TAMPA, Fla. — On the heels of Tuesday’s 4-1 loss at the Florida Panthers, the 2-5-1 Avalanche declined to have a team skate Wednesday at Amalie Arena, where Colorado will visit the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday. Why cancel practice? .
Joe Sakic and Patrick Roy vs. Brad Stuart and Brandon Gormley in a game of shinny Wednesday at Amaile Arena:
Per Roy, Stuart and Gormley will again be scratched Thursday against the Bolts. He’ll use the same lineup Thursday, but different top-three line combos and a new starting goalie:
Tanguay-MacKinnon-Iginla
Landeskog-Duchene-Skille
Everberg-Soderberg-Comeau
McLeod-Mitchell-Grigorenko
Beauchemin-Johnson
Holden-Barrie
Zadorov-Guenin
Varlamov
Berra
Stuart, Gormely and forwards Dennis Everberg and Mikhail Grigorenko and goalie Semyon Varlamov were the only Avs to skate Wednesday:
Patrick Roy after 4-1 loss Tuesday night at Florida:
Matt Duchene talks about the Avs’ 0-5 power play and shorthanded goal-allowed at Florida:
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