Anticipation is mounting as the Colorado Avalanche faces a challenging situation with Cale Makar, who is sidelined due to a recent injury. As the team’s star player, Makar’s absence has raised questions about how his potential recovery timeline might affect Colorado’s performance.

The Avalanche didn’t get all their injured forwards back. But just by adding Artturi Lehkonen into the lineup for his season debut on Tuesday, things fell more into place.