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Florida Panthers vs Los Angeles Kings Wrap - Los Angeles Wins 5-4

The Kings earned a 5-4 victory over the Panthers on Thursday at Staples Center.

The Kings were a +125 underdog in the win. The combined score went OVER the total, which closed at 6.0.

Los Angeles got goals from Gabriel Vilardi, Trevor Moore, Martin Frk, Ben Hutton, and Drew Doughty in the victory. Vilardi opened the scoring at 1:26 of the first period.

Jonathan Quick turned in a 25-save effort for the Kings.

Florida got goals from Aleksander Barkov(2), Mike Hoffman, and Jonathan Huberdeau in the loss, but it wasn't enough.

Florida got a 35-stop effort from Sergei Bobrovsky in the loss.

Los Angeles scored 1 times on 5 chances on the power play, while Florida went 2-for-4 with the man advantage.

Florida lost the shots on goal battle to Los Angeles by a margin of 40-29.

Los Angeles heads into a battle against the Avalanche. Florida, meanwhile, will have their next action against Vegas.