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BOSTON -- One streak will end when the slumping Colorado Avalanche visit the Boston Bruins on Thursday night.The Avalanche are 0-5-1 in their past six games, but the franchise last lost in Boston in 1988 when it was still the Quebec Nordiques. That is a 10-game streak that would end if the Avalanches current troubles continue.Colorado, dead last in the NHL with only 19 points, spent the day in Boston on Wednesday, getting in a practice while the Bruins were playing in Washington.The workout took place, but four players were back at the team hotel because of illness, including captain Gabriel Landeskog, who was supposed to return from a nine-game absence caused by a lower body injury but was suddenly deemed doubtful for the second game of a four-game trip.The Avalanche, who fell to 9-14-1 with a 4-3 loss in Nashville on Tuesday night, will get defenseman Fedor Tyutin back from a two-game absence caused by a lower body injury. If Landeskog doesnt play Thursday, he should return in Montreal on Saturday.I dont know what that (illness) does for Landeskog, coach Jared Bednar said. Im assuming now after feeling sick and not getting that contact practice in (Wednesday) that hell be another game, and well have to feel that situation out (Thursday) morning.Colorado defenseman Francois Beauchemin also missed the practice, nursing a sore hand.Bednar thought his team played better in Nashville, but the result was the same despite two goals by Matt Duchene, his eighth and ninth of the season, all on the road.While the Avalanche come into the game on a losing streak, the Bruins are 3-0-1 in their past four. They came all the way back from three goals down before losing in Washington on Wednesday as goaltender Tuukka Rask fell to 0-5-4 against the Caps.After digging the huge hole, the Bruins dominated the game, at one point holding Washington without a shot on goal for some 26 minutes. However, a faulty line change in the OT led to Nicklas Backstroms winner.Just goes to show that youve got to trust the system, stick with it, and good things will happen, Rask said after the game.Said coach Claude Julien: I think it was a real good effort by our hockey team tonight. Probably at the end you think you deserve better, but against a team like that, you take the point and move on because weve got a game (Thursday) night and I think its important for us to get out of here and start focusing on (Thursday).With Rask playing Wednesday -- and keeping his team in the game when the Caps took a 2-0 lead -- it is likely backup Anton Khudobin will be in goal Thursday night. Khudobin won his last start, Dec. 1 against the Carolina Panthers in overtime -- the first win of the season for a Boston goalie other than Rask.Khudobin is 1/3 on the season, and he is 1-1 in two career starts against the Avalanche.Calvin Pickard, who has never faced the Bruins, will bring a 7-4-2 record, a 2.44 goals-against average and a .920 save percentage into the game, shining numbers next to Semyon Varlamovs 5-12-0 with a 3.08 GAA.The Avalanche tied the game at Nashville three times before losing on a five-on-three, power-play goal.For me, that was the hardest we played -- that was the best game we played in a couple weeks, Bednar said. We had some chances to square that game up, and it was a tough way to fall behind on the five-on-three. Cheap USA Soccer Jerseys . The Hall of Fame defenceman told Landsberg that he believes fighting still has a place in todays game, but thinks staged fighting needs be outlawed. Daniel Lovitz Jersey . 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One day after the Detroit Lions signed former quarterback Logan Thomas to their practice squad to play tight end, the Buffalo Bills signed Thomas off the Lions practice squad Tuesday to their 53-man roster.The Bills must keep Thomas on their 53-man roster for the next three weeks because he was signed off another teams practice squad. He will likely serve as the Bills third tight end behind starter Charles Clay and backup Nick OLeary.Its been two and a half years of not really getting an opportunity, and I was ready to get an opportunity to play and tried to make the best of what I could do, Thomas said Monday. I think this gives me the best opportunity to do so.Thomas was a fourth-round pick of the Arizona Cardinals in 2014 after three seasons as Virginia Techs starting quarterback. Thomas spent the 2010 season as a backup to then-Hokies quarterback Tyrod Taylor, who will now throw passes to him as the Bills quarterback.Thomas appeared in two games for the Cardinals as a rookie, attempting nine passes. He spent most oof last season on the Miami Dolphins practice squad and had several stints on the New York Giants practice squad earlier this season.dddddddddddd.Thomas said he first worked out for the Lions at quarterback and then tried out as a tight end. He said tight end, a new position for him, is a completely different language, a completely different move.You see things from a quarterbacks eyes way different than you did right beside the guys in the trenches, he said. Its something that youve got to bite your pride a little bit and move on.Thomas was a three-year starter at Virginia Tech at quarterback, and he had a few plays at receiver for the Hokies during his redshirt freshman year in 2010. He had two career receptions for 11 yards at Virginia Tech and rushed 495 times for 1,359 yards and 24 touchdowns as a dual-threat quarterback.ESPN Lions reporter Michael Rothstein contributed to this report. ' ' '