ANAHEIM, Calif. — Trevor Zegras was back in action for the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday night, taking shifts for the first time in nearly seven weeks. The omnipresent question that follows the playmaking forward is how much longer he will play for them.

Anaheim Ducks centre Trevor Zegras is expected to return to the ice Tuesday against the Florida Panthers after recovering from surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his right knee.

Anaheim Ducks forward Trevor Zegras will return to the lineup Tuesday against the Florida Panthers after missing the last 22 games with a torn meniscus.Zegras suffered the injury on an awkward fall during the Ducks' 4-1 loss to the Vegas Golden Knights on Dec.

Trevor Zegras hasn't played a game for the Anaheim Ducks since December 4, but that should be changing on Tuesday night.

Earns helper Thursday

Zegras (knee) will return to the lineup Tuesday against the Panthers, according to Derek Lee of The Hockey News.

The Ducks will face the Florida Panthers again in the first home game of three before they head back on the road. The Ducks are coming off a 3-0 loss to the Panthers on Jan. 18. The Panthers have also not played since that 3-0 victory over the Ducks.

Mackie Samoskevich and Tomas Nosek each had two assists, and Sergei Bobrovsky made 28 saves for the Panthers (28-17-3), who have won two in a row for the first time since a four-game winning streak from Dec. 16-22.

After getting a well-earned two-day break in Southern California, the Pittsburgh Penguins resume a seven-day road trip on Thursday night with a game against the slumping Anaheim Ducks.

Coming off a tough loss to the Clippers, the Lakers have little trouble defeating the NBA's worst team, the Washington Wizards.

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.