{"id":205774,"date":"2026-03-25T17:55:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T17:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/205774\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T17:55:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T17:55:07","slug":"another-top-florida-panthers-forward-lost-to-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/205774\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Top Florida Panthers Forward Lost to Injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FORT LAUDERDALE \u2014 The Florida Panthers may be without yet another top forward for the remainder of the season with Paul Maurice saying the latest injury report on center Anton Lundell \u201cwasn\u2019t very good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lundell was cross-checked in the midsection during last week\u2019s win in Edmonton; he has been out of the lineup ever since.<\/p>\n<p>Maurice confirmed Lundell has a rib injury.<\/p>\n<p>Although Maurice did not have a definitive timeline for Lundell\u2019s return, he said there would be no surgery and recovery time could be 2-6 weeks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s not on the near-term future now,\u201d Maurice said. \u201cWith these \u2026 I\u2019m not putting him back in until he\u2019s 100 percent. It\u2019s a rib. He\u2019s not coming back. I wouldn\u2019t play him in the regular season even if we were fighting for one. In the playoffs, maybe you play him with that. But he\u2019s not coming back until he\u2019s 100 percent pain free.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lundell, 24, was having one of his most productive statistical seasons before getting hurt.<\/p>\n<p>With captain Sasha Barkov out since his first day of training camp, the Panthers relied more and more on Lundell to help carry Barkov\u2019s load \u2014 and he responded.<\/p>\n<p>Now in his fifth season, Lundell has tied his career-high of 18 goals set in his rookie season of 2021-22; his 44 points in 64 games match his rookie season and is one off his career-best set last season.<\/p>\n<p>Mackie Samoskevich was also injured in the Edmonton game after being struck in the back of the neck by a skate and sustaining a deep cut.<\/p>\n<p>Samoskevich was thought to be unavailable for Thursday\u2019s game against the Minnesota Wild, but he skated Wednesday and may play.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s possible,\u201d Maurice said, \u201cdepending on how he feels after getting through today.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Maurice also said that Sam Reinhart, who has missed the past five games, had an MRI on his injured foot Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>There should be an update on his status moving forward at Thursday\u2019s morning skate.<\/p>\n<p>ON DECK: GAME No. 71<br \/>\nMINNESOTA WILD at FLORIDA PANTHERS\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When: Thursday, 7 p.m.<br \/>\nWhere: Amerant Bank Arena, Sunrise<br \/>\nNational TV: ESPN<br \/>\nStreaming: ESPN+, Disney+<br \/>\nRadio: WQAM; WBZT 1230-AM (Palm Beach); WCTH 100.3-FM (Florida Keys); SiriusXM<br \/>\nPanthers Radio Streaming: SiriusXM 932, NHL App<br \/>\nLast Season: Tied 1-1<br \/>\nThis Season (Panthers Lead 1-0) \u2014 At Minnesota: <a href=\"https:\/\/floridahockeynow.com\/florida-panthers-4-minnesota-wild-3-overtime-jan-24-2026-marchand-scores-two-gets-winner\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Panthers 4, Wild 3 OT (Jan. 24)<\/a>. At Florida: March 26.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/teams\/FLA\/head2head.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">All-time Regular Season\u00a0Series:<\/a> Minnesota leads 21-11-3, 1 tie<br \/>\nUp Next for the Panthers: Saturday at New York Islanders, 1 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/floridahockeynow.com\/membership-account\/subscribe-to-fhn\/\" onclick=\"ga(&#039;send&#039;, &#039;event&#039;, { eventCategory: &#039;adclick&#039;, eventAction: &#039;click&#039;, eventLabel: &#039;fhn-plus-post&#039;});\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Get-FHN.png\" alt=\"Get FHN+ today!\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT LAUDERDALE \u2014 The Florida Panthers may be without yet another top forward for the remainder of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26526,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":{"0":"post-205774","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-florida","8":"tag-florida","9":"tag-florida-headlines","10":"tag-florida-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205774"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205774\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}