{"id":519639,"date":"2026-03-24T04:32:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T04:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/519639\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T04:32:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T04:32:02","slug":"avalanches-gabriel-landeskog-to-return-after-seven-game-absence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/519639\/","title":{"rendered":"Avalanche\u2019s Gabriel Landeskog to return after seven-game absence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg\">The <a class=\"text-secondary underline underline-offset-2\" hreflang=\"en\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyfaceoff.com\/teams\/colorado-avalanche\/line-combinations\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Colorado Avalanche<\/a> will see their captain return to the lineup. <\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg\">Gabriel Landeskog will play Sunday afternoon against the <a class=\"text-secondary underline underline-offset-2\" hreflang=\"en\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyfaceoff.com\/teams\/dallas-stars\/line-combinations\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Washington Capitals<\/a> after missing the last seven games with a lower-body injury. <\/p>\n<p class=\"tweet-body_root__YlarM\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"auto\">Gabriel Landeskog (lower body) will return from a seven-game absence on Sunday vs. Washington.<\/p>\n<p class=\"quoted-tweet-body_root__1ixlI\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"auto\">Gabe Landeskog is playing for the #Avs today.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg\">The 33-year-old winger suffered the injury during the team\u2019s March 6 matchup against the <a class=\"text-secondary underline underline-offset-2\" hreflang=\"en\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyfaceoff.com\/teams\/dallas-stars\/line-combinations\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dallas Stars<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg\">Landeskog has 257 goals and 343 assists for 600 points and 636 penalty minutes in 785 career regular-season games. He also has 28 goals and 43 assists for 71 points in 74 career Stanley Cup Playoff games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg\">Landeskog\u2019s return to the NHL began last April when, after missing all of the 2022-23 and 2023-24 campaigns, as well as the first half of 2024-25, he had a brief conditioning stint with the Avalanche\u2019s AHL affiliate, the Colorado Eagles. He joined the NHL club for their Stanley Cup Playoff first-round matchup against the\u00a0<a class=\"text-secondary underline underline-offset-2\" hreflang=\"en\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyfaceoff.com\/teams\/dallas-stars\/line-combinations\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dallas Stars<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg\">Before making his return to the Avalanche lineup in last spring, Landeskog\u2019s last game was when he hoisted the Stanley Cup over his head following the Avalanche\u2019s 2-1 victory over the\u00a0<a class=\"text-secondary underline underline-offset-2\" hreflang=\"en\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyfaceoff.com\/teams\/tampa-bay-lightning\/line-combinations\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tampa Bay Lightning<\/a>\u00a0in Game 6 of the 2022 Stanley Cup Final. That spring, Landeskog had 11 goals and 11 assists for 22 points in 20 playoff games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg\">The 6-foot-1 winger underwent arthroscopic knee surgery after winning the Cup in 2022, and setbacks forced him to\u00a0<a class=\"text-secondary underline underline-offset-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/4410061\/2023\/04\/13\/avalanche-captain-gabriel-landeskog-out-for-playoffs-with-knee-injury\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" hreflang=\"en\">miss the entire 2022-23 season, including the playoffs<\/a>. In May 2023,\u00a0<a class=\"text-secondary underline underline-offset-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/story\/_\/id\/37588722\/avalanc-gabriel-landeskog-having-cartilage-transplant\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" hreflang=\"en\">the team announced he would undergo another procedure on his knee<\/a>, a cartilage transplant, and would miss the entire 2023-24 regular season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg\">Taken No. 2 overall by the Avalanche in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft, Landeskog scored 22 goals and 30 assists for 52 points in his 2011-12 rookie season, winning the Calder Trophy for rookie of the year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Colorado Avalanche will see their captain return to the lineup. 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