VANCOUVER -- Brock Boeser will be a game-time decision when the Vancouver Canucks play the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday (10 p.m. ET; SNP, TSN2, RDS, NHL.TV), less than 48 hours after he crawled off the ice against the Calgary Flames.
Boeser, who leads the Canucks and NHL rookies with 17 goals and 30 points, sustained a bone bruise in his left foot blocking a Mark Giordano shot 14 seconds into the second period of a 6-1 loss Sunday. The 20-year-old forward limped to the locker room without any weight on his left leg and was on crutches with a walking boot Monday, but was on the ice skating hard Tuesday morning.
"It's still obviously sore but us and the medical team felt I could try skating so we're going to try warmups tonight and hopefully I will be able to play," said Boeser, who found out on Monday the foot wasn't broken. "Since we ruled out the fracture, you can test it out a little bit, and it's tolerable, so hopefully I can play."
Boeser said he was relieved to get a positive diagnosis after worrying about a fracture.
"Pretty concerning when It hurts that bad and you can't put any pressure on it for a good amount of time after the game," Boeser said. "I didn't want it to be broken, I was hoping for the best and that's what happened. It could be a lot worse and I could be missing a lot of time, so I am really fortunate and hope it continues to get better and I can play tonight and play well."
Boeser started the season on the Canucks' top line with Bo Horvat and Sven Baertschi, but all three players are injured. Horvat fractured his foot Dec. 5 and is expected to miss another 2-4 weeks, and Baertschi broke his jaw when a clearing attempt hit him in the face during a Dec. 9 game against the Flames and is expected to miss another 3-5 weeks.
"I'm hoping he plays," coach Travis Green said of Boeser. "It wasn't like I was at church praying, but I was happy it wasn't a break. With the injuries we've been going through, we didn't need Brock out."
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