Canucks star rookie Brock Boeser out 4-6 weeks with back injury

Vancouver Canucks forward Brock Boeser will likely miss the remainder of the NHL season after the team said he will be out four to six weeks with a back injury.

The star rookie left Rogers Arena on a stretcher and was taken to a hospital after a collision in the Canucks’ 4-3 overtime win over the New York Islanders on Monday.

Boeser fell into an open gate at the players bench after trying to make a hit on Islanders forward Cal Clutterbuck.

The Canucks said Tuesday that was diagnosed with a soft-tissue injury and a nonstructural, non-displaced fracture of a transverse process in his lower back.