SUNRSIE, Fla. — Devon Toews will miss his first recreation of the season Sunday evening in South Florida.
Toews didn’t take part in warmups forward of a recreation at Amerant Financial institution Area towards the two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers. A staff spokesman stated the Avs’ No. 2 defenseman is out with an upper-body damage.
The 31-year-old missed about half of the third interval Saturday in Raleigh after crashing into the tip boards behind the Colorado web with 13:49 remaining within the third interval. He did return for 2 shifts close to the tip of that contest.
Carolina’s Nikolaj Ehlers was assessed a tripping penalty on the play, and the Avs transformed on the following energy play. It was the game-winning purpose in a 5-3 win after the Avalache roared again from a 3-1 deficit after two durations.
Toews is one in all 14 gamers on the roster who performed in 40 video games earlier than this. That’s simply essentially the most within the NHL this season, and relative good well being is one think about Colorado’s historic 31-2-7 begin.
The Avs turned the primary staff in NHL historical past to succeed in the 40-game mark with solely two regulation losses after the comeback win towards the Hurricanes.
Ilya Solovyov attracts in for Toews. He has performed 9 video games for the Avs this season, however that is his first Nov. 1. Colorado had used the identical six defensemen for 27 consecutive video games. The Avs are 24-1-2 of their previous 27 contests.
Samuel Girard moved as much as the highest pairing subsequent to Cale Makar. The second pairing (Josh Manson and Brent Burns) remained the identical, whereas Solovyov slotted in subsequent to Sam Malinski on the third pair.
Scott Wedgewood is in web for the Avalanche. He’ll begin each ends of the back-to-back after making 25 saves within the win Saturday evening.