The Avalanche didn’t practice today, but Colorado coach Joe Sacco appeared on an afternoon NHL media conference call and said he didn’t have an additional update on winger Peter Mueller, who missed the past two games with a concussion.
Sacco said he still considered Mueller to be out “indefinitely,” and declined to speculate on when he might be back in the lineup.
“There’s no timetable on his return,” Sacco said.
The Avalanche will face the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday night and the Los Angeles Kings on Sunday afternoon, both at the Pepsi Center, to close out the regular season.
Colorado locked up a playoff berth with a win at Vancouver Tuesday. While it still is theoretically possible Colorado could climb into seventh or even sixth in the conference, the most likely possibility is that the Avalanche will remain eighth and face the West’s No. 1 seed — either Chicago or San Jose — in the first round. The Blackhawks and Sharks both have 109 points and two games remaining, but Chicago would be No. 1 if they end up tied based on more victories.
The Sharks are at home against Vancouver tonight.
