He was unable to put any weight on it while leaving the ice but looked to be in much better condition while watching practice Friday. Still, the Avs recalled Trent Miner after practice, and he will likely get his first NHL start next week when Colorado has back-to-back road games at Chicago and Minnesota.
The Colorado Avalanche will be without their backup goaltender following a game against the Buffalo Sabres. Veteran goalie Scott Wedgewood left the game following a collision on the ice and Mackenzie Blackwood came on in relief.
A backcountry skier on Berthoud Pass Thursday triggered an avalanche that carried them 100 yards down a slope in the first reported avalanche incident of 2025.
Despite leads of 3-0, 4-2 and 5-3, the Sabres still found a way to lose. That's been the story of their season. "Just another painful loss."
Jason Zucker scored his third goal of the night to give the Sabres a two-goal lead at Ball Arena, but Cale Makar had his second of the evening with 2:28 left and Jonathan Drouin sent it to overtime with 6.8 seconds remaining on Nathan MacKinnon’s third assist of the contest.
Devon Toews scored 48 seconds into overtime, and the Colorado Avalanche rallied to beat the Buffalo Sabres 6-5 in Denver on Thursday night.
The Avalanche scored twice in the final three minutes of regulation to force overtime. With Colorado goalie Mackenzie Blackwood pulled for the extra skater, Cale Makar scored on a one-timer from inside the blue line to cut the Buffalo lead to 5-4 at 17:34.
The Buffalo Sabres are in town to play their final match of the regular season with the Colorado Avalanche. This match comes just under a month after Colorado completed a 5-4 comeback win against the Sabres in Buffalo.
A 54-year-old man who was killed in an avalanche in the mountains east of Salt Lake City on New Year’s Eve unintentionally triggered the slide, according to a preliminary report from the Utah Avalanche Center.
The Colorado Avalanche will be without forward Valeri Nichushkin for an indefinite amount of time due to a lower-body injury.
After a career-threatening injury over two years ago, Gabriel Landeskog officially practiced with the Avalanche.