Just as the Vancouver Canucks were outclassing the New York Rangers badly, they’re now dealing with serious worry about the health of their No. 1 centre. Elias Pettersson left the Canucks’ bench midway through the second period Saturday after looking like he was in discomfort at a faceoff.

The Vancouver Canucks lost Elias Pettersson and Nils Hoglander due to injury today versus the New York Rangers.

Elias Pettersson left the game in the second period and now has not returned for the third. This initially looked like nothing at all, but it would appear as though Vancouver Canucks star forward Elias Pettersson has in fact been injured.