FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida captain Aleksander Barkov could miss the entire regular season because of a knee injury, a major blow to the Panthers and their quest to win a third consecutive Stanley Cup.

Barkov got hurt Thursday in his first official practice of training camp and was undergoing surgery Friday, coach Paul Maurice said.

Barkov is expected to miss several months, which calls the entire season into jeopardy and essentially ends any chance of him representing his native Finland — as he hoped and planned — in the Milan-Cortina Olympics this coming February.

Barkov was in surgery on Friday while Maurice was addressing reporters. Once the surgery ends, the Panthers said they would release more details — some of which, Maurice said, wouldn’t be known until the procedure i

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