Maybe it was the five-day break or maybe it was wearing the road whites on home ice,. Whatever the case, the Florida Panthers were throttled 6-2 by the determined Los Angeles Kings in their return to action Thursday night at the BB&T Center.
Dustin Brown, Jeff Carter and Tyler Toffoli scored to send James Reimer to the bench trailing 3-1 with 5:01 left in the first period.
Carter drew the secondary assist on both the Brown and Toffoli goals. Brown’s tally came with the Kings on a power play.
Jussi Jokinen got the Panthers goal at the 12:04 mark, capping off a pretty passing play involving Nick Bjugstad and Vincent Trocheck to cut the deficit to 2-1.