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Florida Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov is expected to miss at least 10 games after injuring his left leg against the San Jose Sharks. The team has not disclosed the severity of the injury, and further evaluation is pending.
Florida center Aleksander Barkov has been placed on long-term injured reserve by the Panthers, meaning the injury to his left leg will keep him sidelined for at least the next 10 games and quite possibly beyond.
The Panthers have not revealed any details of Barkov’s injury, which indicates that the evaluation process is still ongoing. Barkov was hurt midway through the second period of Florida’s 4-3 overtime loss to the San Jose Sharks on Thursday night. He was jostling for the puck along the boards, got pushed by the Sharks’ Darnell Nurse and awkwardly fell to the ice with his left leg at an unnatural angle. It appeared his knee buckled on the play.
Barkov remained down for a few moments, then got up and headed toward the tunnel leading to the Florida dressing room. He walked with a bit of a limp and appeared to angrily try to throw off his gloves as he moved toward the room. Barkov — Florida’s captain and a huge part of the Panthers’ runs to Stanley Cup championships in 2024 and 2025 — missed the entire 2025-26 season with torn ligaments in his right knee.
He went scoreless in his first two appearance of this season for Florida, which plays Sunday at Anaheim. ___ See AP’s full NHL coverage here Tim Reynolds, The Associated Press
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