Peter Baugh: Colorado Avalanche coach Jared Bednar said that defenseman Bowen Byram suffered a setback to his upper-body injury and it’s not related to his time that he was on the COVID protocol list. Bednar added that when he’s ready to play, they’ll get him into a few AHL games first.
Rick Sadowski of NHL.com: The Avalanche could get Philipp Grubauer, Mikko Rantanen and Joonas Donskoi back in the lineup on Friday, All were on, and have since been removed from the COVID protocol list.