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. Kucherov crashed full-speed into Tkachuk's right leg late in the first period,

Florida Panthers forward Matthew Tkachuk had to be helped off the ice and taken to the locker room following a first-period collision with Tampa Bay's Nikita Kucherov during Monday's game, but he later returned in the second period to a standing ovation.

The Tampa Bay Lightning forward received a five-minute major penalty and a game misconduct for kneeing Florida Panthers’ Matthew Tkachuk late in the first period.