SUNRISE, Fla. – Take a bow, Dmitry Kulikov. When the Florida Panthers host the Los Angeles Kings at Amerant Bank Arena on Wednesday, the veteran defenseman will suit up in the 1,000 th game of his career. A special milestone, he will become the 402nd skater to hit that mark in NHL history.

SUNRISE, Fla. — 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 Kings 3-0 on Wednesday night.

(AP) Matthew Tkachuk had a goal and two assists ... That was his 16th point on the man-advantage this season. Kulikov's assist in the first period came during his 1,000th career game.

Matthew Tkachuk put a smile on a young Florida Panthers fan's face during a tough time. The Panthers forward surprised a young boy named Liam with a new jersey after learning the fan lost ...

There were some stick taps to go around the Florida Panthers locker room on Wednesday night. That’s because Panthers defenseman Dmitry Kulikov and Cats Head Coach Paul Maurice reached some fairly significant milestones in their respective NHL careers.

Matthew Tkachuk had a goal and two assists ... Credit: AP/Marta Lavandier Kulikov's assist in the first period came during his 1,000th career game. He's the 13th Panthers player and 402nd skater ...

Now that I’m coming up on 1,000, it still doesn’t make sense. It seems like I just started last year and now it’s Year 16.’

SUNRISE, Fla. – Florida Panthers defenseman Dmitry Kulikov is skating in his 1,000th National Hockey League regular season game tonight vs. the Los Angeles Kings. The Panthers will honor Kulikov’s milestone in a pregame ceremony prior to Florida’s 6 p.m. (ET) game against the New York Islanders on Sunday, Feb. 2 at Amerant Bank Arena.

Matthew Tkachuk is a real one. In the time since he arrived in South Florida, Tkachuk has shown over and over that in addition to being an excellent hockey player, he is an even better human being.

Florida Panthers star Matthew Tkachuk knows hockey culture is steeped in tradition, but he’s not particularly concerned about ruffling some feathers. Tkachuk, 27, who won a Stanley Cup with the ...

With the Panthers earning nine seconds of a 5-on-3 power play early in the third period, Aleksander Barkov made the most out of that limited time by winning a faceoff draw in the offensive zone, going to the net and scoring to make it 2-0 at 4:43.