LOS ANGELES –– They might not be the prettiest team in the league, but the Kings were looking more like themselves in a win over the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday.

On paper, it was a three-goal game, but for all intents and purposes, it was a hermetically sealed affair with a single goal separating the sides for most of the night and little available speed or space for either squad.

“I’ll take any win, you know me. But I think we played to our identity,” coach Jim Hiller said. “You have to start there and you can’t come off that. We’re gonna start scoring goals, I really believe that.”

Thursday, they’ll square off with the contemporary definition of a club with a strong identity and a win-at-any-cost mentality, the Florida Panthers (6-6-1, 13 points). They’ve won the East three years in a ro

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