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Canucks center Ryan Kesler out 'a couple of weeks' with knee injury

The Vancouver Canucks will be without Ryan Kesler for their playoff push. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Darryl Dyck)

The Canucks will be without Ryan Kesler for their playoff push. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Darryl Dyck)

Vancouver Canucks center Ryan Kesler will miss "at least a couple of weeks" with a sprained knee, Canucks head coach John Tortorella said Friday.

Kesler was injured in the second period of the Canucks 3-2 shootout win over the Winnipeg Jets on Wednesday after a knee-on-knee collision with Jets forward Jim Slater.

"Nothing we can do about that. Upside is that it gives others an opportunity," Tortorella said, via NHL.com.

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Kesler leads the team in goals with 22, and has 40 points in 67 games this season.

The Canucks are four points behind the Dallas Stars for the last wild-card berth in the Western Conference and are 3-6-1 in their last 10 games.

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