Mikkola went down to the ice clutching his left knee. After getting up, he did not put any weight on the leg as he was helped off the ice and to the dressing room.<\/p>\n
Coach Paul Maurice said postgame that Mikkola \u201cwas getting looked at right now,\u2019\u2019 and that he would be further evaluated once the team arrives back in South Florida sometime Saturday or Sunday.<\/p>\n
But it certainly does not look good.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe has been a dominant man all year for us with all of the injuries we have had,\u2019\u2019 Maurice said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re going to miss him. He\u2019s going to miss some time, I believe.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n
The Panthers have lost one key player after another throughout the season.<\/p>\n
After Friday\u2019s loss, the Panthers have seven players on the shelf with a total of 407 games missed due to injury \u2014 and that does not include Anton Lundell and Mackie Samoskevich whom Maurice said before the game had been nicked up in Thursday\u2019s victory in Edmonton.<\/p>\n
Florida knew it would start the season without Tomas Nosek and Matthew Tkachuk due to offseason surgery, but then captain Sasha Barkov blew out his right knee on his first day of training camp and the injuries just kept piling up.<\/p>\n
Aside from Barkov, Tkachuk, and Nosek, the Panthers have also been without Dmitry Kulikov, Jonah Gadjovich, Cole Schwindt, Jones, and Brad Marchand for substantial amounts of time.<\/p>\n
Sam Reinhart missed the four-game road trip with an undisclosed injury as well.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s tough, especially with all the injuries we have seen on our team this year,\u2019\u2019 Sam Bennett said when asked about Mikkola.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou never want to see anyone go down.\u201d<\/p>\n
ON DECK: GAME No. 70
\nSEATTLE KRAKEN at FLORIDA PANTHERS\u00a0<\/p>\n
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