Tyler Toffoli is uncertain for the Vancouver Canucks in Game 3 of their Stanley Cup Qualifier series against the Minnesota Wild on Thursday (2:30 p.m. ET; NHL.TV, NHLN, SN, FS-N).
The forward was ruled unfit to play in Game 2, a 4-3 win that evened the best-of-5 series 1-1. He did not have a shot on goal and was minus-1 in 15:22 of ice time in Game 1.
"Everybody had to step up [in Game 2], bench was short for a while," said left wing J.T. Miller, Toffoli's frequent linemate. "I think that's going to happen over the course of the playoffs. I think the team responded really well. I think, up and down the lineup, everyone contributed today."
Toffoli scored 44 points (24 goals, 20 assists) in 68 games this season, including 10 (six goals, four assists) in 10 games after he traded to Vancouver by the Los Angeles Kings on Feb. 17. He can become an unrestricted free agent after the season.
Toffoli has 300 points (145 goals, 155 assists) in 525 regular-season games and 21 (nine goals, 12 assists) in 48 postseason games. He won the Stanley Cup with the Kings in 2014.
Center Adam Gaudette also did not play in Game 2 (unfit), forward Micheal Ferland left after the first period and forward Antoine Roussel left in the third after taking a puck to the face. Loui Eriksson and Jake Virtanen replaced Toffoli and Gaudette.
Right wing Brock Boeser replaced Toffoli on a line with center Elias Pettersson and Miller. Eriksson took Boeser's previous spot on a line with center Bo Horvat and left wing Tanner Pearson. Brandon Sutter shifted from right wing on the fourth line to center on the third line in place of Gaudette. Pearson, Miller, Boeser and Horvat each scored in Game 2 after the line changes.
"It was nice to play with [Pettersson] and [Miller]," Boeser said. "Obviously we have some history in the past, and I feel we picked up where we left off. The top six forwards, we needed to contribute tonight, and I think we did that."
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