{"id":60160,"date":"2019-10-29T13:53:39","date_gmt":"2019-10-29T17:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/?p=60160"},"modified":"2021-03-11T23:13:08","modified_gmt":"2021-03-12T04:13:08","slug":"colorado-avalanche-lose-gabriel-landeskog-to-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2019\/10\/29\/colorado-avalanche-lose-gabriel-landeskog-to-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado Avalanche Lose Gabriel Landeskog to Injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"td-page-header\">\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/avalanche\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Colorado Avalanche<\/a> announced that left-wing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/l\/landega01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Gabriel Landeskog<\/strong><\/a> is sidelined\u00a0 indefinitely with a lower-body injury.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bit of a blow for the dynamic Avalanche \u2014 hearing captain Gabriel Landeskog out indefinitely with a lower-body injury<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FriedgeHNIC\/status\/1189199233615839232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 29, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td-page-content tagdiv-type\">\n<h2>Gabriel Landeskog Injured<\/h2>\n<p>It&#8217;s not certain what caused Landeskog&#8217;s injury. It may have occurred during his last game against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/ducks\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anaheim Ducks<\/a> on Saturday night. He played 20 minutes in that game.<\/p>\n<p>So far this season, Landeskog has scored three goals and four assists for seven points to go along with 14 minutes in penalties. His possession numbers were 47.8 percent Corsi and a relative Corsi of -2.3.<\/p>\n<p>Over his nine-year NHL career,\u00a0Landeskog has played only for the Colorado Avalanche. He has 180 goals and 243 assists for 423 career points in 590 career games. He was originally drafted by the Avalanche in the first round, second overall in the 2011 NHL draft.<\/p>\n<h3>What This Means for the Future<\/h3>\n<p>This is another blow to the Avalanche who just learned that they will miss <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/r\/rantami01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Mikko Rantanen <\/strong><\/a>for an indefinite period of time due to injury. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/2019\/10\/23\/colorado-avalanche-mikko-rantanen-week-to-week\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">He is listed week-to-week<\/a>. The pair are a dynamite combo on the same line and this now leaves <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/mackina01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Nathan MacKinnon<\/strong><\/a> to find a new set of linemates until they have recovered from their injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Landeskog is valuable and he was <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/2019\/03\/08\/colorado-avalanche-gabriel-landeskog\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">lost to an injury late last season for 4-6 weeks<\/a> and now he&#8217;s missing again. He is the team&#8217;s captain and without him that leadership on the ice will be missing. Fortunately, the Avalanche are a deep team. They may be able to overcome two debilitating injuries to two key players on their roster.<\/p>\n<p>There seems to be a wealth of serious injuries so far this season. Recently <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/t\/tarasvl01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Vladimir Tarasenko<\/strong><\/a> (five months) also fell to a long-term injury as did <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/h\/hjalmni01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Niklas Hjalamarsson<\/strong><\/a> (three months).<\/p>\n<p>At this point all the team can do is make the best of it and try to stay competitive without two of their star players.<\/p>\n<p>Easier said than done.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"GOuxnPKcQA51-8JQZ7VqVQ\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1176421739\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/avalanche\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Colorado Avalanche<\/a> announced that left-wing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/l\/landega01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Gabriel Landeskog<\/strong><\/a> is sidelined\u00a0 indefinitely with a lower-body injury.<script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'GOuxnPKcQA51-8JQZ7VqVQ',sig:'gnNXz5nsWbGwnMrbHkyFHIv3VIt_pW4z9Ee--RHa9hI=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1176421739',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Colorado Avalanche announced that left-wing Gabriel Landeskog is sidelined\u00a0 indefinitely with a lower-body injury. Bit of a blow for the dynamic Avalanche \u2014 hearing captain Gabriel Landeskog out indefinitely with a lower-body injury &mdash; Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) October 29, 2019 Gabriel Landeskog Injured It&#8217;s not certain what caused Landeskog&#8217;s injury. 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