{"id":269710,"date":"2025-11-03T23:00:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T23:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/269710\/"},"modified":"2025-11-03T23:00:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T23:00:09","slug":"oconnor-brindley-and-more-the-latest-avalanche-injury-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/269710\/","title":{"rendered":"O&#8217;Connor, Brindley, and More &#8212; The Latest Avalanche Injury Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Coming out of a two-game road trip, the Avalanche were back on the ice Monday in preparation for a home game Tuesday against the Tampa Bay Lightning.<\/p>\n<p>The Avs lost a forward to injury on Friday, adding to a list of depth pieces already missing from the lineup.<\/p>\n<p>I wasn\u2019t at practice, but my colleagues were friendly enough to provide updates on some of the absent skaters. Here\u2019s where things stand:<\/p>\n<p>Gabe Landeskog did not practice, but it was confirmed to be a maintenance day for the captain. Landeskog has been slowly working his way back from a knee injury that kept him out for three years. He\u2019s averaging 14:05 per game and has three assists in 13 games.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s no question that the team would like more from him. Although they also know it\u2019s going to take time. Landeskog has played on the third line in recent games, swapping spots with Ross Colton, who was elevated to the top six.<\/p>\n<p>Samuel Girard, Logan O\u2019Connor, and Gavin Brindley were all on the ice in red non-contact sweaters.<\/p>\n<p>Bednar said Girard is a possibility for a game this weekend. After Tuesday\u2019s matchup, the Avalanche have three days off before playing on back to back days in Edmonton and Vancouver starting Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Connor was expected to be back this weekend, but it sounds like he\u2019s now going to miss a little more time. He\u2019s still making progress in his recovery from offseason hip surgery.<\/p>\n<p>As for Brindley, the young forward was knocked out of a game against the Golden Knights after taking a hit from Ivan Barbashev. Bednar said Brindley suffered a concussion but hasn\u2019t experienced many symptoms since.<\/p>\n<p>Having Brindley on the ice at all is a step in the right direction, although we still don\u2019t know when he\u2019ll be ready to play. The Avs called up Taylor Makar to replace him in the lineup, but sent him down after he appeared in the San Jose game.<\/p>\n<p>If Brindley can\u2019t dress on Tuesday, the team will need to call up another forward to dress in his place in the lineup.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Avs injury updates from today:<\/p>\n<p>Landeskog was a maintenance day today<\/p>\n<p>Girard is a possibility for games this weekend<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Connor is still progressing, but will still miss a little more time<\/p>\n<p>Brindley had a concussion, but hasn\u2019t experienced many symptoms since<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jesse Montano (@jessemontano_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jessemontano_\/status\/1985428963460858183?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">November 3, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/paypalme\/colhockeynow\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CHNS-Tip-Jar.png\" alt=\"Contribute to CHN's travel and support local journalism!\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Coming out of a two-game road trip, the Avalanche were back on the ice Monday in preparation for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":269711,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[1222,1223,831,12640,76641,64730,385,12705,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-269710","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-avalanche","9":"tag-colorado-avalanche","10":"tag-featured","11":"tag-gabriel-landeskog","12":"tag-gavin-brindley","13":"tag-logan-oconnor","14":"tag-nhl","15":"tag-samuel-girard","16":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269710\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/269711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}