DALLAS — Avalanche coach Joe Sacco this morning said he would come back with Craig Anderson in goal tonight against the Dallas Stars, and Colorado captain Adam Foote came off after an extraordinarily lengthy stay on the ice at the morning skate and said he would be in the lineup in the game at the American Airlines Center.
Minutes earlier, Sacco said he wasn’t sure if Foote would be available, but the veteran defenseman then came off the ice, met with Sacco and then said he would play for the first time since suffering a sprained ankle at Carolina on Jan. 8. He has missed seven games.
Foote said of the ankle: “It feels good. It’s going to linger for a while. It’s a lower one, though, which is better than a high one. It feels pretty strong. If I redo it, it’s going to be a fluky play.”
Sacco confirmed Anderson, who had 25 saves in the 1-0 to Minnesota at home on Thursday night, again would be in the net on the second night of the back-to-back games. It would be Anderson’s 45th start in 53 Colorado games.
“I talked to him this morning,” Sacco said of Anderson. “I don’t think his workload was very heavy last night. It was one of those games where there wasn’t a lot of action. He felt fine, he feels rested, he’s going to go tonight.”
The Avalanche arrived at its Dallas hotel at about 2 in the morning following the chartered flight from Denver.
