Blues, Avalanche dealing with injuries going into Game 4

The St. Louis Blues and Colorado Avalanche will have to work through major injury concerns as their second-round Western Conference playoff series continues Monday.

The Avalanche lead the best-of-seven series 2-1 after winning 5-2 in Game 3 Saturday. Game 4 will be played Monday in St. Louis.Colorado lost defenseman Samuel Girard for the rest of the playoffs due to a broken sternum. He suffered the injury on a big hit in