Two Avalanche Forwards Undergo Accidents, Will Journey With Workforce

The Avalanche’s most up-to-date win was one among their most dominant of the season. They routed the St. Louis Blues 6-1, outshooting them 43-13 within the course of whereas scoring a franchise finest 4 targets within the opening 4:39. It was fairly the night time.

But two accidents have developed across the staff. One was Gavin Brindley, who performed within the sport towards the Blues, and the opposite was Joel Kiviranta, who was a late scratch earlier than puck drop.

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Head coach Jared Bednar instructed reporters at Thursday’s apply that the forwards are each day-to-day and can journey with the staff on its three-game East Coast street journey, which begins in Carolina on Saturday. Bednar additionally stated the staff would possibly name up an additional ahead to take with them.

Brindley suffered an upper-body damage that Bednar described as a tweak. He was seen going into the X-ray room postgame after taking part in 11:50 on the fourth line.

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Kiviranta went laborious into the boards the sport earlier than — Monday’s 5-2 conquer the visiting Los Angeles Kings. That led to a lower-body damage which saved him out of warm-ups on Wednesday. Kiviranta was changed by Zakhar Bardakov, who slotted in on the fourth-line wing.

Kiviranta and Brindley have each been injuried beforehand throughout this season.