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Updated: Injuries piling up between Canucks and Oilers

Edmonton Oilers v Colorado Avalanche

DENVER, CO - FEBRUARY 2: Sam Gagner #89 of the Edmonton Oilers skates against the Colorado Avalanche during a game at the Pepsi Center on February 2, 2013 in Denver, Colorado. The Avalanche beat the Oilers 3-1. (Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images)

Dustin Bradford

Saturday night between the Vancouver Canucks and Edmonton Oilers has produced a notable list of injuries - for both teams.


  • Oilers center Sam Gagner left the game in the second period after taking a reckless swinging high stick from Canucks’ forward Zack Kassian. As per the Oilers’ Twitter account, Gagner will not be returning. Kassian was assessed a double-minor for high sticking. After the game, it was revealed Gagner lost some teeth and will have his jaw looked at, as per Joanne Ireland of the Edmonton Journal.
  • Canucks’ Jordan Schroeder, who is in a battle to win a job as either a third or fourth-line center in Vancouver, left the game and did not return after blocking a Nail Yakupov slap shot in the second period.
  • Canucks’ rookie hopeful Nicklas Jensen left the game and did not return with what the club called an undisclosed injury. The injury occurred in the first period, after Jensen took a heavy hit into the boards.
  • Canucks’ fourth-line winger Dale Weise caught Taylor Hall up high with a shoulder to the head in the first period. Weise was assessed a minor penalty for illegal check to the head. Soon after Weise got out of the box, he was challenged to a fight by Oilers’ enforcer Mike Brown.

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