{"id":496666,"date":"2026-03-10T15:10:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T15:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/496666\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T15:10:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T15:10:11","slug":"aleksander-barkov-acl-joins-florida-panthers-for-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/496666\/","title":{"rendered":"Aleksander Barkov (ACL) joins Florida Panthers for practice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Keep updated on all the injury news and roster updates from around the NHL with daily Ice Chips.<\/p>\n<p>Florida Panthers<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Captain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/aleksander-barkov\/8477493\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/aleksander-barkov\/8477493\" target=\"_blank\">Aleksander Barkov<\/a> took part in practice with the team for the first time this season as he continues to recover for both a torn ACL and MCL.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Barkov skated before the session in a yellow no-contact jersey and remained on the ice as his teammates arrived.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cHe\u2019s out of that bubble wrap. He can move around,\u201d Head coach Paul Maurice said of his team\u2019s captain after the skate. \u201cIf somebody bumps into him, nobody is going to &#8211; well, I\u2019m going to catch my breath &#8211; but nobody else will. He\u2019ll be fine. It\u2019s fun having him out there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The 30-year-old centre was initially given a return timeline of seven-to-nine months following knee surgery in September and it remains in question as to whether he will play at all this season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Panthers are on track to miss the playoffs after winning the Stanley Cup in each of the past two years and reaching the Final in each of the past three. Florida is 11 points back of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/boston-bruins\/6\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/boston-bruins\/6\" target=\"_blank\">Boston Bruins<\/a> for the final playoff spot with one more game played. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Panthers will host the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday. Winger Sam Reinhart will miss the game, but is expected to play Thursday against the Columbus Blue Jackets, head coach Paul Maurice said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Daniil Tarasov will start in net against Detroit. <\/p>\n<p>Toronto Maple Leafs<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Maple Leafs recalled forward Bo Groulx from the AHL\u2019s Toronto Marlies on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Groulx has 27 goals and 50 points in 54 games with the Marlies this season.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">F Bo Groulx has been recalled from the Toronto Marlies (AHL).<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Leafs PR (@LeafsPR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LeafsPR\/status\/2031369907955220634?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 10, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The 26-year-old was a second-round pick of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/anaheim-ducks\/24\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/anaheim-ducks\/24\" target=\"_blank\">Anaheim Ducks<\/a> in 2018 and last played in the NHL with the Ducks during the 2023-24 season, posting two assists in 45 games. <\/p>\n<p>Tampa Bay Lightning<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Andrei Vasilevskiy was the first goaltender off the ice during the team\u2019s gameday skate and is in line to start against the Columbus Blue Jackets Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Andrei Vasilevskiy the first goalie off today, there\u2019s your likely <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GoBolts?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#GoBolts<\/a> starter tonight against Columbus. <\/p>\n<p>Vasilevskiy hasn\u2019t started against the Blue Jackets yet this season.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Benjamin Pierce (@BenjaminJReport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BenjaminJReport\/status\/2031382414392520995?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 10, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Montreal Canadiens<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Canadiens will host the Maple Leafs on Tuesday night. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Mike Matheson skated with Noah Dobson in line rushes during Tuesday\u2019s skate, while Lane Hutson was on the right side of a paring with Kaiden Guhle.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Keep updated on all the injury news and roster updates from around the NHL with daily Ice Chips.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":496667,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5102],"tags":[34987,4759,62,57,33779,5141,5,4,63],"class_list":{"0":"post-496666","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-florida-panthers","8":"tag-aleksander-barkov-sports-hockey-player-player-nhl-api-8477493","9":"tag-apple-news","10":"tag-florida","11":"tag-florida-panthers","12":"tag-florida-panthers-sports-hockey-team-team-nhl-api-13","13":"tag-floridapanthers","14":"tag-hockey","15":"tag-nhl","16":"tag-panthers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116205520641180777","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=496666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496666\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/496667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=496666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=496666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=496666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}