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Arnason is placed on injured reserve

Rocky Mountain News

Published December 17, 2007 at 12:45 a.m.

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The Avalanche on Sunday placed center Tyler Arnason on the injured reserve list because of a broken wrist and recalled forward Cody McLeod from the Lake Erie Monsters of the American Hockey League.

Arnason was injured Wednesday against Columbus and is expected to be sidelined for about four weeks.

McLeod, 23, had six goals, seven assists and a team-high 101 penalty minutes in 27 games with the Cleveland-based Monsters.

He had 11 goals, eight assists and 180 penalty minutes in 73 games last season with the Albany (N.Y.) River Rats in the AHL.

Avalanche at Kings

* When: 8:30 MST tonight.

* Where: Staples Center, Los Angeles.

* TV/Radio: Altitude; KKFN-AM (950).

* Leading scorers

Colorado (18-13-1) G A P

C Paul Stastny 14 26 40

RW Milan Hejduk 13 14 27

LW Ryan Smyth 10 17 27

RW Andrew Brunette 5 18 23

LW Wojtek Wolski 11 10 21

Coach:

Joel Quenneville

Los Angeles (12-19-2) G A P

C Anze Kopitar 15 17 32

C Mike Cammalleri 14 14 28

LW Dustin Brown 14 13 27

D Lubomir Visnovsky 1 18 19

Derek Armstrong 2 13 15

Coach:

Marc Crawford * Injuries: Colorado - C Tyler Arnason (wrist), LW Brad Richardson (shoulder), C Joe Sakic (groin) and D Kurt Sauer (concussion) are out. Los Angeles - LW Alexander Frolov (groin) and G Jason LaBarbera (rib) are out; LW Ladislav Nagy (hip flexor) is day to day.

* Sidelight: When former Avalanche defenseman Rob Blake scored Saturday against Minnesota, it was his first goal since the Kings' opener. He is in the final year of a two-year, $12 million contract and has two goals, 10 assists and a minus-10 rating while averaging a team-high 22:21 in ice time.

* Notes: The Avalanche has won two games in a row and four of its past five. . . . Peter Budaj is expected to start in goal. He stopped a combined 61-of-63 shots in back-to-back wins against Nashville. . . . Smyth has four goals and nine assists in the past eight games. . . . The Avalanche beat the Kings 5-2 on Dec. 1 in Los Angeles. . . . The Kings have lost three in a row. . . . Kopitar has seven goals and seven assists in the past 12 games.