Matthew Tkachuk hurt in collision; Nikita Kucherov ejected
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Florida Panthers star forward Matthew Tkachuk exited with a lower-body injury after a knee-on-knee collision with Tampa Bay Lightning star forward Nikita Kucherov on Monday night in Sunrise, Fla.
With 3:09 remaining in the first period and Florida trailing 3-0 on the back end of a home-and-home series, Tkachuk reached out for the puck and was struck by Kucherov and fell to the i