MacKinnon, a forward, left a 5-3 loss at the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday with 8:13 remaining in the first. He appeared to be in pain after taking a shot that was blocked by Flyers forward Scott Laughton moments before leaving the ice.
"He's
(lower body), who made a brief appearance at the morning skate before leaving the ice. Each player is considered day to day.
Colorado is also missing forwards Valeri Nichushkin (ankle), Evan Rodrigues (lower body) and
Shane Bowers
(upper body), and defensemen Josh Manson (lower body), Bowen Byram (lower body) and Kurtis MacDermid (lower body).
Forwards
Gabriel Landeskog
(knee) and Darren Helm (hip) have yet to play this season after each had offseason surgery.
"Helm and Nichushkin] both skated early again, and then first day joining the team," Bednar said Wednesday. "So looks like they're getting close. ... [Manson is
,
Ben Meyers
and
Callahan Burke
, and defenseman
Andreas Englund
from Colorado of the American Hockey League.
Ranta has no points in five games with the Avalanche this season and was sent to the AHL on Thursday. Meyers has one goal in four games, Burke has no points in one game, and Englund has one assist in seven games.
"We're losing a guy a game right now, all impact players for us," Bednar said Tuesday.
NHL.com independent correspondent Ryan Boulding contributed to this report
