Overview
- Pettersson left the morning skate early, tested himself in warmups, then was ruled out before facing the Wild with an upper-body issue.
- Head coach Adam Foote said the team will get an MRI to assess the injury and did not provide a recovery timeline.
- Vancouver dressed only three natural centres—David Kämpf, Aatu Räty and Max Sasson—with Drew O’Connor and Jonathan Lekkerimäki taking shifts down the middle.
- The Canucks still beat Minnesota 4-2 at Rogers Arena, with Räty scoring twice in Pettersson’s absence.
- The scratch cost Pettersson what would have been his 500th NHL game and follows last season’s upper-body absences, as he sits at 22 points in 28 games this year.