MacDonald had four shots and one hit over 10:58 of ice time in Sunday's 4-3 overtime loss to the Wild.

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Called up from the taxi squad to replace the injured Erik Johnson (upper body), MacDonald surprisingly led the Avalanche in shots on goal. Due to salary cap compliance issues, MacDonald ($725,000) was a fit for the roster instead of Greg Pateryn ($2,250,000), per PuckPedia.com.