It is the Kings' first home game this season as they host the Florida Panthers. The Kings have lost both games once in regulation against the Avalanche and once in overtime against the Sharks. However, the Kings have found some positives in those losses, scoring 8 goals in 2 games. But they have also allowed 13 goals. They have found success on offence, but they need to clean up their defence. 

Here are the projected lines for the Kings tonight:

Artemi Panarin - Quinton Byfield - Adrian Kempe

Mats Zuccarello - Alex Turcotte - Alex Laferriere

Trevor Moore - Erik Haula - Scott Laughton

Corey Perry - Joel Armia 

Brian Dumoulin - Drew Doughty

Erik Gustafsson - Brandt Clarke

Mikey Anderson - Cody Ceci

Joel Edmundson

Darcy Kuemper

Anton Forsberg

Here are the projected lines for the Panthers tonight: 

Carter Verhaeghe - Sam Bennett - Matthew Tkachuk

Brady Tkachuk - Sam Reinhart - Brad Marchand

Eetu Luostarinen - Anton Lundell - Sandis Vilmanis

Bokondji Imama - Lars Eller - Garnet Hathaway

Dmitry Kulikov - Gustav Forsling

Niko Mikkola - Seth Jones

Uvis Balinskis - Radko Gudas

Jacob Markstrom

Akira Schmid

The Kings are projected to have 11 forwards and 7 defensemen in tonight's game, with Darcy Kuemper seemingly getting the start. Kevin Fiala has begun skating again after follow-up surgery in September. The Kings have also scratched Andre Lee and Samuel Helenius. 

The Panthers will be without Aleksander Barkov after being injured in a 4-3 overtime loss to the San Jose Sharks on Thursday. The Panthers are also without Jonah Gadjovich due to a neck injury. The Panthers have also scratched Aaron Ekblad, Sam Lafferty, and Alexander Petrovic. Florida is also looking to start Jacob Markstrom tonight. 

The Kings take on the Panthers tonight at 10:00 PM EST as they look to get their 1st win of the 2026-27 season.