Jannik Hansen has left tonight's game with an undisclosed injury.

Hansen is not on the bench for the overtime frame. We'll keep you posted if any developments arise.

Jannick Hansen practised on the Canucks' top line Friday while Alex Burrows skated with Ryan Kesler and Zack Kassian, leaving Derek Roy between Mason Raymond and Dale Weise.

While the subtle moves speak of versatility for a Saturday matinee against the Colorado Avalanche in the second stop of a five-game road trip - especially in the absence of injured winger Chris Higgins - it's a calculated stroke of incentive by head coach Alain Vigneault. Instead of dropping Hansen down the lineup after benching him for the final 9:21 of a 4-1 victory over the Flames, Vigneault moved the Dane up and forced him to be accountable and productive with Henrik and Daniel Sedin. "I wasn't happy with my game and my compete level," said Hansen. "There wasn't a whole lot happening for me in both ends of the ice and you want to contribute if you're not making an offensive play, and I didn't have a very strong game. We hold each other to a high standard here and expect the best out of everybody if we're going to go anywhere. "We're all pretty confident jumping around in the lineup and not ruining any chemistry."

The Vancouver Canucks have won six consecutive games, though they haven't been things of beauty.

"Right now it's not as pretty as a lot of people would like it to be," Vancouver right winger Jannik Hansen said before the team flew to Edmonton, describing the tight-checking, low-risk defensive posture the Canucks have taken. "[But on the road], there's not 15,000 people yelling at you to start carrying play. They want to see back-door tap-ins here, where on the road, you can get back to basics. You can chip pucks out whenever you want and no one is going to get on you."