The Vancouver Canucks still have a period to come back against the Philadelphia Flyers tonight, but they’ll have to do it without Henrik Sedin. The Canucks have confirmed that their Captain will not return after suffering a lower-body injury early in the second period.
Henrik Sedin, who left the game early in the 2nd, has a lower body injury and will not return tonight. #Canucks
— Vancouver Canucks (@VanCanucks) December 18, 2015
Nobody’s quite sure when the injury was suffered. During the second intermission, the Sportsnet panel believed that it was on this hit against during his last shift:
This may have been the root of Henrik’s injury. pic.twitter.com/Yeqn8hlAWR
— CanucksArmy (@CanucksArmy) December 18, 2015
It’s hard to say whether that was what caused it; you can see his right leg decelerate faster than his left, and he leads into the boards with his hip. Henrik had a recent maintenance day, so it’s possible that he re-aggravated an existing ailment.
Henrik has 31 points over 33 games; trailing only his brother Daniel, and having only three points fewer than third and fourth place (Alex Edler and Jannik Hansen) combined. Losing Henrik would be a huge blow to an already struggling Canucks roster, who haven’t been without their Captain since a knee ailment took him out of the lineup for four games in April 2014.
