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Canucks’ Filip Chytil and Tom Willander to miss Flyers game

Both skated Monday, but Vancouver coach Manny Malhotra gave no timetable for their return.

File photo: Vancouver Canucks centre Filip Chytil moves the puck under pressure from an Anaheim Ducks defenceman.
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Vancouver Canucks centre Filip Chytil and defenceman Tom Willander will sit out Monday’s home game against the Philadelphia Flyers. Both skated Monday, NHL.com reported, and coach Manny Malhotra said, according to The Canadian Press, that neither was ready to return.

Chytil has been sidelined by a shoulder injury. Vancouver placed him on injured reserve Oct. 30.

Willander has a lower-body injury and will miss his fourth straight game, The Canadian Press reported. Malhotra did not give a return date for either player.

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