{"id":548968,"date":"2026-04-09T20:12:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T20:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/548968\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T20:12:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T20:12:07","slug":"avalanche-receive-breaking-injury-news-ahead-of-playoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/548968\/","title":{"rendered":"Avalanche Receive Breaking Injury News Ahead of Playoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"

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With only nine days left until the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs, the Colorado Avalanche sit comfortably as the the n0. 1 seed in the Western Conference.\u00a0However, injuries have struck the team late into the season.<\/p>\n

The most notable being star defenseman Cale Makar, who suffered an upper body injury on March 30, and has yet to return to the ice.<\/p>\n

Now with only five regular season games left, the Avalanche have lost another star player due to injury.<\/p>\n

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Nazem Kadri Expected To Miss A \u2018Few Games\u2019 With New Injury<\/p>\n

ESPN reported<\/a> that Colorado Avalanche head coach Jared Bednar stated that forward\/center Nazem Kadri will \u201cmiss some games\u201d on Thursday, April 9. \u201cBednar added the Avalanche hope to work him back into the lineup before the playoffs, maybe as soon as next week,\u201d ESPN added in their report.<\/p>\n

Evan Rawal of the Denver Gazette reported that Kadri suffered a finger injury<\/a> in last night\u2019s 3-1 win over the St. Louis Blues.<\/p>\n

On @AltitudeSR<\/a>, Bednar says Kadri\u2019s injury is to his finger but no real update beyond that, will know more later today. Said he thinks hat he\u2019ll miss a few games and they\u2019ll see how or what they need to do for him to play from there. Doesn\u2019t think playoffs in jeopardy.<\/p>\n

Rawal also stated in his tweet that Bednar does not think that playoffs are in jeopardy following Kadri\u2019s injury.<\/p>\n

The first game that Kadri is slated to miss is against his former team, the Calgary Flames. On March 6, Kadri was traded back to the Colorado Avalanche after spending three and a half seasons in Calgary.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tMcKenna Van Gundy<\/a> McKenna Van Gundy is a sports journalist covering the NFL for Heavy.com. She spent two years as a sports contributor for her University’s newspaper, covering games and writing feature stories on players and coaches. She currently works for the NFL as a digital programming associate and lives in the greater Los Angeles area. More about McKenna Van Gundy<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n

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