TSN is reporting that Vancouver Canucks goalie Roberto Luongo has a fractured rib, and will miss at least a week.

Luongo joins Daniel Sedin, Pavol Demitra and Sami Salo among the injured stars in Vancouver, who has struggled coming out of the gates this year (6-6-0, 12 pts, 4th place in the Northwest Division).

Demitra just had a second procedure on his bad shoulder last week, and will miss another eight weeks. Sedin and Salo should be back in December.

Luongo is allowing 2.79 goals per game this year, and recorded his first shutout of the season earlier this week against Edmonton. Vancouver lost 5-4 at Detroit Tuesday night.

In two separate pieces of “breaking” news, two Eastern Conference leaders will be without star players for the next four to six weeks.

The Boston Bruins announced that center Marc Savard, who has led Boston in scoring each of the last three seasons, has been lost to a broken foot. Savard already had tallied seven points on the young season, again leading Boston’s offense.

Meanwhile, the defending Stanley Cup Champion Pittsburgh Penguins lost blue line All Star Sergei Gonchar to a broken wrist Tuesday night. The 35-year old already had eight points on the young season for Pittsburgh.

Savard and Gonchar join a list of All Stars that will be missing a significant amount of time early this season. Vancouver is without Daniel Sedin and Sami Salo, Detroit is without Johan Franzen, Chicago hasn’t seen anything yet from Marian Hossa, Columbus is without Jan Hejda, and Edmonton is without Sheldon Souray.