Kings can’t catch Panthers as losing streak reaches 4 games
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SUNRISE, Fla. — A fortuitous bounce helped give the Kings a chance, but they couldn’t complete a comeback against the reigning champs. Sam Bennett scored 10 seconds into the third period, Brad Marchand had two assists and the Florida Panthers held on to beat the Kings, 3-2, on Wednesday night and sweep the two-game season series. Anton Lundell and Carter Verhaeghe also scored for Florida (18-13-2), which has won six of its last seven games. Daniil Tarasov made 27 saves for the Panthers. He denied the Kings’ Trevor Moore on a pair of breakaways, the second one with 4:54 left to preserve a one-goal lead. Joel Armia and Kevin Fiala had the goals for the Kings (14-10-9), who have lost four...