As Gabriel Landeskog talked about his comeback from a knee injury recently, Colorado Avalanche teammate Nathan MacKinnon laughed in his head. “He was like, ‘I don’t think there’s a difference between a month off or three years off,

Colorado captain Gabriel Landeskog scored his first NHL goal in nearly three years, Logan O'Connor had a short-handed tally and the Avalanche beat the Dallas Stars 4-0 in Game 4 to even their first-round series.

When the Colorado Avalanche hit the road for Game 5 of their Western Conference first-round series against the Dallas Stars on Monday, they’ll have their captain in the lineup this time around.