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The Vancouver Canucks are playing the second of a back-to-back but it might be the Colorado Avalanche that are at a disadvantage.The Canucks fell to the Stars, 2-1, in Dallas on Friday night and now face a Colorado team that is dealing with injuries. When the puck drops Saturday night the Avalanche will be without No. 1 goaltender Semyon Varlamov, who is out with an upper-body injury.Theyll also play their fifth straight game without captain Gabriel Landeskog because of a lower-body injury. Landeskog skated at practice Friday and was scheduled to be on the ice Saturday morning but has been ruled out.The silver lining is Landeskog is skating and Varlamovs injury doesnt appear too serious.(Varlamov) should be full practice by Sunday, coach Jared Bednar told HockeyBuzz.com.The other bright spot is Calvin Pickard will get the start. Pickard has played well in relief of Varlamov this season, including a shutout against the Minnesota Wild three weeks ago. He is 4-1 with a 2.07 goals-against average and beat Minnesota 3-2 in his last start a week ago.Pickard is excited to be playing Saturday because the game will be the second of the Hockey Night in Canada doubleheader.As Canadians we all grew up watching it, so its going to be fun, he told HockeyBuzz.com.The Avalanche (9-10) recalled goalie Spencer Martin from San Antonio of the AHL to serve as Pickards backup and reassigned forward A.J. Greer to the Rampage.Vancouver (8-11-2) is dealing with injuries of its own. Winger Sven Baertschi missed Fridays loss in Dallas because of a toe injury. He took a shot off his skate in the second period of Wednesdays win in Arizona and couldnt play against Dallas. He had a goal and two assists Wednesday and his line combined for eight points.It is a little disappointing, linemate Alex Burrows told the Vancouver Sun of Baertschis injury, which is considered day-to-day. I saw him get off (the ice) and it was like, shoot, its too bad because I think we were just starting to peak and we had good things going. Hopefully, he will be fine. Its part of the NHL. Youre going to have guys who go out of the lineup. You just have to dig deeper and try to get some chemistry with someone else.Winger Jack Skille, who played for Colorado last year, returned to the lineup Friday after missing one game.The Canucks are finishing up a quick three-game road trip before returning home to play the Wild on Tuesday. Vancouver is 4-3-1 in the past seven games and Burrows line is starting to play well.Theyll have to deal with a confident Pickard, who supplanted Reto Berra as the backup with some fine play last year. He signed a two-year, $2 million contract in the offseason.It definitely gives you a sense of comfort, he told HockeyBuzz.com. But that being said, things change quickly. You have to always stay on your toes and be ready for when youre called upon. 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"Edgar gave us a good start, held them in check and gave us a chance to settle in so we could start to produce a little offence." Sioux Falls started the scoring in the third inning on a Cory Morales two-out RBI single. The Goldeyes replied in the fourth when Ryan Scoma led off the inning with a double off the right field wall. He would score on a Luis Alen single up the middle. Winnipeg had the chance to add more in the inning, but stranded three base runners to leave it tied at one a side. The Goldeyes took the lead in the sixth inning. Fehlandt Lentini and Alen had back-to-back RBI singles to put Winnipeg up 3-1. With the hit, Lentini extended his hitting streak to eight games. The Goldeyes continued to pour it on in the eighth against Sioux Falls bullpen. With the sscore 5-1, Ray Sadler brought home another insurance run on a sacrifice fly.dddddddddddd The next batter, Casey Haerther, hit a two-run double off the right field wall, narrowly missing a home run by inches. The late-game offensive strike would be more than enough run support for Goldeyes pitching. Osuna exited as the winning pitcher of record with one out in the seventh and allowed the Goldeyes bullpen to finish off the game. Chris Kissock and Brendan Lafferty went the rest of the way for Winnipeg and kept the Canaries from scoring any more runs. It was the second straight quality start for Osuna, who improved to 2-1 on the year. He walked two and struck out four Canaries in 6 1/3 innings of work. Moore pitched six innings for the Canaries and took the loss. He surrendered three runs on 10 hits and Moore, who entered the game as the leagues leader in strikeouts, sat down three Winnipeg hitters. He also hit three Goldeyes. Winnipeg continues their homestand tomorrow night, as they begin a four game series against the CanAm Legaues Trois-Rivieres Aigles. It will be the final interleague series of the season for the Goldeyes. ' ' '