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<p>The Vancouver Canucks still have a period to come back against the Philadelphia Flyers tonight, but they&#8217;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.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Henrik Sedin, who left the game early in the 2nd, has a lower body injury and will not return tonight. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Canucks?src=hash">#Canucks</a></p>
<p>— Vancouver Canucks (@VanCanucks) <a href="https://twitter.com/VanCanucks/status/677662277034762241">December 18, 2015</a>
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<p>Nobody&#8217;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:</p>
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<p>— CanucksArmy (@CanucksArmy) <a href="https://twitter.com/CanucksArmy/status/677668393542094848">December 18, 2015</a>
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<p>It&#8217;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&#8217;s possible that he re-aggravated an existing ailment.</p>
<p>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&#8217;t been without their Captain since a knee ailment took him out of the lineup for four games in April 2014.</p>

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</div></center><p>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.</p><center>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Henrik Sedin, who left the game early in the 2nd, has a lower body injury and will not return tonight. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Canucks?src=hash">#Canucks</a></p>— Vancouver Canucks (@VanCanucks) <a href="https://twitter.com/VanCanucks/status/677662277034762241">December 18, 2015</a>
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</center><p>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:</p><center>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">This may have been the root of Henrik's injury. <a href="https://t.co/Yeqn8hlAWR">pic.twitter.com/Yeqn8hlAWR</a></p>— CanucksArmy (@CanucksArmy) <a href="https://twitter.com/CanucksArmy/status/677668393542094848">December 18, 2015</a>
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</center><p>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.</p><p>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.</p>

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