St. Louis Blues forward Vladimir Tarasenko left Saturday's game against the Colorado Avalanche with an upper-body injury and will not return, the team announced.

He appeared to incur the injury after he took an awkward hit from Gabriel Landeskog and slammed into the boards, leaving left mid-way through the first period. 

In 80 games this season, he has 33 goals and 33 assists with a rating of plus-15.