The Florida Panthers defenseman returned Saturday after serving a 20-game suspension for violating the terms of the NHL/NHLPA Performance Enhancing Substances Program. Ekblad finished minus-4 in 20:20 of ice time in a 5-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference First Round at Amerant Bank Arena.

Ekblad sat out 20 games for violating the terms of the NHL and NHLPA performance enhancing substances program.

The Florida Panthers had two of their best players available for Game 3 of their playoff series against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday. Captain Aleksander Barkov was set to play after being knocked out of Game 2 by Tampa Bay's Brandon Hagel,