Bardakov will slot in for Artturi Lehkonen, who is being rested on Monday. Bardakov has one goal and nine assists in 57 games this season.



Bardakov will slot in for Artturi Lehkonen, who is being rested on Monday. Bardakov has one goal and nine assists in 57 games this season.

With Nicolas Roy returning from an upper-body injury, Bardakov will head to the press box as a healthy scratch. The 25-year-old Bardakov has only played one game in the past two weeks. He has 10 points (1G / 9A) in 57 games this season.


With Logan O'Connor (hip) and Ross Colton (upper body) drawing in Colorado's lineup on Tuesday, Gavin Brindley and Zakhar Bardakov will be healthy scratches. The 25-year-old Bardakov is averaging 7:05 time-on-ice and has 10 points (1G / 9A) in 55 games this season.


Bardakov has been an effective fourth-line contributor for the Avalanche in his first NHL season. The 24-year-old forward is averaging 7:17 time-on-ice and has eight pints (1G / 7A) in 32 games this season.

Bardakov has been an effective fourth-line contributor for the Avalanche in his first NHL season, but he will head to the AHL. The 24-year-old forward is averaging 7:17 time-on-ice and has eight pints (1G / 7A) in 32 games this season.

Gavin Brindley (lower body) will return to the lineup on Thursday against the Florida Panthers, resulting in Bardakov heading the sidelines as a healthy scratch. The 24-year-old Bardakov, in his first NHL season, has five points (1G / 4A) in 25 games.

Bardakov was a seventh round pick of the Devils in 2021 and was traded to the Avalanche last March for Kurtis MacDermid. The 24-year-old came to North America this year after five years in the KHL. Bardakov had 17 goals and 18 assists (35 points) in 53 games with St. Petersburg SKA last year.

Colorado cleared up $775,000 in cap space a week before the trade deadline as they traded Kurtis MacDermid for Zakhar Bardakov and a 2024 seventh-round pick. The Avalanche acquired Bardakov, a 23-year-old winger who was drafted in the 2021 seventh round (203rd overall). He currently skating with SKA St. Petersburg (KHL) and had six goals and 12 points in 51 games with them this season.
