VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) -Vancouver Canucks defenseman Sami Salo will miss three to five weeks with a suspected sprained medial collateral ligament in his right knee.
Salo was hurt early in Sunday’s 4-3 win over Dallas, which was also the Canucks’ first game without top goal-scorer Daniel Sedin, who is out four to six weeks with a broken foot.
“Our docs and therapist suspect it’s an MCL and at first view they are thinking it’s anywhere from three to five weeks,” Canucks coach Alain Vigneault said on Wednesday.
When healthy, Salo – who has missed 223 games over 10 previous seasons – is the Canucks top all-around defender, logging more than 21 minutes of ice time while playing on the top power-play and penalty-kill units.
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