{"id":533971,"date":"2026-04-01T03:26:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T03:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/533971\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T03:26:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T03:26:25","slug":"nhl-insider-drops-injury-update-on-avalanche-star-cale-makar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/533971\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL\u00a0Insider Drops Injury Update on\u00a0Avalanche Star\u00a0Cale Makar\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">The Colorado <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/topic\/avalanche\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Avalanche<\/a> suffered a big loss on Monday when Cale Makar went down on contact during a 9-2 win over the Calgary Flames, and Tuesday has been a day of waiting for the news.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">While Avalanche head coach Jared Bedhar\u00a0gave limited\u00a0information about\u00a0Makar\u2019s\u00a0injury\u00a0and\u00a0recovery timeline,\u00a0independent\u00a0medical expert Dr. Harjas Grewal\u00a0believes\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0a\u00a0separated\u00a0shoulder\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Harjas_Grewal\/status\/2038847007046164840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2038847007046164840%7Ctwgr%5E043a21da42e62c373171aba7d5228f065ed27958%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newsweek.com%2Fsports%2Fcolorado-avalanche-cale-makar-injury-update-11764180\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">via\u00a0X<\/a>\u00a0on Monday night.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/topic\/nhl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NHL<\/a> insider Pierre LeBrun of The Athletic has confirmed the latest on Makar as of Tuesday afternoon.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">\u201cOn Cale Makar, don\u2019t believe it\u2019s too\u00a0serious\u00a0but he will likely miss a few games in order to get him to 100 percent before the playoffs,\u201d LeBrun\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PierreVLeBrun\/status\/2039109671177379850\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">wrote via X<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">More News: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/sports\/colorado-avalanche-cale-makar-injury-update-11764180\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Avalanche Get Difficult Injury News on Cale Makar<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img id=\"11766166\" alt=\"Cale Makar\" caption=\"Cale Makar #8 of the Colorado Avalanche skates during warmups against the Winnipeg Jets at Canada Life Centre on March 14, 2026 in Winnipeg, Canada. (Photo by Cameron Bartlett\/Getty Images)\" credit=\"\" sourcealt=\"\" sources=\"[]\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"5820\" height=\"3880\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" style=\"color:transparent;aspect-ratio:inherit;object-fit:cover\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Cale-Makar-1.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">More News: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/sports\/nhl-reacts-to-penguins-star-sidney-crosbys-historic-milestone-11762326\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NHL Reacts to Penguins Star Sidney Crosby&#8217;s Historic Milestone<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">ESPN\u2019 Emily Kaplan reported earlier on Tuesday that\u00a0Makar\u2019s timeline is up in the air \u201cbut not believed\u00a0to be long term,\u201d she wrote\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/emilymkaplan\/status\/2039091789148180961?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2039091789148180961%7Ctwgr%5E6e882e2e33e906fad8dff44154b003990cfbcb59%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fdenversports.com%2Fnhl%2Fcolorado-avalanche%2Fcale-makar-injury%2F2129567\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">via X<\/a>. As Kaplan noted, it was one of two injury scares during Monday\u00a0night&#8217;s\u00a0games.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">The Anaheim Ducks\u00a0lost Cutter Gauthier to injury, and he\u00a0won\u2019t\u00a0play at San Jose next against the Sharks. However, the Ducks are \u201chopeful he returns this weekend,\u201d Kaplan wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">The Ducks have a 41-28-5 record for fourth in the Western Conference, and the Avalanche have the lead in the West with a 49-14-10 mark. Colorado leads the Dallas Stars (44-18-12) by eight points in the standings with nine regular\u00a0season\u00a0games\u00a0left.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">Missing Makar for even a few games is a hit for the Avalanche, as he is third on the team for offensive production with 20 goals and 55 assists for 75 points overall. Colorado will need stronger production from fellow defensemen Sam Malinski, Josh Manson, and Brent Burns in Makar\u2019s absence.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">The Avalanche\u00a0host\u00a0the Vancouver Canucks on Wednesday and visit the Stars on Saturday, a key game in the race for the No. 1 seed and Presidents\u2019 Trophy for the West\u2019s best record.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">More News: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/sports\/nhl-news-golden-knights-fire-stanley-cup-bruce-cassidy-11754120\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NHL Team Fires Stanley Cup-Winning Coach Amid 3-Game Losing Streak<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Colorado Avalanche suffered a big loss on Monday when Cale Makar went down on contact during a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":533972,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5116],"tags":[193,192,144,5277,5,4],"class_list":{"0":"post-533971","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-hockey","13":"tag-nhl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116327323535823172","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533971","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=533971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533971\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/533972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=533971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=533971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=533971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}