Vancouver Canucks hoping to relax during brief break [Video]

The bright glow of a two-goal performance by Elias Pettersson was dimmed a little when the Vancouver Canuck centre left Monday’s 4-3 win over the San Jose Sharks early in the third period.

Pettersson broke out of a seven-game scoring drought with goals 44 seconds apart in the second period. He played briefly in the third before leaving the bench.

Pettersson didn’t return to the ice when he was named the game’s first star.

“He got banged up,” head coach Rick Tocchet said when asked about Pettersson. “I think it was the second period. He tried one shift (in the third.). We have the break. I don’t think it’s too bad.”

Pettersson last scored in a 4-3 overtime loss to St. Louis on Dec. 10. A 34-goal scorer last season, he has 10 goals so far this year. It was his first two-goal game of the season.

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