Blues' left wing Paajarvi leaves game against Predators with upper-body injury

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - St. Louis left wing Magnus Paajarvi has left the Blues' game against the Nashville Predators with an upper-body injury.

The team says he will not return to Saturday night's game.

Paajarvi played five shifts in the first period of the game Saturday night, but did not return to the ice following the conclusion of his fifth at 10:44.

He was hit by Nashville's Victor Bartley in the defensive zone at 10:02, but stayed on the ice following the hit.