Knee sprain cuts short Chris Tanev's season with Canucks

The Vancouver Canucks say defenceman Chris Tanev will miss the rest of the season with a sprained knee.

Tanev suffered the injury in a 4-1 loss at St. Louis on Friday.

The knee ailment is the latest in a litany of injuries that limited Tanev to 42 games this season, including a fractured leg and a puck to the mouth that cost him several teeth.

It’s the second season Tanev has struggled with injuries. Various ailments limited him to 53