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.

The Tampa Bay Lightning forward received a five-minute major penalty and a game misconduct for a knee to knee hit on Florida Panthers' forward, Matthew Tkachuk 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.