“I’m playing with my food here a little bit,” the Florida Panthers’ veteran coach said.

The Boston Bruins and Florida Panthers could each use at least another forward before the NHL trade deadline. What are their main and secondary needs?

Matthew Tkachuk had a goal and two assists, Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 30 shots for his second shutout of the season, and the Florida Panthers beat the Los Angeles Kings 3-0.

BOTTOM LINE: The San Jose Sharks aim to end their five-game skid when they play the Florida Panthers. San Jose is 8-15-1 in home games and 14-31-6 overall. The Sharks have a 5-12-2 record when they serve more penalty minutes than their opponent.

The Panthers came up empty on their one trip to the power play, but also came up in the clutch with a pair of successful penalty kills against the Kings. Over the two trips to the man advantage for Los Angeles, the Panthers allowed just three shots on goal.

Samuel Helenius and Adrian Kempe scored in the third period, and the Los Angeles Kings rallied to beat the Florida Panthers 2-1 on Wednesday night. Darcy Kuemper stopped 26 shots for Los Angeles, which was held to two goals or fewer for the seventh time in eight games and snapped a two-game skid.

With the Panthers getting into penalty trouble in the second period, the Red Wings made them pay a second time when Dylan Larkin went to the crease and re-directed a tape-to-tape centering feed from Patrick Kane through traffic into the cage to make it 2-1 at 7:52.

Carter Verhaeghe had a goal and an assist to lead the Florida Panthers to a road win against the Anaheim Ducks, beating them for the second time in four days.

Sam Reinhart snapped a three-game goal drought and the Florida Panthers beat the Anaheim ... in their 10th straight game against the Ducks. Evan Rodrigues, Sam Bennett and Uvis Balinskis added ...

Evan Rodrigues scored a power-play ... shot with 6:48 left to put the Kings ahead. Panthers: There wasn’t much gas in the tank from the start for Florida, and it eventually ran out in the ...

The final NHL game on Wednesday's schedule will pit the defending champion Panthers against the Kings out on the West Coast.

Florida Panthers (28-18-3, in the Atlantic Division ... Sam Reinhart has 28 goals and 24 assists for the Panthers. Evan Rodrigues has scored four goals with one assist over the last 10 games.