Recent Announcement Confirmed Detroit Red Wings Goaltender Petr Mrazek Has Left The Team

The Detroit Red Wings are going to be short handed against the Colorado Avalanche tonight as goaltender Petr Mrazek has left the team on their road trip.

Head coach Todd McLellan confirmed the worst-case scenario news this morning, and now Mrazek's needing to be evaluated in Detroit before he can step foot on the ice again.

General manager Steve Yzerman said that the acquisition of Mrazek at the trade deadline was to create a battle between the pipes and to push Cameron Talbot, Alex Lyon to be on their A game if they wanted to start games in goal.

That didn't last long, in Monday's game Mrazek went down with an injury early on.

For the past several games since the NHL trade deadline on March 7, Alex Lyon has been deemed the 'odd man out', as he's sat comfy in the Red Wings press box as their third-string goaltender.

Now things quickly change, Lyon and Talbot are back to sharing the crease, as Yzerman's injury-prone trade deadline acquisition has fallen to injury once again.

Throughout the past five years, Mrazek's injury report has been far from pretty, have a look:

As injury prone Mrazek attempts to heal, the Red Wings will take on the Colorado Avalanche in hopes to keep their winning ways going.