Florida Panthers vs Los Angeles Kings

Regular season · Tuesday, October 6, 2026 · Crypto.com Arena

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2–1

Final

SOG 30–20

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Recap

Tkachuk lifts Panthers past Kings with third-period winner

The Florida Panthers beat the Los Angeles Kings 2-1 on Tuesday at Crypto.com Arena, erasing a one-goal deficit to take the victory. Alex Laferriere put the Kings ahead with his first goal of the season at 19:00 of the first period, assisted by Erik Haula. Seth Jones answered for Florida at 3:49 of the second, scoring his first of the year with help from Lars Eller.

Matthew Tkachuk struck at 11:20 of the third period, converting a feed from Sam Bennett for his second goal of the season and the game-winner. Florida outshot Los Angeles 30-20. Jacob Markstrom got the win with 19 saves on 20 shots, while Darcy Kuemper took the loss despite 28 saves on 30 shots. Tkachuk, Laferriere and Jones were named the three stars.

Written with AI from official NHL data and checked against it. The box score and play-by-play are the official record. How we write these

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
FLA	0	1	1	2	30
LAK	1	0	0	1	20

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Alex Laferriere (1)Erik Haula (2)0–119:00 LAK

2nd period

Seth Jones (1)Lars Eller (3)Panarin 1:56 into shift1–103:49 FLA

3rd period

Matthew Tkachuk (2)Sam Bennett (3)2–111:20 FLA

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1:56

1–1 · 2nd 3:49 · Jones. Panarin was 1:56 into his shift when it went in.

GoalFLA on iceLAK on iceDefenders’ longest

0–1 LAK

1st 19:00 · Laferriere

Jones 0:45

NormalJones 0:45

1–1 FLA

2nd 3:49 · Jones

Stuck out there: Panarin 1:56

Stuck out therePanarin 1:56

2–1 FLA

3rd 11:20 · Tkachuk

Gustafsson 0:35

Fresh legsGustafsson 0:35

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2025–26).

3.9%

5.8%

6.5%

7.1%

7.3%

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

FLALAK

30Shots on goal20

46%Faceoff %54%

0/6Power play0/5

15Penalty minutes17

33Hits13

14Blocked shots17

15Giveaways27

2Takeaways6

Penalties

1st 10:03Mikey Anderson · roughing2 min
1st 15:37Eetu Luostarinen · tripping2 min
1st 19:04Eetu Luostarinen · interference2 min
1st 19:43Dmitry Kulikov · high sticking double minor4 min
2nd 05:19Alex Turcotte · tripping2 min
2nd 07:40Garnet Hathaway · fighting5 min
2nd 07:40Joel Edmundson · fighting5 min
2nd 08:53Brandt Clarke · interference2 min
2nd 19:07Brandt Clarke · high sticking double minor4 min
3rd 06:33Artemi Panarin · tripping2 min
3rd 06:37Sam Bennett · slashing2 min

Season series

Florida Panthers

Florida Panthers skaters

9Sam BennettC	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	2	27	19:29
19Matthew TkachukL	1	0	1	+1	2	4	0	0	–	21:25
20Lars EllerC	0	1	1	+1	0	0	2	0	42	12:56
3Seth JonesD	1	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	–	25:33
8Brady TkachukL	0	0	0	-1	2	4	0	0	50	17:12
13Sam ReinhartC	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0	0	78	21:01
14Bokondji ImamaL	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	–	06:18
15Anton LundellC	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	38	18:40
21Garnet HathawayR	0	0	0	+1	0	5	1	5	–	07:52
23Carter VerhaegheC	0	0	0	+2	3	0	0	0	100	18:10
27Eetu LuostarinenC	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	4	100	15:43
63Brad MarchandL	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	–	09:36
95Sandis VilmanisL	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	–	11:49
6Radko GudasD	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	–	12:08
7Dmitry KulikovD	0	0	0	+1	1	2	1	4	–	18:23
26Uvis BalinskisD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	14:13
42Gustav ForslingD	0	0	0	+2	2	0	1	0	–	21:22
77Niko MikkolaD	0	0	0	-1	2	1	2	0	–	18:10

Florida Panthers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
25Jacob MarkstromG	W	20	19	1	.950	60:00
40Akira SchmidG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Los Angeles Kings

Los Angeles Kings skaters

14Alex LaferriereR	1	0	1	0	3	3	0	0	100	17:10
56Erik HaulaL	0	1	1	+1	3	1	1	0	57	16:08
9Adrian KempeR	0	0	0	-1	3	1	0	0	–	21:42
10Artemi PanarinL	0	0	0	-2	4	1	0	2	–	20:25
12Trevor MooreL	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	–	16:12
15Alex TurcotteC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	17	11:29
21Scott LaughtonC	0	0	0	-1	2	3	2	0	78	13:18
36Mats ZuccarelloR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	17:16
40Joel ArmiaR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	12:29
55Quinton ByfieldR	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	56	21:10
90Corey PerryR	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	–	11:42
2Brian DumoulinD	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	14:29
5Cody CeciD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	–	16:11
6Joel EdmundsonD	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	5	–	13:18
8Drew DoughtyD	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	16:46
44Mikey AndersonD	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	2	–	16:05
64Erik GustafssonD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	14:59
92Brandt ClarkeD	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	6	–	19:15

Los Angeles Kings goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Anton ForsbergG		0	0	0	–	00:00
35Darcy KuemperG	L	30	28	2	.933	57:56