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. Frank Vatrano and Mason McTavish score for the Ducks.

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

Anaheim Ducks center Trevor Zegras will return to the lineup Tuesday versus the defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers after missing the past 22 games due to knee surgery, reports Zach Cavanagh of The Sporting Tribune.

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 Florida Panthers will kick off their four-game road trip over to the West Coast with a rematch against the Anaheim Ducks at Honda Center on Tuesday. Leaving home in a good spot, Florida sits second in the Atlantic Division at 27-17-3.

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.

Carter Verhaeghe had a goal and an assist as the visiting Florida Panthers opened a four-game western road trip with a 5-2 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday night.