Three Vancouver Canucks suffered injuries Sunday, including goaltender Roberto Luongo, during their annual intrasquad game in Victoria.

Luongo, Sami Salo and veteran Trevor Linden all left the game with various setbacks.

Roberto Luongo returned from a swollen throat last season to shut out the Montreal Canadiens.
(Mark J. Terrill/Associated Press)

The biggest scare came when Luongo collapsed to the ice after getting struck in the throat by a shot from Brad Isbister.

While Luongo didn't return to the game, head coach Alain Vigneault doesn't view the injury as serious.

''Lui has been in this condition before,'' Vigneault said. ''We've seen it before in the past, it's just part of the game. He'll be fine in the morning."

Luongo experienced a similar fate last January when he was hit in the throat by teammate Daniel Sedin during a practice in Montreal. Luongo suffered a swollen throat and was taken to hospital, but returned the next night to blank the Canadiens.

"It's just a bruise and caught me in a bad area and it's important to get ice on it in the next 24 hours so the swelling stays down," Luongo told the Vancouver Province.

Luongo plans to return to practice Monday and might start Thursday against the Edmonton Oilers in a pre-season game.

"It was a one-timer in close and fortunately it's not toward the esophagus like it was in Montreal. This is more on the side and makes swallowing a bit easier. It's more on the muscle and we won't have the same worries as last year.

"I probably get one of these [shots] a year and hopefully I'll get it out of the way in the pre-season and won't have to deal with it anymore."

Salo, meanwhile, sustained a jammed left wrist and was placed in a cast. The defenceman will be re-evaluated Monday and the team isn't sure if his wrist is broken.

Linden will also be re-evaluated Monday after pulling his groin.