Hughes, who remains day to day, sustained his latest injury in a 6-3 loss at the Seattle Kraken on Saturday, when he sat out the final 9:05 before also missing practice on Sunday. The loss to Seattle was just the third game back for the reigning Norris Trophy winner after being out for more than three weeks (six games missed).

The Vancouver Canucks will be without their captain when they hit the ice against the Anaheim Ducks. According to Rick Tocchet, Quinn Hughes will miss Wednesday's game with an injury. On Tuesday, Tocchet wouldn't state what the injury was but did specify that it was not the reported oblique issue that kept him out of the lineup earlier this month.

With the trade deadline less than 72 hours away, Vancouver finds itself locked into a crowded, tooth-and-nail fight to make the playoffs. And if the Canucks make it, their first-round opponent will be one of the NHL’s best teams.

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It has become a repeated game-day refrain for Canucks captain Quinn Hughes. In dealing with his latest setback — a “tweak” Saturday in Seattle — the reigning Norris Trophy winner practised for 15 minutes Tuesday before leaving the ice.

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Break out the brooms, ladies and gentlemen, we’re coming off of a perfect 3-0 night with last night’s best bets! Let’s try to stay hot and navigate tonight’s five-game NHL slate. Here are my three favorite NHL bets for Wednesday.