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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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 ...

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

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.

Jesper Boqvist turned the puck over as he entered the Vegas zone, and Brayden McNabb fired a one-timer on the ensuing rush to give the Golden Knights a 1-0 lead at the 5:26 mark on just their second shot of the game.