NHL Game Preview: Los Angeles Kings at Florida Panthers with Line Combinations 12/17/2025 | Inside The Rink
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Los Angeles Kings (14-9-9) at Florida Panthers (17-13-2)
Date: Wednesday, December 17
Time: 7:00 pm EST
How To Watch: ESPN+, SCRIPPS, FDSW
Radio: 710 ESPN, 560AM WQAM
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Los Angeles Kings News & Notes:
The Kings have lost three games in a row after a 4-1 loss to the Dallas Stars on Monday. Los Angeles is 31st in the NHL in power play efficiency at 14.3 percent.
Florida Panthers News & Notes:
The Panthers have won five of their last six games after a 5-2 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Monday. Florida is 17th in the NHL in power play efficiency at 18.9 percent.
Los Angeles Kings Projected Lines
Kuzmenko-Kopitar-Kempe
Fiala-Turcotte-Moore
Foegele-Laferriere-Armia
Malott-Helenius-Perry
Anderson-Doughty
Edmundson-Clarke
Dumoulin-Ceci
Forsberg
Copley
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Florida Panthers Projected Lines:
Luostarinen-Lundell-Reinhart
Verhaeghe-Bennett-Marchand
Samoskevich-Rodrigues-Greer
Gregor-Studnicka-Boqvist
Mikkola-Ekblad
Sebrango-Jones
Balinskis-Petry
Bobrovsky
Tarasov
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Players To Watch:
Los Angeles Kings
Adrian Kempe leads the Kings with 28 points. Kevin Fiala is second with 22 points.
Florida Panthers
Brad Marchand leads the Panthers with 35 points. Sam Reinhart has chipped in with 32 points.
Injury Report:
Los Angeles Kings
F Phillip Danault – OUT
C Quinton Byfield – OUT
G Darcy Kuemper – IR
Florida Panthers
LW Matthew Tkachuk – IR
C Aleksander Barkov – IR
C Tomas Nosek – OUT
D Dmitry Kulikov – IR
LW Jonah Gadjovich – IR
C Cole Schwindt – OUT
D Gustav Forsling – OUT
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