{"id":431204,"date":"2026-01-27T20:37:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T20:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/431204\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T20:37:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T20:37:19","slug":"toews-colton-and-landeskog-join-avalanches-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/431204\/","title":{"rendered":"Toews, Colton, and Landeskog Join Avalanche&#8217;s Practice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Avalanche remained in Toronto following their early matinee 4-1 victory on Sunday. The team is scheduled to begin a three-game stretch over four days on Wednesday against the Senators.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of their trip to Ottawa, Colorado practiced on Tuesday, and all three of their injured skaters on the trip, Ross Colton, Gabe Landeskog, and Devon Toews, participated.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Avs captain Gabriel Landeskog on the ice here in Toronto as he continues to work his way back from injury, hopefully in time for the Olympics for the Sweden captain. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6Nq6uCn16M\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/6Nq6uCn16M<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pierre LeBrun (@PierreVLeBrun) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PierreVLeBrun\/status\/2016182449454088615?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 27, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Head coach Jared Bednar told reporters in Toronto that Toews will not play on Wednesday. He did not take contact despite remaining on the ice for the entire skate. The Avalanche are going to call up a defenseman to join them in Ottawa.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Colton, who is day-to-day with an upper-body injury, has not yet been ruled out for the contest. Colton has missed the last two games. If he plays, he\u2019ll likely replace Taylor Makar on the third line alongside Jack Drury and Gavin Brindley.<\/p>\n<p>As for Landeskog, Bednar told reporters that he\u2019s been skating for a few days now. Landeskog was injured on Jan. 4 in Florida after crashing into the Panthers\u2019 net while fighting for a loose puck. The 33-year-old captain has not yet been ruled out for the upcoming Winter Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>He also hasn\u2019t ben ruled out yet for an Avalanche return before the team begins its lengthy break on Feb. 5.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Devon Toews is not going to play tomorrow night for the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Avs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#Avs<\/a> but could still play on this trip. Didn\u2019t take part in any contact today. <\/p>\n<p>Jared Bednar didn\u2019t rule Ross Colton out for tomorrow night and didn\u2019t rule Gabe Landeskog playing for the Avs before the Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Corey Masisak (@cmasisak22) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cmasisak22\/status\/2016208692383760448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 27, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/paypalme\/colhockeynow\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/CHNS-Tip-Jar.png\" alt=\"Contribute to CHN's travel and support local journalism!\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Avalanche remained in Toronto following their early matinee 4-1 victory on Sunday. The team is scheduled to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":394218,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5116],"tags":[193,192,144,5277,1543,58,7,5,4,1351],"class_list":{"0":"post-431204","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-colorado-avalanche","8":"tag-avalanche","9":"tag-colorado","10":"tag-colorado-avalanche","11":"tag-coloradoavalanche","12":"tag-devon-toews","13":"tag-featured","14":"tag-gabriel-landeskog","15":"tag-hockey","16":"tag-nhl","17":"tag-ross-colton"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/115968989714267681","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=431204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431204\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/394218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=431204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=431204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=431204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}