Panthers captain Barkov undergoing knee surgery

Florida Panthers skipper Aleksander Barkov is undergoing genu country aft being injured connected the archetypal afloat time of grooming campy signifier Thursday.

Panthers manager Paul Maurice told reporters Friday that the prima halfway was sent for country aft undergoing testing.

On Thursday, Barkov wasn't capable to skate disconnected the crystal nether his ain powerfulness and had to beryllium helped to the team's locker room.

"Not a feline you privation to spot spell down, for sure," Panthers guardant Jesper Boqvist said.

Barkov led the Panthers successful assists past play with 51 and was 2nd successful points with 71 earlier adding six goals and 16 assists successful the playoffs erstwhile Florida won its 2nd consecutive Stanley Cup.

He is Florida's franchise person successful countless categories, including games played (804), goals (286), assists (496), points (782), power-play goals (84) and game-winning goals (52).

The Panthers already expect to beryllium without guardant Matthew Tkachuk for the archetypal respective weeks of the play portion helium recovers from offseason country to repair a torn adductor musculus and a sports hernia and present are apt to spot Barkov miss important clip arsenic well.

"Beyond our control, truthful there's nary concern," Maurice said Thursday. "If we person to larn to triumph hockey games without bully players, if that's the adversity oregon the trial that we look this year, that's what we're going to do."

Information from The Associated Press was utilized successful this report.