<p><a href="https://canucksarmy.com/">Vancouver Canucks</a> head coach Adam Foote provided injury updates for four players on Wednesday. Most notably, forward Conor Garland is set to return for Vancouver’s game against the <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/dallas-stars/line-combinations">Dallas Stars</a> on Thursday after missing Monday’s 8-5 loss to the <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/florida-panthers/line-combinations">Florida Panthers</a> with an injury he sustained in a fight with the <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/tampa-bay-lightning/line-combinations">Tampa Bay Lightning</a>‘s Darren Raddysh on Sunday. </p>



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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Canucks?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Canucks</a> injury updates per Adam Foote: <br><br>-Forbort will still be out a while <br>-Höglander trending toward the 10 end of the original 8-10 week timeline. (About three weeks from now?) <br>-Teddy Blueger had a setback. Will hope to skate in a few days.<br>-Conor Garland is good to go.</p>— David Quadrelli (@QuadrelliD) <a href="https://twitter.com/QuadrelliD/status/1991235190274789402?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 19, 2025</a></blockquote><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<p>Foote also mentioned that forward Nils Höglander’s return following surgery for a lower-body injury he suffered in the preseason will be closer to a 10-week timeline after the original projection of an eight-to-10 week recovery. The Canucks’ second-round pick from 2019 had his surgery on September 29th, which means his likely return will be sometime in mid-December.</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="164"></div>



<p>Meanwhile, veteran forward Teddy Blueger had a setback in his recovery from a nagging lower-body injury that has kept him out of all but two games this season. The Latvian national hopes to begin skating again in a few days. </p>



<p>Defenseman Derek Forbort has also only played in two games for Vancouver this season, and will remain out for “a while” after having been put on injured reserve with an undisclosed injury on October 15th.</p>



<p>Garland, 29, should provide a welcomed offensive boost to a Canucks team that is currently tied for 16th in the NHL with 3.10 goals scored per game. The former Arizona Coyote is now in his sixth season with Vancouver. In 17 games so far, he has <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/stats/skaters?year=2026&amp;season=regular">five goals and eight assists for 13 points</a>. Last season, Garland notched 19 goals and 31 assists for 50 points in 81 games, which was in line with his career 82-game average of 21 goals and 29 assists for 50 points.</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="163"></div>



<p>After playing the Stars on Thursday, the Canucks will host the <a href="https://flamesnation.ca/">Calgary Flames</a> on Sunday to finish up a miniature <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/nhl-weekly-schedule">two-game homestand</a>. </p>


Conor Garland is set to return for Vancouver's game against the Dallas Stars on Thursday.