MARYLAND HEIGHTS, Mo. — The defender from St. Louis Blues Philip Broberg is expected to miss the next four to six weeks with an apparent right foot injury.

Coach Drew Bannister provided an update on Broberg’s condition Monday, calling it a lower-body injury. Bannister called the prognosis good news considering how bad the injury looked at the time.

“It could have been a lot worse,” Bannister said after practice. “I’m happy he’s coming back. It could have been worse, but it isn’t. He was playing really good hockey, and now it’s like, “Let’s get him back on the ice and get him back up to game speed.” It will take some time, but I think the player himself is very happy.”

Broberg’s right leg bent at an odd angle when he tangled with Toronto forward Mitch Marner in the second half on Saturday night. He clutched his leg and needed help to get off the ice.

The 23-year-old Swede is the latest Blues player to miss time through injury. The team is already without forwards Robert Thomas, Kasperi Kapanen and Mathieu Joseph and defensemen Nick Leddy and Torey Krug.

Thomas has a broken ankle, while Krug is expected to miss the entire season after undergoing ankle surgery.

“I think our guys did a really good job of stepping up in those situations,” Bannister said. “You can’t necessarily expect someone to come in and take Robby’s job or Broberg’s job. It has to be a team effort and you need all 20 guys pushing in the same direction, playing the right way.”

Scott Perunovich figures to take Broberg’s place in the lineup for St. Louis, who is 6-6-0 in 12 games. Broberg was among the team’s leading scorers with nine points after signing an offer sheet last summer as a restricted free agent.

“Now Prune is able to step in and have an opportunity and we’re going to have to lean on those guys to play good hockey for us,” Bannister said. “The on-ice group will do their job while those guys are gone. It’s an opportunity to make sure we’re doing the right thing and we can’t just rely on one or two players to fill the spot. We need everyone on the ice to push in the right direction.”