Florida Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov carried off the ice after suffering nasty injury

During the game on Thrudsg night game between the Florida Panthers vs Ottawa Senators, a frightening incident occurred during the end of the game as Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov took a nasty fall into the boards after chasing down Tim Stutzle as he was going for an empty net goal.

Definitely a frighting scene to witness considering how hard Barkov hit the boards, but thankfully he was able to get up with the help of his teammates and skate off the ice. Truly a great effort by the 29-year old forward as he desperately tried to prevent the goal.

Barkov has forever been a star since being drafted second overall back in the 2013 NHL Entrt Draft by the Panthers and has gone on to tally 266 goals and 446 assists in 739 games while being one of the most valuable forwards for the Panthers over the last decade. So without a doubt this will be a tremendous loss for the Panthers if Barkov was to miss significant time due to this injury.

Barkov has dealt with numerous injuries in his career, so clearly the Panther and Barkov will be able to recover quickly from this injury, however only time will tell when more updates emerge on the Status of his injury.

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