The Canadian team has been playing without one of its top defensemen in Cale Makar, who has been recovering from an illness.

Nathan MacKinnon had a four-point night, and Cale Makar scored twice to help the Avs win a wild one, 5-4, at Rogers Place.

Makar scored a goal on eight shots, dished a power-play assist and went plus-2 in Thursday's 4-2 win over the Flames.

Cale Makar was not in the lineup for Canada in its 3-1 loss against the United States in the 4 Nations Face-Off at Bell ...

The highly anticipated 4 Nations Face-Off meeting between Canada and the United States took a dramatic turn less than an hour ...

But Makar will play in the 4 Nations Face-Off championship game at TD Garden on Thursday (8 p.m. ET; ESPN, ESPN+, Disney+, SN, TVAS), and Hughes is headed to Boston, though it remains to be seen if he ...

Martin Necas scored the tiebreaking goal late in the third period, and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Edmonton Oilers 5-4.

The worst of Cale Makar's illness appears to be behind him. Canadian head coach Jon Cooper told reporters on Tuesday he sees ...

Team Canada's No. 1 defenseman was missing in action for the round-robin loss to the United States in the 2024 4 Nation's ...

Canada goaltender Jordan Binnington looks for the puck between the legs of Sweden forward Rickard Rakell as defenceman Cale ...