{"id":465036,"date":"2026-02-20T22:36:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T22:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/465036\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T22:36:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T22:36:13","slug":"vancouver-canucks-filip-chytil-out-indefinitely-with-facial-fracture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/465036\/","title":{"rendered":"Vancouver Canucks\u2019 Filip Chytil out indefinitely with facial fracture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/vancouver-canucks\/23\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/vancouver-canucks\/23\" target=\"_blank\">Vancouver Canucks<\/a> forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/filip-chytil\/8480078\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/filip-chytil\/8480078\" target=\"_blank\">Filip Chytil<\/a> is out indefinitely with a facial fracture after taking a puck to the face during Wednesday\u2019s practice, confirmed head coach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/adam-foote\/8456283\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/adam-foote\/8456283\" target=\"_blank\">Adam Foote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Chytil took the shot to the facial area during practice as the Canucks prepare to return from the Olympic break next week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The 6-foot-2 centre has struggled to stay in the lineup this year, only appearing in 12 games due to concussion problems. He missed the final game before the Olympic break due to migraines.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">He has three goals through 12 games this season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Chytil was acquired by the Canucks, along with defenceman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/victor-mancini\/8483768\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/victor-mancini\/8483768\" target=\"_blank\">Victor Mancini<\/a> and a draft pick, from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/new-york-rangers\/3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/new-york-rangers\/3\" target=\"_blank\">New York Rangers<\/a> in exchange for forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/jt-miller\/8476468\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/jt-miller\/8476468\" target=\"_blank\">J.T. Miller<\/a> and defencemen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/jackson-dorrington\/8483750\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/jackson-dorrington\/8483750\" target=\"_blank\">Jackson Dorrington<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/erik-brannstrom\/8480073\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/erik-brannstrom\/8480073\" target=\"_blank\">Erik Brannstrom<\/a> in January of 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The 26-year-old forward only appeared 15 games with the Canucks last season before going down with a concussion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Drafted 21st overall by the Rangers in 2017, Chytil has 80 goals and 173 points in 405 career games split between the Rangers and Canucks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Vancouver sits last in the Pacific Division with an 18-33-6 record and are 19 points back of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/anaheim-ducks\/24\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/anaheim-ducks\/24\" target=\"_blank\">Anaheim Ducks<\/a> for the final wild-card spot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Vancouver Canucks forward Filip Chytil is out indefinitely with a facial fracture after taking a puck to the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":465037,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[4759,39876,5,4,34339],"class_list":{"0":"post-465036","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-apple-news","9":"tag-filip-chytil-sports-hockey-player-player-nhl-api-8480078","10":"tag-hockey","11":"tag-nhl","12":"tag-vancouver-canucks-sports-hockey-team-team-nhl-api-23"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116105352669579617","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=465036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465036\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/465037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=465036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=465036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=465036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}