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Florida Panthers center Sam Reinhart (13) looks to pass the puck as Boston Bruins defenseman Charlie McAvoy (73) defends in an overtime period of their NHL game at the Amerant Bank Arena on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, in Sunrise, Fla.<\/p>\n
Photo by Matias J. Ocner<\/p>\n
mocner@miamiherald.com<\/p>\n
The Florida Panthers will be without both of their top point producers of the season on Tuesday when they host the Detroit Red Wings<\/a> at Amerant Bank Arena (7 p.m., Scripps Sports).<\/p>\n Panthers coach Paul Maurice said after morning skate that winger Sam Reinhart will not play against the Red Wings as they try to get ahead of some soft-tissue issues. This comes one day after Maurice said Brad Marchand will be out long-term and might potentially have surgery<\/a> to repair a lingering lower-body injury.<\/p>\n Reinhart and Marchand are the Panthers\u2019 leaders in goals and points scored \u2014 Reinhart has 28 goals and 59 points, Marchand is right behind him with 27 goals and 54 points.<\/p>\n That\u2019s 55 of Florida\u2019s 187 goals scored this season \u2014 29.4% \u2014 out of the lineup just between those two.<\/p>\n For Reinhart, it\u2019s just his fourth regular-season game missed during the past four seasons and sixth total game missed out of 378 in that span that saw Florida reach the Stanley Cup Final three consecutive seasons and win it all each of the past two.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s an exceptionally fit man,\u201d Maurice said. \u201cIt\u2019s why he\u2019s endured the amount of hockey that he\u2019s played. He also has a fantastic ability to adapt his game when he\u2019s playing with some injuries, when he\u2019s playing maybe under gassed because we\u2019ve just run him so hard over these years. That\u2019s all his IQ. It\u2019s hockey IQ, for sure. But there comes a point in time when your game is just suffering because of what you\u2019ve dealt with over time.\u201d<\/p>\n Maurice said the plan is for Reinhart to return to the lineup Thursday against the Columbus Blue Jackets \u2014 giving him about a week in between games after last playing on Friday when the Panthers were in Detroit.<\/p>\n \u201cThis would be an unusual recovery for him,\u201d Maurice said. \u201cI\u2019m not sure he\u2019s had this block of time off and during the season in three-and-a-half-years, so we think of the five-day bump for him will be like a long Christmas break, and he can come back and stay healthy.\u201d<\/p>\n With Reinhart and Marchand out, forwards Vinnie Hinostroza and Luke Kunin will draw into the lineup on Tuesday against the Red Wings.<\/p>\n Florida\u2019s forward lines, based on practice Monday, should like as follows to start the game…<\/p>\n Eetu Luostarinen-Anton Lundell-Evan Rodrigues<\/p>\n Carter Verhaeghe-Sam Bennett-Matthew Tkachuk<\/p>\n A.J. Greer-Tomas Nosek-Mackie Samoskevich<\/p>\n Jesper Boqvist-Luke Kunin-Vinnie Hinostroza<\/p>\n