Tonight a Florida Panthers fan's worst nightmare has come to fruition as one of the team's top stars has suffered an injury. <h2>Panthers Star Player Leaves Game With Injury</h2> The Florida Panthers are in Carolina tonight for a divisional matchup against the Hurricanes. In the first period of the game Florida Panther star forward Matthew Tkachuk went into the corner for a puck. While in the corner he was blown up by a hit from Hurricanes forward Andrei Svechnikov. <q>Matthew Tkachuk did not come out to start the 2nd period</q> <div align='center'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/CanesOnBally/status/1760837011341033785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1760837011341033785%7Ctwgr%5E30883ebe54bb7f55a84e6df3d242b8568d9bdd97%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bladeofsteel.com%2Fnhl%2Finjuries%2Fpanthers-tkachuk-leaves-game-with-apparent-injury'> </a></blockquote></div> Since being injured Tkachuk has not returned. According to Elliotte Friedman both he and Tkachuk will remain out for the rest of the night. <q>Tkachuk and Gustav Forsling hurt tonight and will not return for FLA</q> <div align='center'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/1760847249314058654'> </a></blockquote></div> As more updates become available regarding his status we will pass them along to you.