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.

Jacob Trouba: Trouba's nonchalance in his end contributed to the Panthers' third goal where he misread the opposing forecheck, turned the puck over to the F2, and screened Dostal on the ensuing shot from Carter Verhaeghe.

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,