Panthers’ Key Absences Raise Alarms as G4 Loss Exposes Hidden Vulnerabilities
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The Florida Panthers were without a trio of injured players Monday night as the Carolina Hurricanes pushed the Eastern Conference finals to a Game 5.
Top-line forward Sam Reinhart missed his second straight game with a lower-body injury suffered on a hit from Carolina center Sebastian Aho in Game 2.
Defenseman Niko Mikkola missed Game 4 after slamming his shoulder hard into the end boards midway through the third period of Florida’s Game 3 win. Fourth-line forward A.J. Greer, who was also injured in Game 3, was out of the lineup as well.
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