Not much to report from practice Thursday, which consisted mostly of skill drills.
Defenseman Nikita Zadorov didn't participate. Coach Jared Bednar said he was "dinged up" during Wednesday's 4-3, come-from-ahead overtime loss to Florida.
"We'll just see how he is tomorrow and we'll make our decision on the lineup after the morning skate," Bednar said.
The Avalanche, who are 1-2-1 in the past four games after a 7-0-1 start, play Dallas at the Pepsi Center on Friday and are at Arizona on Saturday to open a two-game trip.
Forwards Gabriel Landeskog, Mikko Rantanen and Colin Wilson remain out with lower-body injuries, and Bednar said the Avalanche would call up someone from the Colorado Eagles. Jayson Megna played 5:48 Wednesday following his recall from the AHL team.
Zadorov likely was "dinged up" in a scuffle with Panthers forward Dryden Hunt at 11:53 of the third period. Both players were assessed roughing minors and 10-minute misconducts, but Zadorov also was given a slashing minor, putting the Panthers on the power play.
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The Avalanche had a 3-1 lead at the time, but it didn't last. Aleksander Barkov scored 11 seconds into the man advantage -- his first goal of the season -- and Jonathan Huberdeau tied matters with 90 seconds left in regulation after goalie Sergei Bobrovsky went to the bench for a sixth skater.
Huberdeau scored just 29 seconds into overtime, bringing up memories of the Avalanche's overtime struggles last season.
The Panthers in general and Hunt in particular weren't happy with Zadorov for his big hit (it was clean) on Jayce Hawryluk about seven minutes into the third period. Hawryluk left with an undisclosed injury.
Big Z always plays with an edge, but he doesn't always play with the discipline he needs. Taking the extra penalty against Hunt didn't cost the Avalanche the game -- they needed to kill the penalty at such a crucial juncture -- but it certainly didn't help the cause.
"I love the line that he was walking," Bednar said Thursday. "Physically, he gets the big hit and he kind of gets them off their game, but then we played right back into exactly what they were hoping for. Obviously I didn't like the lack of discipline on that play.
"I just want our team to be as disciplined as we can possibly be, especially in situations like that when we're in a situation to kind of close that game out more easily than we played the last eight minutes of it. We put ourselves in that position, so we have to mature and pass that.
"We're a team where we have a handful of guys that tend to take the bulk of our penalties, so we've talked to those guys about it. We draw a lot of penalties, so in turn generally that means we're going to get called for quite a few as well, but we've been on the positive side of that over the last few years as one of the top teams in drawing penalties.
"But I think we can continue to do that and still be more disciplined on the other side and watch our sticks and make it tougher for referees to call penalties on us."
The Avalanche have had seven more power plays (46-39) than they've had to kill through the first 12 games.