Ben Hutton scored the go-ahead goal in the third period as the Kings nipped the Panthers 5-4 in Los Angeles.
Former Windsor Spitfire, Gabriel Vilardi got his first goal in his NHL debut.
The 11th overall pick in the 2017 draft scored the fastest rookie debut goal in Kings history when he fired a wrist shot past Florida's Sergei Bobrovsky 86 seconds into the game and 10 seconds after hitting the ice.
Trevor Moore and Martin Frk scored consecutive goals in the second for LA, which has won three-of-four.
Aleksander Barkov scored twice in the first period for Florida, which just missed a California sweep, beating the Sharks and Ducks in its last two.
Jonathan Huberdeau logged a goal and three assists in defeat.
with files from Canadian Press