Tampa Bay Lighting Dealt Brutal Injury News

The Tampa Bay Lightning learned on Sunday that forward Barclay Goodrow will be out indefinitely with an upper-body injury.

Injury update: Barclay Goodrow is out indefinitely with an upper-body injury.
— x - Tampa Bay Lightning (@TBLightning) May 9, 2021

The injury likely occurred during Saturday's battle against the Florida Panthers where Goodrow was right in the middle of the mayhem. Late in the third period, while the game was already 5-1 and out of reach, Goodrow got mixed up with Panthers forward Jonathan Huberdeau and then ended up fighting Noel Accairi.

The 28-year-old Goodrow is having a decent season with 20 points in 55 games and is the type of player that picks up his production and impact come the postseason. And considering the Stanley Cup Playoffs are right around the corner, this was a dumb decision by Goodrow and now his team may have to pay for it as it heads into the first round of the playoffs: