The Vancouver Canucks announced Saturday that defenceman Oliver Ekman-Larsson sustained a foot fracture during the world hockey championship in Finland.
Ekman-Larsson, who served as Sweden's captain, is expected to need four-to-six weeks of recovery time.
The 30-year-old missed two games during the tournament after blocking a shot against Czechia but returned for his team's 4-3 overtime loss to Canada in the quarterfinals on Thursday.
Ekman-Larsson scored 29 points — five goals and 24 assists — in his first season with the Canucks after arriving from the Arizona Coyotes in a blockbuster trade last summer.
Drafted sixth overall by the Coyotes in 2009, Ekman-Larsson has 133 goals and 284 assists for 417 points in 848 career games.