#LAKings Kings fend off Panthers for 3rd straight win (Daily News)
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By GEORGE RICHARDS The Associated Press
SUNRISE, Fla. Adrian Kempe had a short-handed goal and an assist, Pheonix Copley made 41 saves and the Kings held on to beat the Florida Panthers, 4-3, on Friday night for their third straight win.
Anze Kopitar, Viktor Arvidsson and Matt Roy also scored for the Kings, who led 3-0 midway through the second period.
Ryan Lomberg and Brandon Montour scored in the second to get the Panthers within 3-2, but Roys late empty-netter sealed Floridas third straight loss.
Carter Verhaeghe added an empty-netter for the Panthers and Alex Lyon had 27 saves while making his fourth consecutive start in place of the injured Sergei Bobrovsky.
The Kings scored twice within a span of four-plus minutes toward the end of the first period, going ahead 2-0 when Kempe connected on an odd-man rush while killing a Florida power play.
The Kings got their second short-handed goal of the game from Arvidsson to make it 3-0 at 9:58 of the second period.
Florida made a charge after that with Lomberg scoring off a backhanded shot from the slot with 6:37 left in the second. Montour followed about three minutes later with a hard slap shot from the left circle.
The Panthers temporarily lost top defenseman Gustav Forsling to injury in the second period when his skate was taken out by the stick blade of Alex Turcotte as the two went into the corner.
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Forsling lost his footing and slammed hard into the boards, apparently injuring his left leg. He had to be helped off the ice but returned in the third period.
Turcotte was assessed a 5-minute major for boarding.
UP NEXT
The Kings play at Tampa Bay on Saturday at 4 p.m. PT.
More to come on this story.
https://www.dailynews.com/2023/01/27...-straight-win/
SUNRISE, Fla. Adrian Kempe had a short-handed goal and an assist, Pheonix Copley made 41 saves and the Kings held on to beat the Florida Panthers, 4-3, on Friday night for their third straight win.
Anze Kopitar, Viktor Arvidsson and Matt Roy also scored for the Kings, who led 3-0 midway through the second period.
Ryan Lomberg and Brandon Montour scored in the second to get the Panthers within 3-2, but Roys late empty-netter sealed Floridas third straight loss.
Carter Verhaeghe added an empty-netter for the Panthers and Alex Lyon had 27 saves while making his fourth consecutive start in place of the injured Sergei Bobrovsky.
The Kings scored twice within a span of four-plus minutes toward the end of the first period, going ahead 2-0 when Kempe connected on an odd-man rush while killing a Florida power play.
The Kings got their second short-handed goal of the game from Arvidsson to make it 3-0 at 9:58 of the second period.
Florida made a charge after that with Lomberg scoring off a backhanded shot from the slot with 6:37 left in the second. Montour followed about three minutes later with a hard slap shot from the left circle.
The Panthers temporarily lost top defenseman Gustav Forsling to injury in the second period when his skate was taken out by the stick blade of Alex Turcotte as the two went into the corner.
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Forsling lost his footing and slammed hard into the boards, apparently injuring his left leg. He had to be helped off the ice but returned in the third period.
Turcotte was assessed a 5-minute major for boarding.
UP NEXT
The Kings play at Tampa Bay on Saturday at 4 p.m. PT.
More to come on this story.
https://www.dailynews.com/2023/01/27...-straight-win/