Hughes leads the Canucks with 42 points and ranks second in scoring among NHL defensemen. He last played, through injury, in a 4–3 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Dec. 23 logging 24:45 of ice time and recording two assists.

Hughes, a defenseman and the Canucks captain, and Pettersson, a center, are out with undisclosed injuries. They did not play in a 5-4 overtime loss to Seattle on Saturday.

Rick Tocchet’s update on Sunday wasn’t exactly what Vancouver Canucks fans hoped to hear. The Canucks’ head coach shared that forward Elias Pettersson

We're about to learn a lot about what this Vancouver team is and where it's headed over the course of this week.

While it is still a mystery what injury Pettersson has, Daily Faceoff's Irfaan Gaffar reports that Hughes has a hand injury. As for the timing of the injuries, Pettersson left the December 23 game against the San Jose Sharks during the second period, while Hughes' injury happened before the game.

Mike Tyson once famously stated, “Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.” In Vancouver Canucks terms, ‘punched in the mouth’ can definitely equate to ‘suffer a long-term injury to Quinn Hughes.

On the heels of his team’s brutal collapse to the Seattle Kraken on Saturday afternoon, Vancouver Canucks head coach Rick Tocchet offered injury updates for both Quinn Hughes and Elias Pettersson on Sunday.

The Vancouver Canucks will be without two of their biggest names in today’s afternoon matchup against the Seattle Kraken. After neither player was seen at practice yesterday, Canucks Head Coach Rick Tocchet confirmed that both Elias Pettersson and Quinn Hughes would not be playing today.