Nikita Kucherov scored before he was ejected for kneeing Matthew Tkachuk, and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Florida Panthers 4-0 in a chippy game.

Tampa Bay Lightning star Nikita Kucherov was ejected during Monday’s game against the Florida Panthers following a knee-on-knee hit on Matthew Tkachuk. The incident occurred late in the first period,

Florida Panthers star forward Matthew Tkachuk exited with a lower-body injury after a knee-on-knee collision with Tampa Bay Lightning star forward Nikita Kucherov on Monday night in Sunrise, Fla. With 3:09 remaining in the first period and Florida trailing 3-0 on the back end of a home-and-home series,