{"id":21001,"date":"2023-03-20T19:01:07","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T19:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/20\/avalanches-cale-makar-will-miss-game-against-blackhawks\/"},"modified":"2023-03-20T19:01:07","modified_gmt":"2023-03-20T19:01:07","slug":"avalanches-cale-makar-will-miss-game-against-blackhawks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/20\/avalanches-cale-makar-will-miss-game-against-blackhawks\/","title":{"rendered":"Avalanche\u2019s Cale Makar will miss game against Blackhawks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"ac_72245982\">\n<div class=\"froala-view custom-theme first_text_block\">\n<p> The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/nhl\/teams\/colorado_avalanche\/113\" class=\"yard_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Colorado Avalanche<\/a> will be without superstar defenseman Cale Makar when they host the Chicago Blackhawks on Monday night. <\/p>\n<p>Avs coach Jared Bednar announced that Makar suffered a minor injury during the team\u2019s 5-1 victory over Detroit on Saturday and is out of Monday\u2019s game as a precaution.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"ac_72245984\">\n<div class=\"froala-view custom-theme \">\n<p>Bednar\u2019s statement suggested that the 24-year-old is not seriously hurt and should be back in action in the coming days. Kurtis MacDermid will dress in Makar\u2019s place.<\/p>\n<p>Makar, the reigning Norris Trophy winner, will miss his 14th contest of the season. In February, he missed time with two concussions.<\/p>\n<p>Despite his injury record, Makar is enjoying another stellar season for the Avalanche, notching 16 goals and 61 points over 55 games, good for third-most on his team.<\/p>\n<p>The health of last season\u2019s Conn Smythe winner will be of imperative importance for the defending Stanley Cup Champions as they try to repeat.<\/p>\n<p>Colorado had struggled to recapture their dominant form for most of this season before a post-All-Star break surge brought them near the summit of the Central Division.<\/p>\n<p>For the Avalanche, the top-seeded Dallas Stars, and the second-place Minnesota Wild, the margin between the Central Division crown and losing home ice in the first round is razor thin: the three teams are separated by three points.<\/p>\n<p>The Avalanche have won five games on the bounce and will seek to continue their hot streak at home against a Blackhawks outfit that is third-worst in the NHL.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n\t\t\t(function(d, s, id) {\n\t\t\t\tvar js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n\t\t\t\tif (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n\t\t\t\tjs = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n\t\t\t\tjs.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.5&appId=125075807517358\";\n\t\t\t\tfjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n\t\t\t}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n\t\t<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/nhl\/articles\/avalanches_cale_makar_will_miss_game_against_blackhawks\/s1_16958_38602386\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Colorado Avalanche will be without superstar defenseman Cale Makar when they host the Chicago Blackhawks on Monday night. Avs coach Jared Bednar announced that Makar suffered a minor injury during the team\u2019s 5-1 victory over Detroit on Saturday and is out of Monday\u2019s game as a precaution. Bednar\u2019s statement suggested that the 24-year-old is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21002,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6806],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-21001","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gossip"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21001\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}