The Florida Panthers and the Los Angeles Kings are both coming off losses heading into their game on Wednesday night in Sunrise, Fla.

Marco Kasper had two goals and an assist and the host Detroit Red Wings won their third straight by defeating the Los Angeles Kings 5-2 on Monday night.

The Red Wings (23-21-5, 51 points) have won back-to-back games, both with Talbot in net. Talbot is 7-1-0 in his past eight starts. The one loss was a 5-1 setback at Tampa Bay Jan. 18 when he was pulled after two periods.

A huge key was the Wings' power play, which had so lethal in recent games (power play goals in 10 of their last 11 games). The Wings did score once, with Lucas Raymond scoring his 19th goal, but the Wings couldn't match the two or three power-play goals they had scored six of the last 11 games.

Los Angeles is playing its second of a five-game road trip while Detroit is wrapping up a three-game homestand on Monday night.

Cam Talbot stopped 23 shots to improve to ... The puck squirted between Talbot’s skate and the goalpost. Kings: Los Angeles is 2-5-1 after a five-game winning streak. Red Wings: With forward ...

DETROIT -- - Marco Kasper scored twice, Lucas Raymond had a goal and three assists, and the Detroit Red Wings rallied to beat the Los Angeles Kings ... period deficit. Cam Talbot stopped 23 ...

Cam Talbot stopped 23 shots to improve to ... The puck squirted between Talbot's skate and the goalpost. Takeaways Kings: Los Angeles is 2-5-1 after a five-game winning streak.

The Vikings wavered coming out of the Week 6 bye, dropping back-to-back losses to the Detroit Lions and Los Angeles Rams. The move for Robinson salvaged the season, but he's poised to secure a big-money contract elsewhere.

BOTTOM LINE: The Los Angeles Kings look to end their four-game slide with a win against the Carolina Hurricanes. Carolina is 20-5-1 at home and 32-16-4 overall. The Hurricanes have gone 9-3-2 in games decided by one goal. Los Angeles has gone 11-14-5 in road games and 26-17-6 overall. The Kings are 21-0-2 when scoring at least three goals.

The New York Rangers missed a chance to get closer but didn't lose ground in the playoff race the past few days.