\u201cThree weeks he will be back on the ice, another three to rehab,\u2019\u2019 Maurice said after practice at Baptist Health IcePlex.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Marchand news comes on the heels of Aleksander Barkov<\/a>\u2019s injury diagnosis of being out 6-8 weeks.\u00a0<\/p>\n With the way each injury looked in the moment, the Panthers will take good news when it comes.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cWhen they go down and you see that, you\u2019re worried,\u2019\u2019 Maurice said. \u201cWe went through that last year.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n The Panthers lost over 540-man games to injury last year, with Barkov and Marchand accounting for quite a few of them.\u00a0<\/p>\n Barkov missed the entire 2025-26 season after surgery on his right knee following an injury on the first day of training camp; Marchand was shut down after Florida\u2019s win against the host Detroit Red Wings on March 6 due to a lower-body injury that eventually required offseason surgery. At totaled, he missed 30 games last season.\u00a0<\/p>\n Barkov was playing in his second game of the season when he was injured fighting for a puck during a 4-3 overtime loss at the San Jose Sharks on Oct. 1.\u00a0<\/p>\n He told NHL.com on Thursday he was feeling good<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n “I got good news,” Barkov said. “I’ll be back soon, as soon as possible. Obviously, it’s not the thing you want to have, especially after what I went through last year. But it is what it is. Trying to stay positive, and the team is doing really well. It was a good road trip, so I’m really, really happy.”<\/p>\n Marchand was also playing in his second game for the Panthers (2-0-2) this season Tuesday when he was injured.\u00a0<\/p>\n While driving the net, Marchand was high-sticked by Kings defenseman Brandt Clarke<\/a>, which caused him to contort awkwardly into the right post. Clarke was assessed a double-minor penalty on the play.<\/p>\n Marchand stayed down for a few minutes and was attended to by a trainer before being helped off the ice by Brady Tkachuk<\/a> and Niko Mikkola<\/a>.<\/p>\n The injury came late in the second period of Florida\u2019s 2-1 win against the Los Angeles Kings at Crypto.com Arena.<\/p>\n In his season debut on Oct. 4, Marchand scored the game-tying goal<\/a> with 1:50 remaining in the third period to help the Panthers salvage a point in a 3-2 overtime loss to the Anaheim Ducks.<\/p>\n