Rookie Mackie Samoskevich has been playing quite well and may have earned himself a longer look in the top six

The Florida Panthers are heading home with a split of their four-game road trip after coming up empty on Sunday in Las Vegas. Despite holding the advantage in shots on goal and scoring chances, Florida came up short where it counted,

Rodrigues scored a power-play goal in Wednesday's 2-1 loss to the Kings.

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.

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.

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.

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.

After missing each of the last seven games, top-pair defenseman Aaron Ekblad will return to the blue line for the Florida Panthers when they face-off against the San Jose Sharks at SAP Center on Saturday.

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.

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.

LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Kings scored twice in the third period for a 2-1 comeback win against the Florida Panthers at Crypto.com Arena on Wednesday.