Quinn Hughes did not practice on Saturday and the Canucks' No. 1 defenseman will be a game-time decision against the Detroit Red Wings on Sunday (8 p.m. ET; SNP, TVAS (JIP), FDSNDET), according to general manager Patrik Allvin.
Hughes finished a 5-3 loss at the Dallas Stars on Friday but only played one shift in the final 5:30 and appeared to be in discomfort on the bench late in the game. He did not take part in a practice in Dallas on Saturday morning before the team flew back to Vancouver.
"They still evaluated him and I would imagine he's a game-time decision for tomorrow," Allvin said after the team arrived in Vancouver.
Hughes, who will represent the United States in the 4 Nations Face-Off from Feb. 12-20, won the Norris Trophy as the League's top defenseman last season, and leads the Canucks and all NHL defensemen with 59 points (14 goals, 45 assists) in 47 games this season. The 25-year-old also leads Vancouver in ice time (25:18) and plus-minus (plus-15) and has 25 points more than the next leading scorer, forward Connor Garland (34 points).
Allvin said forward Kiefer Sherwood, who has missed four games with a lower-body injury, will also be a game-time decision against the Red Wings. The general manager expects all four of the players acquired in separate trades with the New York Rangers and Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday night -- forwards Filip Chytil and Drew O'Connor and defensemen Marcus Pettersson and Victor Mancini-- will be available to play on Sunday.
"The expectation is that all four of them are coming in here later tonight, and it's a coach's decision who he wants to play [on Sunday]," Allvin said.
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