Matthew Tkachuk’s spring playoffs were overshadowed by a bad injury.
Florida Panthers Matthew Tkachuk says he played the spring playoffs with bad injuries. The star striker was a torn approaches muscle and a groin on the same side.
According to Tkachuk, the closer muscle had been torn off the bone.
– The road to this point has not been easy, comments Tkachuk on the ice after the championship.
In February, the US was injured in 4 Nations Face -off tournaments. Because of his injury, he was on the sidelines from the Florida lineup to the end of the regular season.
As the playoffs started, the 27-year-old striker returned to the ice. The result was accustomed to Tkachuk, as he made three power points in his first game after the break.
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Despite the injury, Matthew Tkachuk was the third most powerful scorer in the playoffs. Aop
One day before the start of the playoffs, there was no information whether the American could help his team at all in the Stanley Cup hunt.
– Perhaps there was a 50 % chance of five days or a week earlier that I wouldn’t play, the US previously said on the NHL website.
– I suffer from severe pain and I haven’t been in a very good mood. At home, my engagement has done a big job to help me. The farther the games progressed, the better I started to feel.
Matthew Tkachuk played the playoffs point per game. In 23 matches, power was 8+15 = 23. He was the third most powerful scorer in the spring games Sam Reinhartin and Carter Verhaeghen after.