Canucks’ Filip Chytil out indefinitely with facial fracture
Filip Chytil cannot catch a break, as the Vancouver Canucks center will be out indefinitely with a facial fracture.
#Canucks Adam Foote reveals Filip Chytil's suffered a fracture of a facial bone at practice on Wednesday
According to Canucks’ head coach Adam Foote, Chytil needs to see another specialist before deciding on if surgery is required for the injury.
Chytil sustained the facial fracture during a Canucks’ practice on Wednesday. He was stopped at the side of the net during a mini-game, and a heavy snap shot was deflected and struck Chytil in the face. He required x-rays after the fact which confirmed the injury.
It’s continued bad luck for Chytil, as he has been hurt for 45 of the Canucks’ 57 games this season. He missed 44 games with an upper-body injury from October to January, and then after playing for a couples weeks, missed the Canucks’ last game before the break due to a migraine.
Injuries have been a common theme for Chytil the last few seasons, as on top of what’s happened this season, he also missed 25 games last season due to upper-body injuries and concussions, and in 2023-24, he missed 72 regular season games and eight playoff games with an upper-body injury.
While you can’t take too much stock in Chytil’s 2025-26 season with the Canucks with all the time he’s missed, he hasn’t been overly productive when he’s played with just three goals in 12 games.
Chytil hasn’t been the only Canucks player with injury problems this season, as only four players have played every game, six have played all but one game, and 10 have played 50 or more games. Brock Boeser, Thatcher Demko, Derek Forbort, Nils Hoglander and Marco Rossi were all injured heading into the Olympic break, although only Demko is confirmed out for the rest of the season.
The Canucks entered the Olympic break with a 18-33-6 record, which is the worst in the league. They’ll resume play next Wednesday when they host the Winnipeg Jets at 7 p.m. PT.