Nikita Kucherov's game ended early on Monday night in Sunrise, as the Lightning and Panthers completed the second of their back-to-back games. The Tampa Bay Lightning forward received a five-minute major penalty and a game misconduct for a knee hit on Florida Panthers' forward, Matthew Tkachuk in the first period.

Tampa Bay Lightning star Nikita Kucherov is facing potential supplementary discipline after delivering a dangerous knee-on-knee hit to Florida Panthers forward Matthew Tkachuk.

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.