US EditionGabriel Landeskog Scores 1st Regular-Season Goal in 1,347 Days, Couldn't Wait to Share News with Son
Landeskog ended a 1,347-day regular-season goal drought with a game-winner, helping Colorado defeat a top NHL team as the Avalanche start the season strongly.
- Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog scored a second-period, game-winning goal in a 4-1 win over the Anaheim Ducks at Ball Arena, ending a 1,347-day regular-season drought.
- After recurring knee problems, Gabriel Landeskog underwent right knee cartilage transplant surgery on May 10, 2023, missed the last three regular seasons, and returned in the playoffs seven months ago.
- Finishing a rebound off Valeri Nichushkin's shot, Gabriel Landeskog scored during an Avalanche top line shift after two overturned goals this season and amid cheers from the capacity crowd.
- The Avalanche, led in part by Landeskog, have an NHL-best 11-1-5 start, with Gabriel Landeskog earning one goal and five points in 17 games as teammates call him 'the voice of reason'.
- Looking ahead, Gabriel Landeskog plans to play for Sweden at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics in February, saying `I try not to focus on the outcome, just kind of surrender that and focus on what I can do`; he turns 33 on Nov. 23.
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Gabriel Landeskog scores 1st regular-season goal in 1,347 days, couldn't wait to share news with son
For Gabriel Landeskog, it wasn't so much relief over ending a regular-season goal-scoring drought that had stretched to 1,347 days.It was more about the excitement for the Colorado Avalanche captain of getting to tell his biggest fan. Only, he had to wait to deliver the news since his young son, Luke, was sleeping after dad knocked one in.Landeskog's second-period goal in a 4-1 win over Anaheim on Tuesday night was his first score in the regular…
Avalanche captain Gabe Landeskog’s first regular-season goal since 2022 a big one: ‘It is nice to move on’
It’s going to be a good Wednesday morning for Luke Landeskog. He was already in bed Tuesday night when his dad scored his first goal of the season, which was also the first regular-season tally in 1,347 days for the Colorado Avalanche captain. After two goals erased by offside challenges, Gabe Landeskog opened his account for the 2025-26 season, and it was a huge goal for the Avs in a 4-1 win against the red-hot Anaheim Ducks at Ball Arena. “(Lu…
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The Rink LiveSurging Avalanche score early in victory over Ducks
Gabriel Landeskog scored his first goal in more than three years, Artturi Lehkonen had a goal and an assist, and the surging Colorado Avalanche beat the Anaheim Ducks 4-1 in Denver on Tuesday night.
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