Avalanche’s Scott Wedgewood leaves game with upper-body injury
The Colorado Avalanche announced on social media that goaltender Scott Wedgewood left Tuesday’s game against the Vancouver Canucks with an upper-body injury and would not return.
Scott Wedgewood (upper body) will not return.
— Colorado Avalanche (@Avalanche) December 3, 2025It’s unclear how Wedgewood suffered the injury, but according to Colorado Hockey Now reporter Aarif Deen, Blackwood left the ice during a TV timeout in the second period and was replaced by Mackenzie Blackwood.
Wedgewood finished with 10 saves on 11 shots in 32:28 of ice time.
Mackenzie Blackwood is in goal for the Avs. Not sure what happened. Wedgewood is not on the bench
— Aarif Deen (@runwriteAarif) December 3, 2025Wedgewood has a 13-1-3 record with a .920 save percentage (SV%) and 2.07 goals against average (GAA) in 19 appearances.
The injury comes nearly a week after TSN’s Darren Dreger reported Wedgewood was added to the Canadian National Team’s list of possible participants for the 2026 Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics.
Last month, Colorado signed Wedgewood to a one-year, $2.5-million contract extension that will keep him through the 2026-27 season.
In 173 career NHL games, the Brampton, Ont. native has a 75-55-27 record with a .908 SV% and 2.79 GAA with the Avalanche, Predators, Dallas Stars, Arizona Coyotes and New Jersey Devils.
He has also made four playoff appearances, all in relief, posting an .862 SV% and 2.28 GAA.
Wedgewood has spent the majority of his professional career in the American Hockey League, where he posted a 94-59-24 record with a .906 SV% and 2.54 GAA in 191 career games with the Albany Devils, Adirondack Thunder, Binghamton Devils, Ontario Reign, Rochester Americans, Syracuse Crunch and Texas Stars.
He also spent parts of four seasons playing junior hockey in the Ontario Hockey League with the Plymouth Whalers, going 61-39-5 with a .908 SV% and 3.08 GAA in 122 career games.
Internationally, Wedgewood represented Canada at the 2012 World Junior Championships. He went 2-0-0 with a .915 SV% and 2.42 GAA in three appearances.
The Avalanche are 19-1-6 with 44 points through their first 26 games of the 2025-26 season, which puts them first in the Central Division, Western Conference and the entire league.