Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog ruled week-to-week with lower-body injury

Colorado Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog has been listed week-to-week with a lower-body injury and will not play Sunday against the Minnesota Wild at Ball Arena in Denver. As of Sunday at 12: 05 p. m. ET, the team had announced the designation prior to the matchup, creating an immediate lineup question as Colorado tries to hold its spot atop the Central Division.

Avalanche announce Landeskog status ahead of Minnesota Wild game

Colorado said Gabriel Landeskog is week-to-week with a lower-body injury and will be out of the lineup for Sunday’s game against Minnesota. The announcement came prior to warm-ups for the Wild game at Ball Arena, with Landeskog not available as the teams prepared to play.

Landeskog, 33, last played Friday in a shootout win against the Dallas Stars, skating 22: 54 while recording an assist and two shots on goal. In that game, he briefly went back to the dressing room before returning.

One account of the play described the injury as occurring during Friday’s shootout win when Landeskog took a puck in the groin area off the stick of teammate Cale Makar. Another note circulating around the game suggested a puck impact as a possible cause, but any broader explanation beyond the lower-body designation was not confirmed in the official update.

Gabriel Landeskog injury follows assist in Stars shootout win

Landeskog’s week-to-week status comes after a productive stretch since returning from the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026. Over six games since coming back to the Avalanche from the Olympics, he has seven points (two goals, five assists).

Overall this season, Landeskog has 29 points (nine goals, 20 assists) in 47 games. At the Olympics, he recorded four points (two goals, two assists) in five games for seventh-place Team Sweden.

Earlier this season, Landeskog sustained an upper-body injury on Jan. 4 but recovered in time to play at the Olympics. Colorado has not given a specific return date in its week-to-week update, and no timetable beyond that label was confirmed as of Sunday afternoon.

Colorado Avalanche standings and recent roster moves

Colorado entered Sunday with a 42-10-9 record, sitting first in the Central Division. The Avalanche were listed seven points ahead of the Stars and nine points ahead of the third-place Wild.

Landeskog’s absence arrives while the club also navigates the remaining regular-season schedule: Colorado has 21 games left heading into Sunday’s action, including three games against the Wild and Stars.

Colorado also made multiple additions prior to the trade deadline, acquiring forward Nazem Kadri from the Calgary Flames, centre Nicolas Roy from the Toronto Maple Leafs, and defenceman Brett Kulak from the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Sunday’s next confirmed event is the Avalanche’s game against the Minnesota Wild at Ball Arena, with puck drop scheduled for later Sunday afternoon (ET) and Landeskog officially ruled out.