Just as a key member of the 2022 Stanley Cup champions returns to Denver, another will be out for a while.<\/p>\n
Avalanche captain Gabe Landeskog will not play Sunday afternoon against the Minnesota Wild and is \u201cweek-to-week\u201d with a lower-body injury, a team spokesman said.<\/p>\n
Landeskog took a Cale Makar shot to the groin area Friday night during the Avs\u2019 5-4 shootout win<\/a> against the Dallas Stars at American Airlines Center. He showed reporters his athletic cup after the game in the Avs\u2019 locker room, and it had a puck-sized dent in it.<\/p>\n He has nine goals and 29 points in 47 games for the Avs this season after missing the previous three regular-seasons with knee issues.<\/p>\n Landeskog just returned from an upper-body injury. He missed the last 14 games before the Olympic break after crashing into the net and end boards during a game in South Florida. He returned for the 2026 Winter Olympics with Sweden, and was in the lineup for the first six Avs contests since the break.<\/p>\n The Avs are going to have Nazem Kadri in the lineup against the Wild for the first time since the 2022 Cup Final. Kadri signed a seven-year contract with the Calgary Flames shortly after the title run, but the Avs brought him back<\/a> in a before-the-buzzer trade Friday just ahead of the deadline.<\/p>\n