Samuel Girard spent all of training camp in a race to be ready for opening night, but he’s back on the injured list again.
Girard won’t play Saturday night against the Dallas Stars and is considered week-to-week with an upper-body injury, the club announced. He missed most of camp because of a lower-body injury. Girard played nearly 19 minutes against the Utah Mammoth in the home opener Thursday night at Ball Arena, and took regular shifts in the third period.
“He’s going to miss some time,” Avs coach Jared Bednar told reporters Saturday morning.
Ilya Solovyov, whom the Avalanche claimed off waivers on Oct.