LOS ANGELES — The Kings looked to give their fans something to cheer about for the first time all season, but in LA’s home opener, it lost 2-1 to the surging Florida Panthers.
Alex Laferriere tallied his first goal of the season, but Florida scored two unanswered goals from Seth Jones and Matthew Tkachuk to win the game.
Darcy Kuemper had his best game of the season, and the Kings killed off six Panthers power plays, but LA couldn’t score on five opportunities of its own. Brad Marchand left the game early for the Panthers with an apparent knee injury
The Kings head to Vegas next to take on the Golden Knights on Saturday. Talk of Troy reporter Kasey Kazliner was present at Crypto.com Arena and broke the game down on Skate of Thrones, TOT’s Kings podcast. Listen below!