Colorado head coach Jared Bednar hopes Nichushkin will return to the ice soon. Nichushkin has missed 12 games due to the injury, after the forward posted a seven-game point streak to open the season. He has seven goals and five assists, including five power-play goals.... See Less Avalanche's Nathan MacKinnon: Logs assist in loss MacKinnon had a power-play assist and eight shots on goal in Wednesday's 4-3 loss to Vancouver. MacKinnon set up Cale Makar twice; the defenseman's first shot clanged off the cross bar, but he found the back of the net a few seconds later. The helper was MacKinnon's team-leading 22nd (seventh on the power play) over 18 games....
He was held off the scoresheet in back-to-back contests before registering an assist versus Dallas on Monday and he followed that up with his two goals against Vancouver, so perhaps we're at the start of another extended point streak.... See Less Avalanche's Artturi Lehkonen: Adds another two assists Lehkonen recorded two assists in Wednesday's 4-3 loss to Vancouver. Lehkonen extended his point streak to eight games. He has six goals and 16 points in 18 contests in 2022-23. Entering Wednesday's game, he was averaging 21:23 of ice time and against Vancouver he logged 23:56, including 6:07 on the power play.
The left winger has yet to hit the scoresheet in four NHL games this season... See Less Avalanche's Sampo Ranta: Recalled from AHL Ranta was recalled from AHL Colorado on Thursday, Ranta was sent to the Eagles on Nov. 14 and had an assist in two games before his promotion. Ranta has not yet picked up a point in three games this season with the Avalanche....
See Less Avalanche's Devon Toews: Sets up goal Toews had an assist and one shot on goal over 26:54 of ice time in Wednesday's 4-3 loss to Vancouver. Toews sent a puck to the front of the net where Mikko Rantanen was sliding in for a redirect past Spencer Martin. The defenseman has logged assists in 10 of 16 games and ranks fourth on the team with 11 helpers.... See Less Avalanche's Evan Rodrigues: Not limping after game Rodrigues (lower body) was spotted walking without a limp following Wednesday's 4-3 loss to the Canucks, Andrian Dater of Colorado Hockey Now reports.
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Colorado head coach Jared Bednar told Adrian Dater of Colorado Hockey Now that the 20-year-old Swede played well. Olausson is one of several players from the AHL Eagles to fill a void at the NHL level due to injuries. The Avalanche suffered another forward injury Wednesday when Evan Rodrigues (lower body) left in the first period, bringing the number of sidelined forwards to six.... See Less Avalanche's Valeri Nichushkin: Sheds crutches Nichushkin (ankle) is no longer on crutches, Adrian Dater of Colorado Hockey Now reports.
Girard missed Colorado's previous six games because of the injury. He has a goal and four points in 12 games this season. Now that he's healthy, he's serving on the Avalanche's second pairing and second power-play unit.... See Less Avalanche's Cale Makar: Extends goal streak to three games Makar found the back of the net in Wednesday's 4-3 loss to Vancouver. Makar is on a three-game goal scoring streak. He's up to six goals and 21 points in 18 contests this season. For nearly every defenseman, it would be unrealistic to expect them to maintain a scoring pace of more than a point per game, but that's something Makar has already done before. He had 28 goals and 86 points in 77 contests last season, so current pace is something he can conceivably continue....
See Less Avalanche's Mikko Rantanen: Misses time but returns Rantanen, who took a stick to the face and was bleeding, missed shifts late in the second period and early in the third but eventually returned to Wednesday's 4-3 loss to the Canucks. The incident led to a double-minor for Tyler Myers, and the Avalanche scored their third goal on the ensuing power play. Rantanen is expected to play Friday afternoon in Nashville.... See Less Avalanche's Oskar Olausson: Skates on second line Olausson did not register a meaningful statistic over 7:02 of ice time in Wednesday's 4-3 loss to the Canucks. Olausson was called up from AHL Colorado on Wednesday and skated on the second line, although his TOI resembled that of a fourth-liner.
T. Miller's skate and there is no timeline on his return as they are still awaiting the results from the medical staff. Rodrigues has six goals and nine points in 18 games this season.... See Less Avalanche's Anton Blidh: Back in NHL Blidh was called up from AHL Colorado on Thursday. Blidh did not get into a game with the Eagles after he was sent down Monday.
See Less Avalanche's Mikko Rantanen: Nets two goals Wednesday Rantanen scored twice in Colorado's 4-3 loss to Vancouver on Wednesday. Rantanen has 13 goals and 28 points in 18 games in 2022-23. He's been streaky in the early portion of the season, enjoying a four-game point streak from Oct. 12-19 followed by a four-game scoring drought and then a six-game point streak from Oct. 29-Nov. 14.
Rodrigues went down in the first period Wednesday and didn't return. That the forward was moving around without a noticeable limp was a good sign, but Colorado head coach Jared Bednar said he'll know more Thursday. Rodrigues has played well of late, notching seven points (four goals, three assists) over the nine games entering Wednesday's contest.... See Less Avalanche's Pavel Francouz: Falls short against Canucks Francouz surrendered four goals on 25 shots in a 4-3 loss to Vancouver on Wednesday.
Francouz had won his previous two contests while stopping a combined 70 of 73 shots. He's 2-4-0 with a 2. 70 GAA and. 914 save percentage in six games this season. Alexandar Georgiev has started in 12 of Colorado's first 18 games, which has substantially limited Francouz's fantasy value.... See Less Avalanche's Samuel Girard: Back in Avalanche's lineup Girard (lower body) logged 18:05 of ice time in Colorado's 4-3 loss to Vancouver on Wednesday.
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