Alex Tanguay heads straight to the locker room with a jaw injury after getting hit by an Alex Ovechkin shot in the second period Thursday in Denver. (Andy Cross, The Denver Post)
With the Avs totally banged up right now (nine players out), these are the newly revamped lines fans will see for Saturday’s contest with the Carolina Hurricanes:
Note: The Avs said this morning that John Mitchell also won’t be playing tonight because of an apparent leg injury suffered at Friday’s practice. Nobody said anything about him being hurt Friday, so this was a rude surprise today. That means the Avs will go with a complete rookie third line of Andrew Agozzino, Ben Street and Tomas Vincour. The lines:
O’Reilly-Duchene-Briere
Landeskog-MacKinnon-Iginla
Agozzino-Street-Vincour
McLeod-Cliche-Talbot
In other words: those top two lines better get going, starting tonight.
