Nathan MacKinnon officially to miss significant time

The Colorado Avalanche have now made an official announcement regarding forward Nathan MacKinnon, who was injured Monday night.

MacKinnon left last night with 8:13 remaining in the first period and did not return. It was reported that he would ''miss some time'' with an upper-body injury, and now we know just how long.

Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman shared the news:

MacKinnon is having a tremendous season, as he's registered 8 goals and 26 assists through 23 games.

The Boston Bruins will be facing a very depleted lineup when they travel to play the Avalanche Wednesday evening. As they are currently missing:

F - Gabriel Landeskog (knee)
F - Valeri Nichushkin (ankle)
F - Evan Rodrigues (lower body)
F - Darren Helm
F - Shane Bowers (upper body)
D - Josh Manson
D - Bowen Byram (lower body)
D - Kurtis MacDermid (lower body)

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