The helper was Girard's first point in three games since he returned from an upper-body injury. The defenseman has resumed his regular role on the second pairing and second power-play unit.

Colorado Avalanche defenseman Samuel Girard (upper body) will return to work on Thursday against Edmonton. He is available for selection again after missing three games due to an upper-body injury.

Girard (upper body) will return to the lineup versus Edmonton on Thursday, according to Avalanche play-by-play announcer Conor McGahey. Girard sat out three games with his upper-body injury.

The Avalanche traded Bo Byram last season to ... The Avs have not had one of Malinski or Samuel Girard for different reasons recently. In games where one of the top two lines didn’t just ...

The Avalanche need another defenseman before the trade deadline ... And then you have Sam Girard, who the coaching staff has a great deal of trust in and eats up a lot of minutes.

The biggest need is on the blue line. The Avs have added six potential third-pairing defensemen since the end of last season, ...

The Colorado Avalanche want to start making up some ... the last two games was to play like it's the playoffs," defenseman Sam Girard said. "We're just going to have to keep playing like we ...

EDMONTON -- Martin Necas broke a tie with the game-winning goal late in the third period, and the Colorado Avalanche won 5-4 against the Edmonton Oilers at Rogers Place on Friday. Necas took a ...

is knocked into the net as Avalanche’s Samuel Girard, right, checks Calgary Flames’ Blake Coleman (20) during first-period ...

Corey Masisak: Colorado Avalanche coach Jared Bednar said that defenseman Samuel Girard isn’t ready yet and remains day-to-day. Forward Valeri Nichushkin has skated several times but backed off ...