Colorado Avalanche defenceman Samuel Girard has left Game 3 with an upper-body injury and has been taken to the hospital for further evaluation, the team announced.
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The incident occurred just under two minutes into the game, when Girard went behind his net to collect the puck on Saturday night and was met with a crunching check from the Blues’ Ivan Barbashev. Girard’s head made contact with the glass, he went down, and stayed down until the whistle was eventually blown.
Barbashev did not receive a penalty on the play.
Girard eventually got up and went to the dressing room with some help from a trainer. The 24-year-old has three points in six playoff games this spring.
