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WINNIPEG Adam Pelech Jersey Womens , Manitoba (AP) — Winnipeg Jets coach Paul Maurice says defenseman Dustin Byfuglien will be “out for a while” after leaving Saturday’s game with a lower-body injury in the third period.Maurice, speaking to reporters on Sunday, said Byfuglien will not need surgery, but likely will not play until after the All-Star break at the end of January.“That would be the very earliest part of the window. … I don’t know what it’s going to look like in two to three weeks,” Maurice said.Byfuglien went to the dressing room midway through the third period of Winnipeg’s 3-1 home loss against the Minnesota Wild on Saturday. The 33-year-old appeared to hurt his leg when he and Wild forward Luke Kunin collided along the boards.“He’s going to be a while, probably the next update won’t be until after the All-Star break,” Maurice said. “But no surgery, just a flesh wound and he’ll be out for a while.”Maurice wouldn’t specify if the injury was to Byfuglien’s ankle or knee, instead calling it a “lower-body” injury.Byfuglien leads all Jets defensemen with 29 points Thomas Hickey Jersey Womens , including four goals.Maurice said Joe Morrow, who hasn’t played since Nov. 27, will slide back into the lineup against Edmonton on Monday night.This will be the third stretch of games Byfuglien has missed this season. He sat out two with an upper-body injury in October and four in November with a concussion. SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Panthers are trying to regain the momentum they had entering the All-Star break.Mike Hoffman’s third-period goal put Florida ahead to stay and the Panthers defeated the Vegas Golden Knights 3-1 Saturday night.Hoffman broke a 1-1 tie when he grabbed a loose puck along the boards on the right side, skated in, and slid the puck between Marc-Andre Fleury’s pads with 13:47 left in the third. Hoffman leads the Panthers with 24 goals.“It seemed like whoever got that next (goal), it was going to be the deciding one,” Hoffman said.The win was the Panthers’ fourth in five games after losing their previous seven.The Panthers bounced back from a disappointing 4-1 loss to Nashville on Friday night, when they allowed four goals in the third period. The Panthers scored twice in the third period against Vegas.“We were in the same situation John Tavares Jersey ,” coach Bob Boughner said. “Last night, unfortunately, we couldn’t find the second goal when we needed it. Tonight, we did.”Aleksander Barkov had a goal and an assist, and Frank Vatrano also scored for the Panthers. James Reimer made 34 saves.“Obviously, last night we didn’t get the job done,” Reimer said. “We battled hard tonight and I thought we deserved it.”Max Pacioretty scored for the Golden Knights, and Fleury stopped 22 shots.Vegas lost its fourth straight game for the first time in its short franchise history.“We can’t think about the streak. We have to think about the little things, one shift at a time Authentic Jordan Eberle Jersey , one shot at a time,” Fleury said. “It’s frustrating because we’re not used to this. We’ve got to find a way to get out of this streak, this bad streak, quickly.”It doesn’t get any easier for the Golden Knights as they play at Tampa Bay on Tuesday.“Get ready for the next one,” Vegas coach Gerard Gallant said. “We can’t do nothing about tonight or the last three games. We’ve got to get ready for the next game and play hard.”Vatrano’s empty-net goal with 1:16 left stretched the lead to 3-1.Barkov put the Panthers up 1-0 just 12 seconds in. Barkov grabbed a loose puck at center ice and fired it past Fleury.Barkov’s goal missed the franchise record for fastest goal by two seconds. That record is shared by Johan Garpenlov (Oct. 17, 1996 against Colorado) and Barkov (April 5, 2016 against Montreal.)Vegas tied it at 1-all on Pacioretty’s goal. He punched in a wrist shot from the bottom of the left circle at 8:07 of the first.Evgenii Dadonov was awarded a penalty shot after he was tripped by Brayden McNabb at 57.9 of the first, but his shot went off Fleury’s thigh and hit the crossbar.NOTES: Panthers forwards Derick Brassard and Riley Sheahan each made their debut after being acquired in a trade with Pittsburgh on Friday. Brassard recorded an assist. … D MacKenzie Weeger returned after missing four games with a concussion. … The Panthers honored former captain Olli Jokinen as part of the club’s 25th anniversary ‘Legacy Saturdays’ series before the game. … The Golden Knights are 12 for 12 on the penalty kill in their last six games.UP NEXTGolden Knights: Visit Tampa Bay Lightning on TuesdayPanthers: Host St. Louis Blues on Tuesday.