Vancouver Canucks forward Radim Vrbata left the bench during the third period of Saturday's 5-1 loss to the Los Angeles Kings due to a lower-body injury.

With the game out of reach, Vrbata headed to the dressing room and never returned. He played 10:40 on only 13 shifts.

Vrbata was seen wincing and flexing his hip after taking a hard hit from San Jose Sharks defenseman Marc-Edouard Vlasic earlier this week.

Radim Vrbata, dealing with lower-body injury: "As long as it doesn’t hurt your performance or hurt the team, you play through it." — Iain MacIntyre (@imacVanSun) November 9, 2014

It's unknown whether Vrbata will be able to play Sunday when the Canucks wrap up their four-game road trip in Anaheim.