The Kings entered Thursday night’s game with the Florida Panthers knowing they had just 60 minutes of hockey and a cross-country flight between them and their longest break of the season. “It was a huge game.”So the Kings responded with a huge effort, with Jeff Carter scoring two goals and assisting on two others and Tanner Pearson scoring once and assisting twice in a 6-3 rout. That helped the Kings leapfrog over Calgary in the battle for the second Western Conference wild-card spot. It was the Kings’ first goal in more than 121 minutes. TThe Kings center’s next goal gave him 29 on the season, one behind Pittsburgh’s Sidney Crosby, the league leader.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 10, 2017 03:41 UTC