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The Kansas City Chiefs are heading to Atlanta without their top backfield weapon. Kenneth Walker the Third is ruled out for Sunday's matchup against the Falcons after suffering a groin injury in Friday's practice. Nate Carter gets the call up, and Patrick Mahomes will need to find other ways to move the chains against a Falcons defense that has been playing with something to prove.
Meanwhile, Colorado is bracing for a brutal night in Montreal. Nathan MacKinnon and Cale Makar are both out for Saturday's tilt against the Canadiens after leaving Thursday's overtime loss to Ottawa with lower-body injuries less than a minute apart. Losing your two best players in the same sixty-second window is a nightmare scenario, and now a depleted Avalanche squad has to grind through the Bell Centre without them.
And in Detroit, the clock is ticking louder by the day. Red Wings interim general manager Shawn Horcoff says he wants Simon Edvinsson signed, but with the December first deadline just two weeks out, talks remain at a standstill. Miss that date and Edvinsson sits out the entire two thousand twenty-seven season — a devastating outcome for both sides that nobody can afford.
That's your play-by-play. Sports Desk, back to the booth.
