Canucks\u2019 Garland being evaluated after exiting vs. Rangers<\/p>\n
Conor Garland did not join his teammates for the third period of their game against the New York Rangers<\/a>. Halfway through the third period, the Canucks announced that the forward would not return to the game:<\/p>\n Forward Conor Garland will not return to tonight’s game.<\/p>\n Head Coach Adam Foote had no update on Garland postgame and said the team was still evaluating him and would likely know more in the morning.<\/p>\n It\u2019s unclear when Garland got hurt. However, he was on the receiving end of a massive hit from Sam Carrick in the neutral zone at the tail end of the first period.<\/p>\n #NYR<\/a> Sam Carrick drops the gloves after a hit on #Canucks<\/a> Garland.<\/p>\n Defenceman Marcus Pettersson came to Garland\u2019s defence, dropping the gloves with Carrick a few seconds later.<\/p>\n If this were anything more than precautionary, Garland would join Quinn Hughes, Nils H\u00f6glander, Filip Chytil, Teddy Blueger, Derek Forbort, Jonathan Lekkerim\u00e4ki and Victor Mancini on the Canucks\u2019 lengthy injury list.<\/p>\n This would be a significant blow to the Canucks\u2019 offence if Garland misses time. He currently leads the team in points this season with 11 (three goals and eight assists). Garland averages the most ice time per game (21 minutes), playing in all situations of the game.<\/p>\n His teammate Kiefer Sherwood spoke postgame about how significant a loss it would be if Garland were injured and emphasized the team\u2019s need to come together in his absence.<\/p>\n \u201cYeah, I mean that\u2019s a guy you can\u2019t really replace. He\u2019s a big part of our team in all situations. Hoping he\u2019s okay and we\u2019ll see. Like I said, we got to pull the rope a unite and just stick together as a team and, you know, kind of win as a committee.\u201d<\/p>\n