“I’m playing with my food here a little bit,” the Florida Panthers’ veteran coach said.

SUNRISE, Fla. -- Sergei Bobrovsky made 30 saves for his second shutout of the season, leading the Florida Panthers to a 3-0 win over the Los Angeles Kings at Amerant Bank Arena on Wednesday. Matthew Tkachuk had a goal and two assists for the Panthers (30-19-3), who are 2-2-0 in their past four games, including a 2-1 loss at the Kings on Jan. 22.

Sergei Bobrovsky is the proven veteran. Spencer Knight is on a bit of a hot streak. How does that impact how Paul Maurice is going to handle reps between his two goaltenders?

With the Panthers earning nine seconds of a 5-on-3 power play early in the third period, Aleksander Barkov made the most out of that limited time by winning a faceoff draw in the offensive zone, going to the net and scoring to make it 2-0 at 4:43.

Revenge is best served cold and on the ice… at least in hockey.  Exactly one week after the Los Angeles Kings defeated the Florida Panthers 2-1 at Crypto.com arena in Southern California, the Panthers returned the favor,

Winning the Stanley Cup hasn’t been a burden to the Panthers. They’re sitting near the top of the Eastern Conference near the mid-season and having the regular season they wanted.

(AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) Florida Panthers goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky (72) defends a shot on the goal by Detroit Red Wings center Joe Veleno (90) during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025, in Sunrise, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky ...

The final NHL game on Wednesday's schedule will pit the defending champion Panthers against the Kings out on the West Coast.

SUNRISE, Fla. – Take a bow, Dmitry Kulikov. When the Florida Panthers host the Los Angeles Kings at Amerant Bank Arena on Wednesday, the veteran defenseman will suit up in the 1,000 th game of his career. A special milestone, he will become the 402nd skater to hit that mark in NHL history.

The Panthers, who have won four of their last six, erased an early one-goal deficit with six unanswered goals to coast past the host San Jose Sharks.

Florida had scored at least six goals in nine of their first 33 games this season, but Saturday was the first such instance in the past 17 games.