Micheal Ferland has been ruled unfit to play for the remainder of the Stanley Cup Qualifiers against the Minnesota Wild and has returned home.
The third-line forward left after the first period of Game 2 on Tuesday at Rogers Place in Edmonton, the Western Conference hub city. The Canucks won 4-3 to even the best-of-5 series, the winner of which will advance to the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
As part of the NHL Return to Play Plan, a team is not permitted to disclose player injury or illness information.
Ferland missed 55 games this season because of recurring concussion symptoms. He scored five points (one goal, four assists) in 14 games in his first season with the Canucks after signing a four-year contract July 10, 2019.
Vancouver hopes to get its other injured forwards back for Game 3 on Thursday (2:30 p.m. ET; NHLN, NHL.TV, SN, FS-N), but coach Travis Green wouldn't say which ones might play.
Tyler Toffoli, who was playing on the top line, and third-line center Adam Gaudette were ruled unfit to play in Game 2. Forward Antoine Roussel left in the third period after taking a puck to the face.
"I'm expecting some of them to practice, to skate [Wednesday]," Green said.
If none of the injured players returns, the Canucks have forwards Zack MacEwen, Justin Bailey and Travis Graovac as options for Game 3.
Loui Eriksson and Jake Virtanen replaced Toffoli and Gaudette in Game 2. Virtanen played 8:13, but Eriksson played 20:07 on a line with center Bo Horvat and left wing Tanner Pearson, second among forwards to Horvat (22:11), including 4:20 on a penalty kill that prevented the Wild from scoring on six power plays.
Brandon Sutter shifted from right wing on the fourth line to center on the third line in place of Gaudette. Right wing Brock Boeser replaced Toffoli on a line with center Elias Pettersson and J.T. Miller.
Pearson, Miller, Boeser and Horvat scored in Game 2 after the line changes.
"I think both Bo's line played a lot better last game, and whenever we seem to put Loui there, it seems to just solidify the line a little bit," Green said. "He's a big part of the penalty kill."
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