RALEIGH, N.C. -- The Carolina Hurricanes ' injury trouble following a lengthy road trip worsened in their return home.

Coach Rod Brind'Amour said defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere left Tuesday's 6-3 loss to Vegas with an apparent injury to his midsection, coming after he had been activated from injured reserve following a lower-body injury that had cost him the previous three-plus games.

"He felt something in I think it was his midsection area," Brind'Amour said. "He had to come out. So that was tough."

Gostisbehere, who works on Carolina's top power-play unit, saw 7:19 of ice time in the first period but didn't return for the second. It continued a rough two weeks for the perennial Eastern Conference contender on the injury front, with the troubles particularly acute on the blue line.

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