During Thursday’s game in China, Bo Horvat was on the opposite side of a hit from the Kings’ Drew Doughty. According to Sportsnet’s Dan Murphy, Horvat is expected to be out for roughly one week.
Appears Horvat going to be out about a week. Upper body injury sustained on #canucks final PP Thursday. Hit from Doughty after taking shot.
— Dan Murphy (@sportsnetmurph) September 23, 2017
With two more exhibition games to be played after the Canucks return from China, Horvat will likely be out for the remainder of the pre-season.
It appeared to be an innocent hit, but Horvat was in obvious discomfort afterwards on the bench. The estimated timeline of one week is surely a positive sign because it doesn’t appear to be too serious. The regular season starts on October 7th, which means the newly-signed forward will have two weeks to work on what looks to be a shoulder injury.
Horvat's injury from Thursday's game – looks like somewhere around the left shoulder #Canucks pic.twitter.com/lE0nOSQCaz
— Vanessa Jang (@vanessajang) September 23, 2017
