Florida Panthers star forward Matthew Tkachuk underwent surgery this month and is expected to miss the start of the regular season, an NHL source told ESPN, confirming a report.

Tkachuk, 27, said earlier this month that he expected to miss "the first two or maybe three months" of the 2025-26 regular season if he decided to undergo a procedure, a decision he was still debating at the time.

The winger revealed after last season that he sustained a torn adductor muscle and a sports hernia injury 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 playoff series against the Tampa Bay Lightning . Tkachuk had 23 points (8 goals, 15 assists) in 23 games during the playo

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