VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The Avalanche will feature a relatively small, puck-moving defenseman in each of its three pairings Tuesday against the Vancouver Canucks at Rogers Arena.
Because of the upper-body injuries sustained Sunday by blue-liners Erik Johnson and Anton Lindholm, the Avs recalled David Warsofsky and Andrei Mironov on Monday. The 5-foot-9, 170-pound Warsofsky will step into the lineup and partner with Duncan Siemens, who will play his sixth career NHL game. Mironov, a rookie from Russia, will be a healthy scratch, but he provides depth if anyone else is injured during this three-game trip that goes through Edmonton on Thursday and Calgary on Saturday.