{"id":2483,"section":"sports","section_label":"Sports","url":"https://www.brokenews.co/sports/2483","headline":"Avalanche to miss MacKinnon for a month, Makar for two weeks","dek":"Both stars suffered lower-body injuries in the second period of Colorado's 4-3 overtime loss to Ottawa on Thursday.","body":"Colorado's top line just got a lot thinner. Nathan MacKinnon and Cale Makar both went down with lower-body injuries during the second period of the Avalanche's 4-3 overtime loss to the Senators on Thursday, and neither will be back soon.\n\nMacKinnon, the team's leading scorer, is expected to miss approximately one month. Makar, one of the league's top defensemen, will be sidelined for roughly two weeks. Head coach Jared Bednar confirmed both timelines on Saturday.\n\nLosing MacKinnon and Makar at the same time strips Colorado of its most important forward and its most important defenseman in one blow, forcing the Avalanche to adjust their lineup and leaning on depth players earlier in the season than they would like.\n\nThere is no word yet on a specific return date for either player, with the club instead working off the general windows laid out by Bednar.","published_at":"2026-11-14T23:35:28.148707+00:00","source_count":4,"written_from":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Avalanche’s Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar get unfortunate injury timelines in latest update","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/avalanche-nathan-mackinnon-cale-makar-221407283.html"},{"outlet":"New York Post","publisher":"New York Post","title":"Avalanche hit with pair of crushing injuries — with one star to miss at least a month","url":"https://nypost.com/2026/11/14/sports/avalanche-lose-nathan-mackinnon-cale-makar-with-one-out-at-least-a-month/"},{"outlet":"The Athletic","publisher":"The Athletic","title":"Avalanche's Nathan MacKinnon out a month, Cale Makar out 2 weeks due to injuries","url":"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7781762/2026/11/14/nathan-mackinnon-cale-makar-out-injuries-avalanche/"},{"outlet":"ESPN","publisher":"ESPN","title":"Avs stars MacKinnon, Makar out multiple weeks with lower-body injuries","url":"https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/50480955/avalanc-nathan-mackinnon-cale-makar-injuries"}],"more_coverage":[{"outlet":"ESPN","publisher":"ESPN","title":"Avs stars MacKinnon, Makar leave with injuries; status for Saturday in air","url":"https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/50467465/avalanche-lose-stars-mackinnon-makar-injuries-vs-senators"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Avalanche's Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar questionable for next game after injuries","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/avalanches-nathan-mackinnon-cale-makar-153841134.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Avalanche injury updates: Nathan MacKinnon and Cale Makar out weeks or more","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/avalanche-injury-updates-nathan-mackinnon-175524427.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Avalanche lose Nathan MacKinnon for at least a month; Cale Makar sidelined for around 2 weeks","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/avalanche-lose-nathan-mackinnon-least-192549136.html"}],"image":{"url":"https://s.yimg.com/lo/mysterio/api/a13de6741672bf36c3f77012ffa0b379f4ef15534722558deb585e481fdba6b1/lightyear_networkapi/resizefill_w1200_h675%3Bquality_80%3Bformat_webp/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Fclutchpoints_articles_939%2Fc9e14a869a238609022b3cdf73df395c.jpg","credit":"Yahoo Sports","width":1200},"embed":null,"license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Analysis data is licensed CC BY 4.0. Credit brokenews and link to the story page you took it from. Source headlines, story titles taken from a source headline, and quoted passages remain the property of their publishers and are quoted for comparison, not licensed onward.","terms":"https://www.brokenews.co/about#reuse"}