It sounds like the Avalanche are preparing to play Game 4 without veteran defenseman Josh Manson. If that\u2019s the case, Nick Blankenburg will make his playoff debut, likely slotting in on the left side of the third pair with Brent Burns.<\/p>\n
Manson played less than six minutes in Game 3 after sustaining an upper-body injury in the first period. He was hit along the boards by the Los Angeles Kings\u2019 bench by defenseman Joel Edmundson. The brunt of the impact with the boards was in his midsection rib area, largely in a portion that isn\u2019t well protected. <\/p>\n
He attempted a return in the secon epriod but it only lasted 40 sections.<\/p>\n
Bednar said after Saturday\u2019s practice that Manson is unlikely to dress, stating that the defenseman is sore. Bednar told reporters he\u2019s going to take it day by day with Manson.<\/p>\n
The Avs are one victory away from advancing to the second round. If they can complete the sweep on Sunday, it\u2019ll give them ample time to allow Manson to rest, along with some of the other regulars who are dinged up and still playing. <\/p>\n
Game 4 at Crypto.com Arena is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. MT. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It sounds like the Avalanche are preparing to play Game 4 without veteran defenseman Josh Manson. If that\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":606513,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[1223,213118,385,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-606512","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-colorado-avalanche","9":"tag-josh-manson","10":"tag-nhl","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606512","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=606512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606512\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/606513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=606512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=606512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=606512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}