Star winger Matthew Tkachuk still hasn’t decided if he’s going to have surgery to remedy a pair of injuries with the Florida Panthers just under two months away from beginning the 2025-26 NHL season and their quest for a third consecutive Stanley Cup.

After the Panthers won their second straight Stanley Cup in June, Tkachuk revealed that he had sustained the injuries while playing for Team USA in the 4 Nations Face-Off in February. He missed the final 25 games of the NHL regular season but returned for Game 1 of the Panthers’ first-round series against the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Xavier Legette, the Panthers’ 2024 first-round pick and one of the team’s most charismatic characters, got into a fight on the second drive of Carolina’s first preseason contest against the Cleveland Browns in Bank of America Stadium on Friday night.

Panthers WR Xavier Legette was ejected from Friday night's preseason opener after a fight with Browns CB Rayshawn Jenkins.

Carolina Panthers wide receiver Xavier Legette and Cleveland Browns safety Rayshawn Jenkins both had short nights in their teams' Friday preseason opener, as both were ejected following a fight in the first quarter.