Deen’s Daily: Good News — Drouin and Necas Injuries Deemed Minor

Positive news on the injury front for the Avalanche. The Montreal Canadiens are working toward locking up the last playoff spot. Also, is today the day The Gr8 Chase is complete?

All that and more on this edition of Deen’s Daily — April 6.

Colorado Hockey Now

The Avs fell 5-4 to the St. Louis Blues on Saturday.

But more importantly, they received good news on two notable injuries. Both Jonathan Drouin and Martin Necas are considered day-to-day and won’t be out long term. Necas is sore after suffering an upper-body injury in Chicago. Meanwhile, Drouin flew back to Denver after suffering a lower-body injury in that same game.

The Avs are off today, meaning the next update will come on Monday when they practice at Family Sports ahead of their last two home games of the regular season.

Around The NHL

Pittsburgh Hockey Now: The Dallas Stars also lost, falling 5-3 to Sidney Crosby and the Pens. Crosby had a hat trick and the rookies showed up, too.

Montreal Hockey Now: No Josh Anderson, no problem. Welcome to the Lane Hutson show. The rookie catapulted the Habs to another big win.

Philadelphia Hockey Now: The Flyers’ loss to Montreal officially eliminated them from playoff contention.

New Jersey Hockey Now: Is there a team more disappointing in the Eastern wildcard race than the New York Rangers? The Devils shut them out on Saturday.

NYI Hockey Now: History might be in order today. The Islanders are hosting Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals as Ovi looks for a record-breaking 895th career goal.

Boston Hockey Now: David Pastrnak’s hat trick lifted Boston to a victory over Carolina.