Kings at Panthers 1/16/20 - NHL Picks & Predictions

On Thursday, the Los Angeles Kings continue their East Coast road trip with a visit to the Florida Panthers. The Kings lost their second straight on Tuesday night following a 4-3 setback at the hands of the Tampa Bay Lightning. Los Angeles fell to 18-25-5 and 41 points with the loss. Jonathan Quick made 38 saves in net for the Kings. 

Anze Kopitar is the Kings leader in goals scored with 16, in assists with 24 and in points with 40. Jonathan Quick is 11-18-2 in net for the Kings with goals against per game of 3.01 and .896 save percentage. Los Angeles is scoring an average of 2.52 goals per game while allowing an average of 3.08 per game.

Florida looks to win its third straight when hosting the Kings on Thursday. Florida improved to 24-16-5 with 53 points following a 8-4 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Sunday. Jonathan Huberdeau scored one goal and assisted on another to establish a new mark for career points for the Panthers with 420. Florida is in fourth place 13 points behind first-place Boston in the Atlantic division. 

Evgenii Dadonov leads the Panthers in goals scored with 19. Jonathan Huberdeau leads Florida in assists with 43 and in points with 61. Sergei Bobrovsky is 16-12-4 in net for Florida with a goals against of 3.29 and saves percentage of .896. Florida is scoring an average of 3.62 goals per game while allowing an average of 3.31 per game.