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Panthers Lose Star Forward For Game 3

The Florida Panthers will be without one of their top forwards for Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Final.

Jon Alfano

Florida Panthers forward Sam Reinhart reacts during the second period against the Carolina Hurricanes.
Florida Panthers forward Sam Reinhart reacts during the second period against the Carolina Hurricanes. / James Guillory-Imagn Images
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Florida Panthers forward Sam Reinhart is day-to-day and will not play Saturday night in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Final against the Carolina Hurricanes, Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman reports.

Reinhart, 29, left in the first period of Game 2 on Thursday after a collision with Hurricanes forward Sebastian Aho. He then awkwardly rolled into the boards before going back to the bench in visible pain.

After the game, Panthers head coach Paul Maurice said "we'll get him looked at tomorrow" with hopes of providing an update on Saturday. Unfortunately, that update was more concerning than they likely hoped for.

Reinhart led the Panthers with 81 points (39 goals, 42 assists) in 79 regular season games this season. Though not quite as prolific as last season, when he scored 94 points (57 goals, 37 assists) in 82 games to earn an eight-year, $69 million extension in the offseason, he's still been an incredibly important to the Panthers' success.

The Vancouver native has 11 points (four goals, seven assists) in 14 postseason games thus far.

Puck drop for Game 3 from Amerant Bank Arena is set for 8 p.m. ET on Saturday. The Panthers will look to take a 3-0 stranglehold on the series, while the Hurricanes will look to claw back into it after dropping the first two games at home.

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JON ALFANO

Jon is a lead writer for Baltimore Ravens On SI and contributes to other sites around the network as well. The Tampa native previously worked with sites such as ClutchPoints and GiveMeSport and earned his journalism degree at the University of Central Florida.

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