NEW YORK-- Vancouver Canucks center Henrik Sedin was injured in the first period against the New York Islanders on Sunday and could miss some time on their current road trip.
Sedin appeared to be favoring his shoulder and chest after a hard hit into the boards by Islanders forward Mikhail Grabovski at 18:16 of the first period. He went to the bench after the hit and was looked at by the trainer but did not go to the dressing room until the period ended.
He did not return to the game, a 2-1 shootout victory by the Canucks.
"We've done X-rays so everything is under control," Sedin said after the game. "We know a time line. We are going to check it again [Monday] and see how long but like I said, I couldn't come back to play [Sunday] and it's a new injury but we are not talking weeks I am hoping.
"It's one of those things where it doesn't feel too bad when you are on the ice but when you come in here and you wait a little bit, it gets a little stiff and tough to move around so I don't think I could have continued playing."
The Canucks play the New York Rangers on Tuesday at Madison Square Garden, and Sedin was unsure whether he will be able to play.
"We'll see tomorrow. It's going to be borderline," he said.
Canucks coach Willie Desjardins was also unsure of Sedin's status for Tuesday.
"We'll see," he said. "[The trainers] will evaluate him [Monday] but we may lose him for it."
Sedin, who has nine goals and 37 points in 44 games this season, missed two games with a lower-body injury in December. He said he wasn't expecting the hit.
"I didn't see [Grabovski] at all," he said. "I knew someone was there but I thought I had somehow turned away from it, so I did not expect him to hit me at that point."
Grabovski got a five-minute penalty for boarding and a game misconduct.
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