A wave of late-season illness and injuries has washed over the Vancouver Canucks, leaving the team without one of its stars.

The Canucks announced Tuesday that Brock Boeser is out with an upper-body injury.

Head coach Bruce Boudreau said heB次元官网网址檚 not sure whether the right-winger has been shut down for the season but knows he wonB次元官网网址檛 play Wednesday when the Canucks (32-28-10) face the Golden Knights in Vegas.

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The injury comes after Boeser left late in the second period of VancouverB次元官网网址檚 3-2 overtime loss to Vegas on Sunday.

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The 25-year-old native of Burnsville, Minn., has 38 points (19 goals, 19 assists) in 64 games this season.

Set to become a restricted free agent this summer, Boeser had a career-high 56 points (26 goals, 30 assists) in his sophomore campaign in 2018-19.

The injury is just one of several absences Vancouver is dealing with.

The Canucks cancelled practice Monday after some players fell sick with a non-COVID illness.

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Quinn Hughes missed practice again on Tuesday with an illness, but Boudreau said he hopes the defenceman will travel with the team for the game in Vegas and a matchup Thursday with the Coyotes in Arizona.

The coach was less optimistic about Tucker Poolman.

The defenceman returned to the lineup Sunday after missing 26 games due to migraines. He played just four minutes, 25 seconds in the first period, though, and did not return for the second.

Boudreau said after the game that Poolman left due to a recurrence of the migraine issue. The coach added Tuesday that he does not expect the blue liner to return this year.

Poolman, 28, signed a four-year, US$10-million contract with the Canucks in free agency last summer.

Forward Nils Hoglander could also be out for the rest of the season. The 21-year-old Swedish winger has already missed nine games with a groin injury.

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Hoglander has 18 points (10 goals, eight assists) in 60 games this season, a dip from the 27 points (13 goals, 14 assists) he registered in his rookie outing last year.

Vancouver recalled defenceman Jack Rathbone from the Abbotsford Canucks of the American Hockey League on Tuesday.

The Canadian Press

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