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An already close race for the Northwest Division became more complicated Wednesday after the Vancouver Canucks announced Mikael Samuelsson could miss a good chunk of what's left of the regular season.The 33-year-old winger reportedly underwent an MRI on his shoulder on Wednesday and Canucks coach Alain Vigneault told reporters that Samuelsson would be out two to three weeks. Samuelsson had scored 10 points (six goals and four assists) in the four games before Tuesday's 5-2 loss to the New York Islanders.
"He had been playing really well," Vigneault said. "He just got named first star in the NHL last week. Obviously, he was contributing to our success. It's something we'll have to deal with."
The Canucks (43-24-3) are three points ahead of the Colorado Avalanche (40-23-6), who lost to Calgary, 3-2, on Wednesday night.
"I think they are still in a pretty good position to win the division," Canucks television analyst John Garrett told FanHouse. "They are going to miss [Samuelson's] goals, especially on the power play where he's been so good. But if you look at the schedule, it's pretty easy after they get rid of those 14 road games."
GM Place was tied up due to the Winter Olympics, so the Canucks play 10 of their last 15 games at home. The Canucks do have three games against conference-leading San Jose, the first coming Thursday in Vancouver.
"If they win two of those three, they'll be fine," Garrett said.
Samuelsson, who has 30 goals and 23 assists this season, had been playing mostly with fellow Swedes Henrik and Daniel Sedin. Garrett said the team expects Samuelsson, who came over from the Detroit as a free agent last offseason, to be back in time for the playoffs.
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