Jets captain Blake Wheeler out weeks with injury

Winnipeg Jets captain Blake Wheeler will be sidelined multiple weeks with a lower-body injury, coach Paul Maurice confirmed Monday.

The 35-year-old forward was hurt in the third period of Friday night's 4-3 shootout loss at Vancouver. He clutched his right leg after a collision with teammate Nathan Beaulieu and Canucks forward Vasily Podkolzin.

Wheeler scored his first goal of the season in the first period of that game