Golden Knights center William Karlsson’s lower-body injury will keep him from participating in the 4 Nations Face-Off.

Karlsson was replaced by Pittsburgh Penguins right wing Rickard Rakell on Team Sweden for the four-team, round-robin tournament starting Feb. 12, Team Sweden announced Tuesday.

Karlsson, 32, has not played since Jan. 20. He also missed the first eight games of this season due to a lower-body injury.

Karlsson is the second Knights player to pull out of the event, which will take place in Boston and Montreal. Defenseman Alex Pietrangelo is not playing for Team Canada due to an undisclosed ailment he’s currently playing through.

Karlsson is not traveling with the Knights, who face the New York Islanders on Tuesday in the second game of a four-game road trip.

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