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

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.

An update on two of the Vancouver Canucks’ top players, though maybe not the most positive. When speaking to the media on Sunday, head coach Rick Tocchet revealed that neither forward Elias Pettersson nor captain Quinn Hughes will be joining the team on its upcoming road trip.

The Vancouver Canucks may be without captain Quinn Hughes longer than initially expected after an injury update from Rick Tocchet.

It sounds like the Vancouver Canucks will be without their captain and leading scorer, Quinn Hughes, for the next three weeks. On his weekly appearance on Sekeres and Price, TSN’s Darren Dreger gave us an update on what he’s hearing surrounding a more narrowed-down timeline for the Canucks captain’s return: “Devastating.

On Sunday, forward Elias Pettersson and defenseman Quinn Hughes were both notably absent from practice in spite of the rest of their teammates hitting the ice for a skate.

The captain wasn’t injured, but his ego was likely bruised in being assessed a boarding major and game misconduct at 12:29 of the opening period for his end boards hit on Senators centre Josh Norris.

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.

The Vancouver Canucks will be without two of their stars for at least the next week. Both Quinn Hughes and Elias Pettersson will miss the upcoming two-game road trip, which features matchups against the Calgary Flames and Seattle Kraken.