Graphic design: Francisco Oporta & Todd Little

The Florida Panthers (17-13-2) return home after a successful road trip to play host to the Los Angeles Kings (14-9-9) in the first of three games at Amerant Bank Arena over the next four days.

Florida evened up the season series with the Tampa Bay Lightning by besting their arch-rivals by a 5-2 count on Monday to conclude its four-game roadie with an impressive 3-1 record. Sam Reinhart scored shorthanded and on the power play, Brad Marchand notched the game-winner, Carter Verhaeghe contributed a goal and an assist and Anton Lundell also lit the lamp for the surging Cats, who are 5-1-1 in their last seven games.

The Kings started a three-game road trip off on the wrong foot, losing 4-1 to the Dallas Stars on Monday. Andrei Kuzmenko scored the only goal for the Kings, who saw number one goalie Darcy Kuemper leave the game with an upper-body injury after a collision with Mikko Rantanen late in the first period. The loss ended a four-game point streak (2-0-2) for Los Angeles, which has now lost three in a row.

WHEN: 7 p.m. ET

WHERE: Amerant Bank Arena – Sunrise, FL

ON THE TUBE: Scripps, FDSNW

ON THE DIAL: 104.3 WQAM (D/B), 106.3 ESPN (PB), Thunder 100.3 FM (Keys)

SOCIALS: #TimeToHunt, #GoKingsGo, #LAKvsFLA, @LitterBoxCats, LBC FaceBook

ENEMY INTEL: Mayor’s Manor

SEASON SERIES: Game 2 of 2 (1-0)

LAST MEETING: FLA 5, @LAK 2 – (Recap) 11/6/2025

NEXT MEETING: Stanley Cup Final or 2026-27 season

PROJECTED STARTERS: Florida: Bobrovsky (14-8-1 .888 / 2.80 3SO) Los Angeles: Kuemper (10-6-6 .917 / 2.19 2SO) or Forsberg (4-3-3 .893 / 2.82 1SO)

PLAYER STATS: Florida / Los Angeles

Wednesday in the Atlantic (Standings/Panthers Playoff Chances)

Utah (16-16-3 35P) at DETROIT (19-12-3 41P) 7:30 p.m. (TNT)

Idle: BOS 40P), TBL (39P), MON (38P), TOR (35P), OTT (34P), BUF (32P)