NHL Buzz: Colton out 6-8 weeks due to Avalanche with broken foot

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Ross Colton is expected to be out six to eight weeks for the Avalanche with a broken foot.

The forward was injured in a 5-2 loss to the Chicago Blackhawks on Monday when he took a shot off his foot and did not return after the second period.

Colton leads Colorado with eight goals this season and has nine points in 10 games. He played on the top line alongside Nathan MacKinnon and Mikko Rantanen.

“It’s not ideal, I would say. It’s part of hockey, of course, the injuries,” Rantanen said. “There’s really nothing you can do about it other than just concentrate on your own work. Whoever you play with, you try to get on the same page as quickly as possible and play a solid hockey game again as a line. and defensively and offensively trying to create and be good.”

Forward Miles Wood will also be unavailable against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Wednesday (9 p.m. ET; FDSNSUN, ALT). Wood is nursing an upper-body injury and is expected to be out for seven to 10 days.

“I think it’s something that’s been bothering him for a while here,” coach Jared Bednar said. “He’s just trying to get through it. Now he can’t,” Bednar said.

Defenseman Oliver Kylington will play forward, and forward TJ Tynan was recalled from Colorado of the American Hockey League on Wednesday.

“I played a bit in the middle when I was 13-14, a few years there, but I haven’t played professional striker, no,” Kylington said. “Right now I just want to do my part and help fill a spot. It’s not nice to see guys get injured, but I think we just have to make the best of the situation and come together as a collective. and play hard.” –Ryan Boulding