Panthers hoping for 増強s vs. Kraken
Panthers 中心 Sam Bennett, who has yet to play this season, has returned to practice and could be 支援する in the 顔触れ when Florida hosts the Seattle Kraken in Sunrise on Saturday night.
Bennett, who 得点する／非難する／２０d 44 goals over the past two years, 支えるd a lower-団体／死体 傷害 against the Tampa Bay 雷 in an Oct. 5 preseason game.
"It feels 広大な／多数の／重要な," Bennett said of his 回復. "When you've been out for a while, you really 行方不明になる 存在 out there."
Bennett's first practice since the 傷害 was Thursday, and he was 支援する in a comfortable 位置／汚点／見つけ出す -- 中心ing an 爆発性の line that 含むs Matthew Tkachuk and Carter Verhaeghe.
Tkachuk 得点する／非難する／２０d 40 goals last season, finishing with a career-high 109 points. But with Bennett 傷つける, Tkachuk has no goals and six 補助装置s in six games so far.
Verhaeghe, who 地位，任命するd a career-high 42 goals and a career-high-tying 31 補助装置s last season, has also been just a bit off. He has three goals and no 補助装置s this season.
When Bennett, Tkachuk and Verhaeghe skated together last season, they outscored 対抗者s 23-12.
Besides hoping Bennett can return on Saturday, the Panthers also have captain Aleksander Barkov and defensemen Dmitry Kulikov 戦う／戦いing the flu. They, too, could return on Saturday.
Two more Panthers players -- defensemen Aaron Ekblad and Brandon Montour -- are on 負傷させるd reserve.
Goalie Sergei Bobrovsky, who 残り／休憩（する）d on Tuesday when backup Anthony Stolarz （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 the San Jose Sharks 3-1, is 推定する／予想するd to return to the 顔触れ against Seattle. Bobrovsky is 2-3-0 with a 3.06 goals-against 普通の／平均（する）.
Another Panthers player to watch is 中心 Sam Reinhart, who leads the team in go als (seven) and points (nine). He was the NHL's "Third 星／主役にする" last week after 得点する／非難する／２０ing five goals in three games.
一方／合間, the Kraken made a 大規模な leap from 60 points as an 拡大 franchise in 2021-22 to 100 points last season. Seattle then upset Colorado in the first 一連の会議、交渉／完成する of the プレーオフs before losing in seven games to Dallas.
This season, the Kraken are off to a slow start, losing six of their eight games. Most recently, Seattle lost 3-2 at Carolina as the ハリケーンs 得点する／非難する／２０d on a 発射 with just 10 seconds left in overtime.
"We played hard the 十分な 60-加える minutes," Kraken coach Dave Hakstol said.
The Kraken this season have used two goalies, giving four starts each to Joey Daccord, 27, and Philipp Grubauer, who turns 32 in November.
Daccord, who 記録，記録的な／記録するd 42 saves on Thursday, is 2-0-2 with a 2.83 goals-against 普通の／平均（する）.
Grubauer, who was strong in last season's プレーオフs, has yet to earn a 勝利，勝つ in the 現在の （選挙などの）運動をする, going 0-4-0 with a 3.04 GAA.
中心 Matthew Beniers, the NHL's 統治するing Calder トロフィー 勝利者 as 新人 of the Year, 重要なs Seattle's 罪／違反. He had 24 goals and 33 補助装置s last season. This season, he has yet to 得点する／非難する／２０ a goal and has just three 補助装置s.
The Kraken also have two 今後s on the 負傷させるd 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる） -- Brandon Tanev and Andre Burakovsky. They 連合させるd last season to 得点する／非難する／２０ 29 goals.
Fortunately, the Kraken still have defenseman Vince Dunn, who had a career-high 64 補助装置s last season. This season, he has seven points in eight games, 含むing a team-high six 補助装置s.
Jaden Schwartz leads Seattle with four goals, and ex- Panthers 今後 Jared McCann has three.
McCann, still just 27 years old, became the 拡大 Kraken's first 40-goal scorer last season.
--Field Level マスコミ
