Canadiens' Tomas Plekanec: Day-to-day with upper-body injury

Plekanec is slated to miss Tuesday night's game in Vancouver due to an upper-body injury, Eric Engels of Sportsnet reports.

Analysis:

Tuesday will likely mark Plekanec's first absence of the entire season, and it comes in the midst of a big slump -- in his last 15 games, the Czech winger has recorded just one assist and a minus-6 rating despite taking a healthy 25 shots on goal. With Plekanec sidelined, Torrey Mitchell is projected to center the third line, while Brian Flynn is likely to draw into the Canadiens' lineup Tuesday.