Everything was going the Florida Panthers ' way early in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Final, but that start was dampened by an injury to star forward Sam Reinhart. In the first period, Reinhart got clipped by Carolina Hurricanes captain Sebastian Aho and will not return.

Sam Reinhart will not play for the Florida Panthers in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals against Carolina on Saturday night because of a left knee injury, one that happened Thursday when he was skated into by the Hurricanes' Sebastian Aho.

FORT LAUDERDALE — Florida’s Sam Reinhart will not be on the ice for Saturday’s Game 3 vs. Carolina after missing most of the Panthers’ Game 2 win with a lower-body injury, coach Paul Maurice said. “Sam won’t play tonight,” Maurice said Saturday morning. “We’ll list him as day-to-day.”