FORT LAUDERDALE — Panthers star forward Sam Bennett suffered an upper-body injury during Florida’s loss to Buffalo on Monday night. It’s the latest in a series of injuries that have decimated the reigning Stanley Cup champions, who have lost four straight games.

“It seems like somebody’s getting injured every night,” Panthers forward Matthew Tkachuk said.

Panthers coach Paul Maurice said Bennett — who was picked to replace Tampa Bay’s Anthony Cirelli for the Canadian Olympic team on Tuesday — and fellow forwards Anton Lundell and Brad Marchand may be able to play Wednesday against Boston, but the team has not made that determination yet.

“There’s a chance they could all play tomorrow,” Maurice said. “There’s a chance none of them play tomorrow, but we won’t know till after the morning skate.”

Bennett’s injury meant all four of the Panthers’ centers from last year’s Stanley Cup team — captain Aleksander Barkov, Lundell, Bennett and Tomas Nosek — are hurt. Florida needed winger Eetu Luostarinen to move to center, a position he previously played, to fill the void on Monday.

“He was good; five on two on the draws,” Maurice said Monday. “I like him better on the wing because of what Lundell does, what the two of them can do, but everybody needed to play all over.”

The growing list of injuries that have plagued Florida all season have not gone unnoticed.

“When you get started blowing up barbecues, you start to think,” Maurice said, referring to Luostarinen suffering an injury while grilling earlier this season. “… But I would say that in everything that’s happened here over the last four years, there’s something to be gleaned out of your adversity.”

Maurice said the team needs to stick to its foundation and stay confident so they avoid pressing. He said the Panthers did that in their loss to Buffalo.

“I think sometimes you’ll sit so defensively because of the urgency and it’s also the foundation of your game,” Maurice said. “But we put up (42 shots) last night and felt we had opportunities to score. So there has to be a certain amount of freedom and ease in your game for the confidence to stay and to make plays because you can’t just (keep) kicking it out into the neutral zone all night. I thought we were good with that last game. Most important thing is you have a foundation. That has to be there first. You can’t lose that ease in your game where you’re too tight to create.”

Tkachuk said right now the Panthers just have to grind out close victories.

“We cannot try to outskill teams — and that’s not what we were trying to do — but at some points in the game, we are doing that. We’re just playing into their hands,” Tkachuk said. “… We’ve just got to try to get back to the basics. We’ve got to try to win a 1-0, 2-1 game here and just try to go from there. We’re in one right now, and if we don’t simplify it, this year’s going to get away from us.”

The Panthers are feeling the urgency of the moment. Florida plays Boston on Wednesday and Tampa Bay on Thursday before the team gets a three-week break for the Olympics. But Tkachuk said the Panthers, who are currently nine points out of a playoff spot, need to turn things around before the break; they cannot wait any longer.

“This could get away from us if we don’t figure it out,” Tkachuk said. “It has to start next game. We’ve got two games left, and Boston’s another team we’re chasing that’s a wild card team, so we’ve got to get it.”