Panthers captain Sasha Barkov suffered an apparent lower-body injury during Thursday’s loss to the Ottawa Senators. In the game’s final moments, Barkov went skates-first into the back boards while trying to defend against an empty-net goal by Ottawa’s Tim Stutzle.

The Panthers have recalled forward Patrick Giles from the AHL’s Charlotte Checkers, a move reflected on the NHL Media roster and the AHL Transactions log, and placed forward Tomas Nosek on Long Term Injured Reserve, according to PuckPedia.

Florida Panthers captain and top-line center Aleksander Barkov sustained a lower-body injury late in their 3-1 loss to the Ottawa Senators on Thursday at Canadian Tire Centre.

That’s because Florida captain Sasha Barkov left the game in the final moments with what appeared to be a lower-body injury after going hard into the boards. Ottawa opened the scoring thanks to a power play goal off the stick of Tim Stutzle following a high sticking call to Niko Mikkola early in the first period.