Gabriel Landeskog to skate with Avalanche on road trip

It’s been a while since Colorado Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog has suited up for the Avs’ in a regular season game.

In fact, Landeskog has not played since hoisting the Stanley Cup in 2021-22 as he has battled an injury that has kept him sidelined since. “This is a slow form of torture,” Landeskog said last season in regards to missing out on playoff action. “Win or lose, you want to be out there with the guys.”

However, Landeskog has been skating with the Avalanche and will skate with the club while they head on the road to face the Toronto Maple Leafs, Ottawa Senators and Montreal Canadiens.

The Stockholm, Sweden product missed all of 2022-23 and 2023-24 seasons following a procedure on his knee in October, the second he had on that same knee. Following the procedure, the initial prognosis was a 12-week recovery timeline. However, he was ruled out of the playoffs just days before they started, and the hopes of an Avalanche Stanley Cup repeat looked bleak.

Landeskog was a pivotal member of the 2021-22 Stanley Cup-winning Avs squad; he registered 30 goals and 59 points in 51 regular season games and followed that up with 11 goals and 22 points in 20 postseason games to capture his first Stanley Cup and became the first European born captain to lead his team to Lord Stanley.

Landeskog was drafted second overall by Colorado in the 2011 NHL Draft. Through 738 career games over parts of 11 regular seasons with the Avalanche, Landeskog has collected 248 goals and 571 points. The six-foot-one left winger has added 27 goals and 67 points in 69 career playoff contests.