Canucks captain Quinn Hughes to miss game vs. Ducks with lower-body injury

VANCOUVER — Canucks captain Quinn Hughes will not play Wednesday when Vancouver hosts the Anaheim Ducks.

Head coach Rick Tocchet says Hughes will get treatment for a lower-body injury and be reassessed on Thursday.

Tocchet says the ailment is not the same issue that kept the 25-year-old star defenceman out of six NHL games and forced him to pull out of the United States team at the 4 Nations Face-Off tournament.

Hughes returned to Vancouver’s lineup on Feb. 26, but was hurt again in Vancouver’s 6-3 loss to the Seattle Kraken on Saturday.