Colorado Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog needed help getting off the ice after he crashed into the net during Sunday’s game against the Florida Panthers.
Landeskog was reaching for a puck when he lost his balance and slammed into the post early in the second period. The net came off its moorings, but the forward was down on the ice and needed assistance going to the dressing room. He didn’t return to the game.
The Avalanche said Sunday he had an upper-body injury, and coach Jared Bednar told reporters after the game that the captain was going to ‘miss some time,’ according to the Denver Post.
Landeskog had missed about three years with a knee injury before returning in the 2025 playoffs. After a slow start this season, he has 22 points in 41 games.
He has been named to the Swedish Olympic team. That’s four injuries in three days for Olympians, following Florida’s Seth Jones (Team USA) at the Winter Classic on Friday, Jan. 2, and Washington’s Tom Wilson (Team Canada) and Colorado’s Devon Toews (Canada) on Saturday.