Avs Face Utah Short-Handed After Olympic Crunch

The Avalanche roll into Utah tonight potentially missing key pieces from their Olympic medal hauls, with that brutal turnaround from Milan-Cortina leaving bodies battered and schedules scrambled. Guys like Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar, and Brock Nelson just wrapped gold-medal drama for Canada and USA, while Finns Artturi Lehkonen and Joel Kiviranta chased bronze - now it's back to NHL grind with legs still heavy.