Call it a mixed bag for the Florida Panthers on their West Coast trip. The Panthers went 2-2-0 in their four games out west, beating the Anaheim Ducks 5-2 on Tuesday, falling to the Los Angeles Kings 2-1 on Wednesday,

Sergei Bobrovsky is the proven veteran. Spencer Knight is on a bit of a hot streak. How does that impact how Paul Maurice is going to handle reps between his two goaltenders?

Defenseman Aaron Ekblad had a goal and an assist in his return from an upper-body injury and the Florida Panthers routed the San Jose Sharks 7-2 on Saturday night.

With Spencer Knight playing at a much better level, the Florida Panthers may have handed the reigns as starting goaltender over to him.

Knight will guard the road goal against Vegas on Sunday, according to Jameson Olive of the Panthers' official site. Knight will get the second half of Florida's back-to-back after Sergei Bobrovsky played in Saturday's 7-2 win over San Jose.

The Vegas Golden Knights are returning home from a two-game road trip to take on the Florida Panthers. The Golden Knights went 1-1 on the road trip, beating the St. Louis Blues and losing to the Dallas Stars.

Closing out the scoring explosion in the second period, Sam Reinhart took a tap pass from Tkachuk, who went flying through the slot to make it happen, and fired a shot into the back of the cage to put the Panthers up 7-2 at 16:25. In the third period, the Panthers shut the door.

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.

Cody Ceci and Will Smith scored for the Sharks (14-32-6), who have lost six straight and nine of ten. Alexandar Georgiev allowed four goals on 15 shots before being pulled early in the second period for Yaroslav Askarov, who stopped 14 of 17 shots in relief.

(AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) Florida Panthers goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky (72) defends a shot on the goal by Detroit Red Wings center Joe Veleno (90) during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025, in Sunrise, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky ...

Sam Reinhart snapped a three-game goal drought and the Florida Panthers beat the Anaheim Ducks 5-2 on Tuesday night.

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