"He's getting close," coach Spencer Carbery said. "We'll see what the plan is for him tomorrow. I'm not sure on the back-to-back (against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday, at St. Louis Blues on Saturday), but we'll see where we go. I'll talk to the training staff after we wrap up this morning. -- Tom Gulitti

Colorado star defenseman Cale Makar left the Avalanche's 6-3 victory over Seattle in the middle of the second period with an undisclosed injury and returned for less than 30 seconds in the final period Tuesday night.

The Avalanche's injury issues got even worse on Tuesday night when star defenseman Cale Makar went down with an injury.

Nathan MacKinnon had his most productive night of the season to pull the Colorado Avalanche out of a funk, but the club’s extraordinary injury crisis may have somehow reached a new level.

On Tuesday, the return of Lehkonen gave fans the hope they had been looking for. It also appeared to give the Avalanche a much-needed jolt of energy, helping them break their three-game losing streak with a 6-3 victory.

Colorado star defenseman Cale Makar left the Avalanche's 6-3 victory over Seattle in the middle of the second period with an undisclosed injury and returned for less that 30 seconds in the final period on Tuesday night.