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KANATA, Ontario — Evolving game story is . The rewrite will have quotes from Patrick Roy, Calvin Pickard and John Mitchell.
Pickard, who arrived in Ottawa from Chicago after 4 p.m. ET, less than three hours before the start of the game, could be the first of two AHL call-up goalies to join the Avs this week. Roman Will is the scheduled starter for the Lake Erie Monsters on Friday in Chicago, but he might be headed to Montreal instead. Roy had no postgame update on Reto Berra, who was injured 2:46 into Thursday’s game against the Senators. Which might mean he’s still be evaluated for a concussion. Roy said he hadn’t spoken to the trainer and declined to say if the injury is to Berra’s head or neck.
Of course, Semyon Varlamov was placed on injured reserve and is out of commission for one week.
Pickard was beaten by a sneaky Bobby Ryan wrister — a goal-scorers goal — and probably should have stopped the game-winning shot by Clarke MacAuthur. But nobody’s blaming Pickard for blowing another third-period lead, second straight. Roy counted 13 turnovers for his team — the stat sheet says 10 giveaways — and the Avs were out-classed 11-3 in takeaways.
“He made some great saves there, and we cannot say this is his fault. Itap absolutely not,” Avs defenseman Jan Hejda said of Pickard. “That situation is obviously not easy for him. He comes in this afternoon and goes straight to the net. This is the NHL and he played well.”
“He had some treatment for his groin but didn’t feel well enough to play.”
