Colorado Avalanche
Nazem Kadri is unlikely to play when the Avalanche host the Vegas Golden Knights on Saturday (8 p.m. ET; ABC). The ahead didn’t play in a 3-1 win against the Calgary Flames on Thursday as a result of of a finger harm he sustained throughout a 3-1 win on the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday. “He’s going to miss some games here, and then hopefully we’ll get him in before playoffs, like playing maybe next week,” coach Jared Bednar mentioned. Kadri, who was acquired from Calgary in a commerce March 6, has 9 factors (4 targets, 5 assists) in 16 video games with Colorado. He had 41 factors (12 targets, 29 assists) in 61 video games with the Flames previous to the commerce. … T.J. Hughes, a finalist for the Hobey Baker Memorial Award as the highest NCAA males’s ice hockey participant, signed a one-year, entry-level contract that begins subsequent season. The 24-year-old ahead will be a part of Colorado of the American Hockey League on an expert tryout for the rest of the season. Hughes is second among NCAA gamers with 57 factors (22 targets, 35 assists) in 40 video games as a senior on the University of Michigan, and was named Big 10 Player of the Year.
