The off-season is off to a rough start for the Winnipeg Jets. The club announced Wednesday that captain Adam Lowry is expected to miss five to six months after undergoing hip surgery on Tuesday.
RALEIGH, N.C. — Florida Panthers coach Paul Maurice expects to have Sam Reinhart, Niko Mikkola and A.J. Greer back in the lineup for Wednesday night’s Game 5 of the Eastern Conference final against the Carolina Hurricanes.
All three missed Game 4, a shutout loss Monday night at home that allowed the Hurricanes to avert a sweep and extend the season.
“We expect them all to play tonight,” Maurice said Wednesday.
Reinhart left Thursday’s Game 2 in the first period after a low hit by Carolina’s Sebastian Aho. Greer appeared to injure himself delivering a hit on Jordan Staal in Game 3, while Mikkola was shaken up after crashing hard into the boards — his right shoulder hitting first — that same night.