Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. The Panthers were without top forwards Matthew Tkachuk and Alexander Barkov (both injured), Sam Bennett and Sam Reinhart, and top ...

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They are also dealing with injuries to two critical forwards who help establish their physical forechecking identity in center Sam Bennett (day-to-day) and Matthew Tkachuk (LTIR). Bennett has ...

The Panthers were without five injured players due to injuries, including top forwards Sam Bennett (25 goals), Matthew Tkachuk (22 goals), and Carter Verhaeghe (18 goals). Detroit opened the ...

The Panthers' chances may hinge on the status of Matthew Tkachuk, who has been sidelined since suffering a lower-body injury during the 4 Nations Face-Off in February but is targeting the start of ...

Usually more than two seasons. Matthew Tkachuk needed three years to become a difference-maker. JT Miller took six years to find his place. And Tom Wilson is playing his best hockey at age 31.

Matthew Tkachuk has been out since the Four Nations, and now it appears his return for the Florida Panthers in the Stanley Cup Playoffs could be in jeopardy. The Florida Panthers have been struggling ...

Panthers: Sam Bennett will miss the rest of the regular season with an upper-body injury, joining Matthew Tkachuk (lower-body) and Aaron Ekblad (suspended) among those out until the playoffs.

FORT LAUDERDALE — For years, Paul Maurice watched forward Brad Marchand from the opposing team’s bench. In each of the last two years, Maurice’s Florida Panthers bested Marchand’s Boston ...

Her work previously appeared in Newsweek. Stars have been everywhere this week, from Ryan Gosling keeping it low-key in Santa Barbara, California, to Mariska Hargitay filming Law & Order ...