Avalanche D Girard (sternum) out for postseason

ST. LOUIS — Colorado Avalanche defenseman Samuel Girard will miss the remainder of the postseason with a damaged sternum, coach Jared Bednar stated Saturday evening.

Girard, who occupies main minutes on Colorado’s No. 2 defensive pairing, suffered what the crew initially labeled an upper-body harm 1:49 into the primary interval of Sport 3, a 5-2 victory over the St. Louis Blues.

Girard was checked by Blues ahead Ivan Barbashev behind the Avalanche web and fell to the ice close to the boards. Girard was taken to an space hospital for additional analysis and was on the thoughts of his coach when he addressed reporters following the competition.

“I did not find it irresistible seeing it reside,” Bednar stated after the win, which gave Colorado a 2-1 collection lead. “He catches him in a nasty spot, however I believed it was a authorized test, to be trustworthy with you.”

The Avalanche performed the remainder of the sport with 5 defenseman, and Bednar’s prime unit took a bigger piece of the ice time, in consequence. Cale Makar completed with 34 shifts and 28:49 time on the ice, and Devon Toews ended with 38 and 30:56.

Colorado ultimately broke open a good sport with two late objectives within the third interval — from Artturi Lehkonen and Gabriel Landeskog — and Darcy Kuemper stopped 29 pictures, organising an opportunity for the Avalanche to take a 3-1 lead on Monday evening.

“I believed we have been extremely aggressive tonight in all areas of our sport,” Bednar stated.

Whereas Makar and Toews get a majority of the acclaim on the Colorado again line, Girard will definitely be missed. The 24-year-old former second-round decide had 5 objectives and 28 factors for the Avalanche this season, and Girard was averaging 20:49 time on the ice within the postseason to go together with three factors.

The Related Press contributed to this report.