Expected to face Florida

LOS ANGELES – The Florida Panthers will wrap up their first of two back-to-backs on their current road trip when they visit the Los Angeles Kings at Crypto.com Arena on Wednesday. Overall, Florida is 5-1-0 on the second half of back-to-backs this season.

Kuemper will start in goal on the road versus the Jets on Friday, Zach Dooley of the Kings ' official site reports.

Connor McDavid scored in the second period and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Los Angeles Kings 1-0 for their second straight win.

One win in their last five doesn't sit well with the Kings, who have now lost back-to-back games in 'uncharacteristic' fashion. The concerns are more pronounced in the two past games, whereas the other losses came in tightly contested affairs.

The Florida Panthers face off with the Los Angeles Kings in a late-night NHL showdown on TNT. Get insights on odds, injuries, and matchup stats right here.

Alex Turcotte scored twice and added an assist — all in the first 10 minutes — as the Los Angeles Kings thumped the struggling Vancouver Canucks 5-1.

The Kings were the last NHL team to reach the midpoint of their season. Let's grade every player's contributions so far.

The Panthers and Kings might just be the two best defensive teams in the NHL, and for tonight's matchup, that means goals will be hard to come by. It’s going to be a low-scoring showdown at Crypto.com Arena, with the Los Angeles Kings hosting the Florida Panthers on Wednesday, January 22.

They haven't played since a 2-1 win against the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning last Saturday, a game that Los Angeles coach Jim Hiller thought was the most "lopsided" of the season, as Kings goalie Darcy Kuemper "stole" them the victory with his 33 saves.

Two games under hockey .500 and leading only two teams in the Eastern Conference standings, the Pittsburgh Penguins (19-21-8) are entering the desperation phase early. The team has just three wins since Dec.

SEATTLE — Jaden Schwartz had a hat trick, Joey Daccord made 17 of his 28 saves in the third period and the Seattle Kraken beat the Los Angeles Kings 4-2 on Saturday night. Schwartz opened the scoring 28 seconds into the game and broke a 1-1 tie at 7:40. He completed the hat trick with an empty-netter in the third, his 16th goal of the season.