Kings 4, Panthers 1
Defenseman Drew Doughty and center Anze Kopitar scored goals less than a minute apart late in the second period and the Los Angeles Kings defeated the Florida Panthers 4-1 on Saturday afternoon.
Center Jeff Carter and left winger Milan Lucic also scored for Los Angeles, which posted its seventh straight home victory over Florida. Jonathan Quick made 18 saves for the Kings, who won for the ninth time in 11 games.
Center Nick Bjugstad scored for the Panthers, who are 0-4-2 in their last six games.
Doughty and Kopitar scored late in the second when the Kings outshot Florida by a 20-4 margin. Doughty scored a power-play goal with 3:21 remaining when his one-timer went under goaltender Roberto Luongo's pads and 55 seconds Kopitar tallied during a scramble around the crease.
Lucic capped the scoring by redirecting Carter's pass while positioned in the low slot 8:37 into the third period.
Florida went nearly 17 minutes without a shot on goal during the opening period but struck first when Bjugstad's long wrist shot beat Quick to the stick side with 29 seconds left.
Carter evened the game with 6:44 remaining in the second when he beat Luongo with a one-timer from the left faceoff circle.
Quick preserved the deadlock by stopping Florida right winger Jaromir Jagr on a breakaway midway through the second during a five-on-three by making a glove save during a scramble around the net.
NOTES: The game featured 19 players who weren't born when Florida RW Jaromir Jagr made his NHL debut Oct. 5, 1990, for the Pittsburgh Penguins. ... Los Angeles RW Dustin Brown has not scored a goal in 14 games. It is his longest drought since beginning his rookie season in 2003-04 with 17 straight games without a goal. ... Florida's last win in Los Angeles was Nov. 27, 2002. ... Jagr needs three goals to tie former Los Angeles C Marcel Dionne for fourth place on the career list with 731.