FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Sam Reinhart was ruled out by the Florida Panthers for Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals on Monday, the second consecutive game he has missed since getting hurt earlier in the series against the Carolina Hurricanes. Also out for Florida: Niko Mikkola, who scored two goals in Game 3, and A.J. Greer. All are listed as day to day, coach Paul Maurice said. Florida leads the series 3-0, with a chance to clinch on Monday. If Carolina wins, Game 5 will be Wednesday in Raleigh, North Carolina. Reinhart left Thursday's Game 2 in the first periodafter a low hitby Carolina's Sebastian Aho. The Panthers aren't concerned at this point that it'll be a long-term absence. "I would expect, hopefully at some point in this series, they'll be able to come back in and play," Maurice said. "The determination is ... the three guys I put in will perform better than those men would tonight." Jesper Boqvist, who scored the first goal of Florida's five-goal third-period onslaught Saturday, remains in for Reinhart. Nico Sturm and Uvis Balinskis will be in for Greer and Mikkola, respectively. Reinhart scored the winning goal in Game 7 of last season's Stanley Cup Final for the Panthers, the capper of a 67-goal season including playoffs, and has more goals — by far — than anyone else on the Florida roster since joining the club four years ago. Reinhart's 43 goals this season, including playoffs, leads the team. ___ AP NHL playoffs:https://apnews.com/hub/stanley-cupandhttps://apnews.com/hub/nhl
