After splitting the first half of a four-game west coa​​st road trip with a win 5-2 win over the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday and 2-1 defeat to the Los Angeles Kings the following night, the Florida Panthers sit three points back of the Toronto Maple Leafs for first in the Atlantic Division.

Tkachuk scored an empty-net goal and added two assists, one on the power play, in Wednesday's 3-0 win over the Kings.

Zegras returns to the lineup after missing 22 games with a knee injury, but Florida beats the Ducks for the second time in four days, 5-3, handing them their seventh loss in eight games.

Puts up helper Tuesday

For the first time in 2025, the Florida Panthers have won consecutive games. Interestingly, they both came against the same team. Florida completed the sweep of their home-and-home with the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday night,

Verhaeghe stole the puck from Anaheim defenseman Jacob Trouba behind the Ducks' goal before putting it into the upper right corner of the net to extend the Panthers' lead to 3-1 with 1:11 remaining in the first period. Florida has scored three times in the first period four times this season which trails only Tampa Bay and Ottawa (both five).

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