We're about to learn a lot about what this Vancouver team is and where it's headed over the course of this week.

Hughes leads the Canucks with 42 points and ranks second in scoring among NHL defensemen. He last played, through injury, in a 4–3 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Dec. 23 logging 24:45 of ice time and recording two assists.

It sounds like the Vancouver Canucks will be without their captain and leading scorer, Quinn Hughes, for the next three weeks. On his weekly appearance on Sekeres and Price, TSN’s Darren Dreger gave us an update on what he’s hearing surrounding a more narrowed-down timeline for the Canucks captain’s return: “Devastating.

The Vancouver Canucks may be without captain Quinn Hughes longer than initially expected after an injury update from Rick Tocchet.

On Sunday, forward Elias Pettersson and defenseman Quinn Hughes were both notably absent from practice in spite of the rest of their teammates hitting the ice for a skate.

Hughes, a defenseman and the Canucks captain, and Pettersson, a center, are out with undisclosed injuries. They did not play in a 5-4 overtime loss to Seattle on Saturday.

The captain wasn’t injured, but his ego was likely bruised in being assessed a boarding major and game misconduct at 12:29 of the opening period for his end boards hit on Senators centre Josh Norris.

While it is still a mystery what injury Pettersson has, Daily Faceoff's Irfaan Gaffar reports that Hughes has a hand injury. As for the timing of the injuries, Pettersson left the December 23 game against the San Jose Sharks during the second period, while Hughes' injury happened before the game.