Gabriel Landeskog Rumors & News

Minnesota Wild goalie Niklas Backstrom, left, of Finland, deflects a shot off the stick of Colorado Avalanche left wing Gabriel Landeskog, of Sweden, in the third period of the Wild's 3-1 victory in an NHL hockey game in Denver on Saturday, April 27, 2013. With the win, the Wild earned the eighth seed in the NHL Western Conference playoffs. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Colorado Avalanche's P.A. Parenteau (15) celebrates his game-winning goal with teammates Chuck Kobasew (12), Gabriel Landeskog (92), of Sweden, Paul Stastny (26), and Matt Duchene after the shootout in an NHL hockey game against the Phoenix Coyotes, on Friday, April 26, 2013, in Glendale, Ariz. The Avalanche defeated the Coyotes 5-4 in a shootout. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Colorado Avalanche's Ryan O'Reilly celebrates his goal against Phoenix Coyotes' Mike Smith, right, with teammates Gabriel Landeskog (92), of Sweden, and Jamie McGinn (11) during the second period in an NHL hockey game, on Friday, April 26, 2013, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

St. Louis Blues Captian David Backes (42) and Colorado Avalanche Captian Gabriel Landeskog (92) meet Army Col. David Grosso before an NHL hockey game on Sunday, April 21, 2013 in Denver. (AP Photo/Barry Gutierrez)

The Canucks had plenty of chances to win against the Avalanche on Sunday, but costly turnovers led to a 4-3 loss on Saturday at the Pepsi Center in Denver. Just 1:50 into the game, Kevin Bieksa attempted to dump the puck out of the corner, but wound up passing it right to Gabriel Landeskog. As soon as he handled the puck, Cory Schneider had no time to adjust as Landeskog scored his eighth goal of the year. While on the power play with six minutes remaining in the first period, Alex Burrows delivered a perfect centering pass to Daniel Sedin who barely missed the chance to tie the game....

Colorado Avalanche left wing Gabriel Landeskog, left, of Sweden, celebrates a goal against Vancouver Canucks goalie Cory Schneider, right, in the first period of an NHL hockey game on Saturday, April 13, 2013, in Denver. (AP Photo/Chris Schneider)

Yet again, I'm overlooking some solid work by el capitan Gabriel Landeskog in order to bring you a goal anatomy to feed you jaded Avalanche appetites. This time, morbidly-obese Jamie McGinn and PK linemate David van der Gulik bring the moans to the Left Coast Crowd with a hard-working goal with some spectacular sniping icing. We join the action juuuuuust as Paul Stastny exits the sin bin with a smidge over two-and-a-half minutes remaining in the 2nd frame. (Note to readers: If you go and watch the highlight at nhl.com, please prepare yourself for a typically horrific pronunciation of...

Matt Duchene gets the call for fantasy line of the night with 1+1=2, PPG, 8 shots, and 2 blocks. His torrid pace had slowed a bit recently but he'll likely finish strong down the stretch. Gabriel Landeskog scored a goal for the first time in his last 8 games. Between the injury and the sophomore slump, he's a prime sleeper candidate next season. It must be the linemates as Gregory Campbell put up a second straight multipoint game last night when he scored twice including one shorthanded. He hadn't had more than one point in any other game this season. It was the second straight game wi...