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01/04 18:23 CST Gabriel Landeskog injured in Avalanche's game against Florida,
needs help getting off ice
Gabriel Landeskog injured in Avalanche's game against Florida, needs help
getting off ice
By TIM REYNOLDS
AP Sports Writer
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) --- Colorado captain Gabriel Landeskog was injured early in
the second period of the Avalanche's game in Florida on Sunday night and needed
to be helped off the ice.
Landeskog lost his footing, fell to the ice and crashed into the goalpost
before coming to a stop in front of the end boards. He was down for more than a
minute, getting tended to by members of the Colorado medical staff and was
unable to skate off under his own power.
The Avalanche said Landeskog had an upper-body injury and ruled him out for the
rest of the game Sunday.
Landeskog helped the Avalanche win the Stanley Cup in 2022, then missed nearly
three full years with a chronically injured right knee --- one that required
several procedures before he could play again. He returned for five games in
last season's playoffs, ending more than 1,000 days of waiting between games.
It was his left knee that appeared to buckle on the play where he got hurt
Sunday, moments before he crashed into the post.
Landeskog has appeared in all 41 of Colorado's games this season, a key part of
the team's historic start. The Avalanche entered Sunday with a 31-2-7 record
and will have the second-most points through 41 games in NHL history.
He has seven goals and 15 assists this season and was named to represent Sweden
in next month's Milan Cortina Olympics.
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