Avalanche forward Carl Soderberg, a native of Sweden, did not travel with the team to Stockholm for this weekend’s NHL Global Series games against the Ottawa Senators because his wife, Caroline, is due to give birth Tuesday, according to an NHL.com report.

The Avs flew from New York to Stockholm on Monday. Soderberg might join the team later in the week, depending on the timing of the birth of his second child. Soderberg is from Malmo, which is on the southern tip of Sweden, and he is among four Swedes on Colorado’s roster.