Zegras returns to the lineup after missing 22 games with a knee injury, but Florida beats the Ducks for the second time in four days, 5-3, handing them their seventh loss in eight games.

The futility of the Ducks’ power play was again on display in Florida, where the Panthers’ leading scorer Sam Reinhart was given a game misconduct and a major penalty for kneeing Isac Lundeström. The Ducks’ inability to finish with the five-minute man advantage –– or at all ––was on prominent display once more.

The only time his future with the Ducks doesn’t get assessed is when he’s injured, which has been too often over the last two seasons. But the smaller, more pertinent question now is, how much can Zegras help his struggling,