alex Turcotte · Alex Laferriere
L2
Carter Verhaeghe · Sam Bennett · Matthew Tkachuk
L3
Trevor Moore · Erik Haula · Joel Armia
L3
Eetu Luostarinen · Anton Lundell · Sandis Vilmanis
L4
Scott Laughton · Corey Perry
L4
Bokondji Imama · Sam Lafferty · Garnet Hathaway
D1
Brian Dumoulin · Drew Doughty
D1
Gustav Forsling · Aaron Ekblad
D2
Joel Edmundson · Brandt Clarke
D2
Niko Mikkola · Seth Jones
D3
Mikey Anderson · Cody Ceci
D3
Dmitry Kulikov · Radko Gudas
PP1
Mats Zuccarello · Quinton Byfield · Adrian Kempe · Artemi Panarin · Brandt Clarke
PP1
Brady Tkachuk · Sam Bennett · Sam Reinhart · Seth Jones · Matthew Tkachuk
PP2
Alex Turcotte · Erik Haula · Alex Laferriere · Erik Gustafsson · Drew Doughty
PP2
Lars Eller · Anton Lundell · Carter Verhaeghe · Aaron Ekblad · Gustav Forsling
PK1
Erik Haula · Joel Armia · Mikey Anderson · Drew Doughty
PK1
Lars Eller · Sam Reinhart · Gustav Forsling · Aaron Ekblad
PK2
Scott Laughton · Trevor Moore · Joel Edmundson · Cody Ceci
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
PanthersProjected lines
L1
Brady Tkachuk · Lars Eller · Sam Reinhart
L2
Carter Verhaeghe · Sam Bennett · Matthew Tkachuk
L3
Eetu Luostarinen · Anton Lundell · Sandis Vilmanis
L4
Bokondji Imama · Sam Lafferty · Garnet Hathaway
D1
Gustav Forsling · Aaron Ekblad
D2
Niko Mikkola · Seth Jones
D3
Dmitry Kulikov · Radko Gudas
PP1
Brady Tkachuk · Sam Bennett · Sam Reinhart · Seth Jones · Matthew Tkachuk
PP2
Lars Eller · Anton Lundell · Carter Verhaeghe · Aaron Ekblad · Gustav Forsling
PK1
Lars Eller · Sam Reinhart · Gustav Forsling · Aaron Ekblad
PK2
Anton Lundell · Eetu Luostarinen · Niko Mikkola · Radko Gudas
Zach Dooley · Oct 3 · 8:39 PM CT Jameson Olive · Oct 3 · 4:26 PM CT
Kings
INJURY REPORT
Panthers
Otto Salin
IR · Undisclosed injury · Expected back Oct 6
Gustav Forsling
DAY-TO-DAY · Upper body
Jakub Dvorak
IR · Upper body · Expected back Oct 6
Aleksander Barkov
IR · Left knee · Expected back Oct 27
Jan Jenik
IR · Undisclosed injury · Expected back Oct 6
Brad Marchand
IR · Lower body · Expected back Oct 25
Kevin Fiala
IR · Left lower leg (surgery) · Expected back Oct 17
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
PanthersInjury report
Gustav Forsling
DAY-TO-DAY · Upper body
Aleksander Barkov
IR · Left knee · Expected back Oct 27
Brad Marchand
IR · Lower body · Expected back Oct 25
MacKenzie Entwistle
IR · Undisclosed injury · Expected back Oct 10
Jonah Gadjovich
IR · Upper body (surgery) · Expected back Oct 17
Zach Dooley · Oct 3 · 8:39 PM CT Jameson Olive · Oct 3 · 4:26 PM CT
STORYLINE
The Kings lost their last game in overtime and are 0-1-1 in their first 2 games. The Panthers lost their last game in overtime and are 1-0-1 in their first 2 games.

Matchup Intel

Darcy Kuemper has Aaron Ekblad figured out, 33 shots without a goal. But the Kings have struggled to beat Akira Schmid: .939 on 33 shots.

The special-teams edge is the Kings': a 6th-ranked power play against a penalty kill ranked 30th. A milestone is in reach for Dmitry Kulikov: 3 more goals for 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
Special Teams
Los Angeles' power play ranks 6th while Florida's penalty kill ranks 30th.
6th / 30th PP vs PK
Goaltending
Akira Schmid has a .939 save % against Los Angeles (33 shots).
.939 SV% vs LAK
Milestone
Dmitry Kulikov is 3 goals shy of 100 career goals.
97 career goals