Vancouver will come back from Christmas break shorthanded as they look to maintain their standings in the Pacific Division.
Canucks head coach Rick Tocchet told reporters on Saturday that captain Quinn Hughes and forward Elias Pettersson are both out for Saturday’s game against the Seattle Kraken.
“It’s hard to speculate,” Tocchet said when asked when either player might return. “I don’t know if it’s daily or weekly.”
Hughes played after being a game-time decision for the Canucks’ last game on Monday against the San Jose Sharks.
Pettersson broke out of a seven-game scoring drought with a pair of goals in Vancouver’s 4-3 win over the Sharks. He played briefly in the third before leaving the bench.
Hughes…