Overview
- Head coach Paul Maurice said center Anton Lundell faces a two to six week recovery for a rib injury, and he will not need surgery.
- The team has not pinned down when it happened, with Lundell getting “banged up” in a 4-0 win at Edmonton before he sat out the next two games against Calgary and Seattle.
- Lundell has 18 goals and 26 assists in 64 of 70 games, and he ranks fifth on the team in points this season.
- He has taken on top-line minutes in Aleksander Barkov’s absence, so losing him now thins Florida’s center depth during the stretch run.
- The Panthers are 35-32-3 and 12 points back of the final Eastern Conference wild-card berth, which raises the chance his regular season is over unless he returns on the short end of the timeline.