VANCOUVER -- Brock Boeser is out indefinitely for the Vancouver Canucks because of an upper-body injury after he hit by Tanner Jeannot midway through the first period of a 4-2 win against the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday.

The Vancouver Canucks will be without the services of Brock Boeser against the Edmonton Oilers. As a result, a new-look top-6 will be debuted.

With the injury to their best winger, and the giveaway Friday of Daniel Sprong to the Seattle Kraken, the Canucks have recalled forwards Arshdeep Bains and Nils Aman from the American Hockey League to play in Saturday night’s marquee showdown against Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers.

The Kraken are looking for an offensive spark after losing nine of their first 14 games. Sprong had his best NHL season with them, setting career highs with 21 goals and 46 points

Daniel Sprong's best statistical season was with Seattle in 2022-23, when the Kraken made the playoffs and he scored 21 goals in 66 games.

The Kraken re-acquired right winger Daniel Sprong from Vancouver, but while Sprong has bounced around the NHL in his nine-year career, he's also shown notable staying power.