Quinn Hughes returned for the Canucks in a 5-4 overtime loss at the Montreal Canadiens on Monday. Hughes, Vancouver’s top defenseman and captain, had two assists in 26:15 of ice time. He had missed the previous four games with an upper-body injury.

The Vancouver Canucks are set to continue their postseason push without two of their key players, defenseman Quinn Hughes and forward Elias Pettersson, as injuries will keep both men on the sidelines for varying periods of time.

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. Concerns rose in Monday’s game against the San Jose Sharks when Pettersson left the game three minutes into the third period.

Not the best news coming out of the holidays for the Vancouver Canucks. When speaking to the media on Friday, head coach Rick Tocchet revealed that forward Elias Pettersson and captain Quinn Hughes are doubtful to play in the team’s first game coming out of the holiday break,

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The Canucks won the Pacific Division last season and nearly made the Western Conference Finals. However, this year has been a different story. Reports of a rift between J.T. Miller and Elias Pettersson have emerged in recent weeks.

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