Florida Panthers star forward Matthew Tkachuk exited with a lower-body injury after a knee-on-knee collision with Tampa Bay Lightning star forward Nikita Kucherov on Monday night in Sunrise, Fla.

Florida Panthers forward Matthew Tkachuk had to be helped off the ice and taken to the locker room following a collision with Tampa Bay's Nikita Kucherov during Monday night's game. Kucherov crashed full-speed into Tkachuk's right leg late in the first period,

On Monday night during a tense matchup with the Tampa Bay Lightning, All-Star winger Matthew Tkachuk was injured and needed to be helped off the ice. The play came with 3:09 left in the first period and the Lightning up 3–0.