Colorado Avalanche left wing Gabriel Landeskog (92) skates with the puck as Florida Panthers defenceman Donovan Sebrango (6) defends during the first period of their game on Sunday in Sunrise, Fla.Lynne Sladky/The Associated Press
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 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 31-2-7 start. He was named to represent Sweden in next month’s Milan Cortina Olympics.