Avalanche captain Gabe Landeskog, a day after taking a puck to the face in a 6-3 win at San Jose. Photo: Mike Chambers
Gabe Landeskog was just sore Tuesday after taking a rolling puck off the face in Monday’s 6-3 win against the Sharks at San Jose. Rookie defenseman Dylan Demelo slapped a rolling puck from the offensive blue line and Landeskog, who was trying to block the puck with his legs, took it off the visor. The impact injured his face, but he passed concussion tests and returned to the game. He’ll practice Wednesday and play in Thursday’s game against the visiting Chicago Blackhawks
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I shot this picture of John Mitchell two seasons ago, after the visor-less center took a puck to the face (Mitchell now dons a visor):
