The Vancouver Canucks will be without an offensive sparkplug against one of the most dangerous teams in the Western Conference.
Winger Conor Garland has been ruled out on Tuesday night against the Winnipeg Jets with an undisclosed injury. After missing morning skate, head coach Rick Tocchet told reporters that Garland has been playing through various ailments.
"Gars is banged up. He'll be a game-timer. He's been playing with a lot of stuff," said Tocchet, before adding, "Bunch of stuff he's been dealing with. He just wants to play all the time. We'll see what happens after the six hours, but we've gotta make a good decision with him."
Garland, 29, played in Sunday's game against the Utah Hockey Club, the second half of a back-to-back for Vancouver. He recorded two shots and was a minus-1 over 19:46 of ice time.
Filip Chytil, in concussion protocol after taking a hit from behind Saturday against the Chicago Blackhawks, also missed morning skate.
"He felt a little bit better yesterday, but I haven't talked to him today. ... He's had (concussions) before so we've gotta make sure we treat this properly," said Tocchet.
In other lineup news, Tocchet confirmed defenceman Elias Pettersson will return against the Jets after sitting out Sunday. Victor Mancini will draw out as a result, and Kevin Lankinen will start in goal for the Canucks.
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