Barkov week-to-week after knee-on-knee with Mayfield
Florida Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov is week-to-week with a lower-body injury, interim head coach Andrew Brunette said Wednesday, according to NHL.com's Jameson Olive.
Barkov doesn't need surgery but will require rehab, Brunette added.
The 26-year-old took a knee-on-knee from New York Islanders defenseman Scott Mayfield on Tuesday night. Mayfield received a five-minute major and game misconduct on the play but won't face any further discipline for the incident, reports The Athletic's Arthur Staple.
Here's a look at the play:
Barkov, one of the game's premier two-way centers, leads the Panthers with 17 points over 15 games this season. Here's how Florida's lines project to shake out in the reigning Selke Trophy winner's absence:
#FlaPanthers lines w/o Barkov this AM:
- Jameson Olive (@JamesonCoop) November 17, 2021
Huberdeau - Bennett - Duclair
Verhaeghe - Lundell - Reinhart
Vatrano - Thornton - Tippett
Lomberg - Luostarinen - Hornqvist
The NHL has never suspended Mayfield in his eight-year career, but he drew the ire of Tampa Bay Lightning captain Steven Stamkos during the 2021 playoffs for his cross-check on Nikita Kucherov.
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