Battered . He politely declined to allow pictures or video to be taken of his face, which features two black eyes and a fractured nose that required six stitches and glue to close. Holden talks about his incident with Drew Stafford and the one-game suspension the Winnipeg forward was given for wildly swinging his stick.
Avalanche forward Jack Skille will miss his second consecutive game with a concussion. He did not skate Tuesday morning but the Avs aren’t ready to replace him on the roster. For now, coach Patrick Roy said the team will carry just 12 available forwards.
Matt Duchene from the morning skate:
Avalanche lineup:
Grigorenko-MacKinnon-Duchene
Landeskog-Soderberg-Comeau
Tanguay-Mitchell-Iginla
McLeod-Wagner-Martinsen
Beauchemin-Johnson
Holden-Barrie
Bigras-Bodnarchuk
(Guenin and Redmond scratched)
Varlamov
Pickard
Jacob Markstrom is the starting goalie for the Canucks.
