Los Angeles Kings Vs. Florida Panthers Start Time, Preview, TV
- Updated: February 5, 2015
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The Los Angeles Kings will take on the Florida Panthers tonight in Florida. The Kings and the Panthers are still looking for a late Stanley Cup playoff spot. The Kings are currently in a three-way tie for tenth place in the Western Conference playoffs.
NHL.com reports on the Kings status:
“Los Angeles has won only two of its past 11 games (2-5-4) and lost the first two games of a five-game road trip, 3-1 against Boston on Saturday and 4-0 against Washington on Tuesday, the day after the team was honored by President Obama at the White House.
“We’re obviously not the happiest group right now,” defenseman Drew Doughty said. “We’re not playing well. We’re not winning games when we need to, and we need to start winning games quick. Now the mood has to kind of turn into a more urgent, more determined team. We’ve got a lot to play for every single game.”
Los Angeles also will have a change on defense Thursday, but that one isn’t the result of an injury. Jamie McBain, a healthy scratch the past nine games, will replace Brayden McNabb.
“It’s not who’s going in, it’s who’s going out that’s got to play better for us,” Kings coach Darryl Sutter said. “Trying to win hockey games. Tough to develop players at this level. Better be ready to go or else you don’t get to play.”
In the Kings last game they fell to the Washington Capitals 4-0. .
The Florida Panthers’ coach said the following to NHL.com about the Kings:
“They’re the defending champs,” Gallant said. “We played them once this year in L.A. and I thought we played a real good game against them. It was a good, competitive game. It’s a big game. You look at the standings for them, you look at the standings for us, and you want to make sure you’re ready to play them. They’re a big, strong team. They play hard. And when they play well, they’re a really good team and they go hard to the net. It’ll be a big challenge for our team tonight against these guys.”
Tonight is an important game for the Kings as they will need to collect the two points to improve on their playoff situation.
Los Angeles Kings Vs. Florida Panthers Game Information
Date: February 5
Time: 4:30 p.m. PST
Location: BB&T Center, Sunrise, Florida
TV: FSFL, FSW
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