<p>Luke Schenn of the Vancouver Canucks will miss Thursday night’s tilt against the New York Islanders with an upper-body injury, the team confirmed.&nbsp; Schenn, who usually partners Quinn Hughes on Vancouver’s top pair, is listed as day-to-day.</p>



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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Vancouver Canucks General Manager Patrik Allvin announced today that D Luke Schenn is day-to-day with an upper body injury and will not play in tonight’s game.</p>— Vancouver Canucks (@Canucks) <a href="https://twitter.com/Canucks/status/1623836369691738114?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 10, 2023</a></blockquote><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<p>While the news comes as a blow on the ice for the Canucks, the team will hope that Schenn’s health will not affect his status as a trade target before the March 3 deadline.&nbsp; Recent reports indicated the Boston Bruins and Calgary Flames are among the teams monitoring Schenn, whose expiring contract costs just $850,000 against the salary cap.</p>



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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Hearing Boston and Calgary could be emerging as the leading contenders for Luke Schenn if/when the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Canucks?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Canucks</a> are ready to pull the trigger.</p><div class="injected-ad injected-video" data-nn-ad-tech-injection-count="0" data-nn-ad-tech-max-gap="130" data-nn-ad-tech-current-gap="145"></div>— Nick Alberga (@thegoldenmuzzy) <a href="https://twitter.com/thegoldenmuzzy/status/1623434522384805888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 8, 2023</a></blockquote><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<p>Schenn, 33, is enjoying something of a late-career resurgence alongside Hughes. The veteran right-handed shot is second on the Canucks in rating (+8) and averages over 17 minutes of ice-time per game. Through 51 games, Schenn has 18 points, the second most of any season in his career.</p>



<p>This is Schenn’s second-straight season in Vancouver after serving as the seventh defenseman during the Lightning’s consecutive Stanley Cup victories.&nbsp; Schenn had previously played for Vancouver during the 2018-19 season.&nbsp; Schenn has played over 900 career games with the Maple Leafs, Flyers, Kings, Coyotes, Canucks, and Lightning.&nbsp; Time will tell if the journeyman suits up in yet another city before the season ends.</p>



<p>Vancouver is 2-2-1 since Rick Tocchet took over for the dismissed Bruce Boudreau on January 22.&nbsp;The move to go without an interim coach and transition directly from Boudreau to Tocchet was seen as bizarre by some.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><div class="injected-ad" data-nn-ad-tech-injection-count="1" data-nn-ad-tech-max-gap="130" data-nn-ad-tech-current-gap="147"></div>



<p>The Canucks have 44 points on the season, the fifth-worst total in a weak Western Conference.&nbsp; After they play the Islanders, Vancouver will round out their four-game road trip in Detroit on Saturday afternoon.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>



<p>Thursday’s game will be the first that Schenn has missed this season.</p>
