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The Vancouver Canucks will be without star sniper Brock Boeser for at least one game.

The 27-year-old right-winger was hurt Thursday when he was hit in the head by L.A. Kings forward Tanner Jeannot in the neutral zone.

Boeser was not on the ice when the Canucks (7-2-3) took morning skate ahead of Saturday’s game against the Edmonton Oilers (6-7-1).

Canucks general manager Patrik Allvin said the forward was being evaluated for an “upper-body injury.”

Head coach Rick Tocchet said he spoke with Boeser briefly on Saturday morning.

“He doesn’t feel great, but I wouldn’t say it’s horrible. So I think right now he’s indefinite,” Tocchet said. “We’ll see. These things, they change in a week or 24 hours, I don’t know.”

Boeser had just played the puck when he was levelled midway through the first period of Vancouver’s 4-2 win over L.A. on Thursday.

He did not appear to …

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