Elias Pettersson of the Vancouver Canucks said he injured his right knee and there is no timetable for his return.
"I'm walking fine. I feel better today than yesterday, so that's good," the 20-year-old forward said Friday in remarks tweeted by the Canucks. He also said he's awaiting the result of an MRI he had Friday.
Pettersson was injured in the second period of a 2-0 loss to the Montreal Canadiens at Bell Centre on Thursday. He is with Vancouver in Toronto, where the Canucks play the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday (7 p.m. ET; CBC, SNO, SNW, SNP, NHL.TV).
"He's staying with the team," Vancouver coach Travis Green said after the game Thursday. "I expect he won't play Saturday but I don't expect that he's going to be (out) that long."
Pettersson was face down on the ice after he fell awkwardly when his legs got twisted with Montreal forward Jesperi Kotkaniemi's at 5:44 of the second period. Pettersson did not return to the game.
"Two guys who get tangled," Green said. "I've watched it a lot of times. First of all, it's not a dirty play by their player at all. He gets hooked a little bit, [Pettersson] actually pushes back on him and leans back and probably tries to give him a little bit of a reverse hit, and two young guys fall to the ice."
Named to the 2019 Honda NHL All-Star Game on Wednesday, Pettersson leads rookies with 42 points (22 goals, 20 assists) in 38 games. He was NHL Rookie of the Month in October and December.
"I think we both just fell down and I maybe fell on his leg," Kotkaniemi said. "I'm not sure what happened. … I don't want to hurt anyone. I said this morning that he's a good player, so everyone in the League wants that he's on the ice, so so do I."
Pettersson broke a Canucks record held by Pavel Bure with his seventh game-winning goal of the season Wednesday, completing his first NHL hat trick in a 4-3 overtime win at the Ottawa Senators.
"It's not good that he's out but, as long as he's not out too long, it's part of the game," Green said. "You do have bumps and bruises along the way, and a lot of teams have to play without some of their top players."
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