Avalanche goalie Philipp Grubauer suffered what appeared to be a left leg injury early in the second period of Game 1 against the Dallas Stars on Saturday in Edmonton.

Scary moment as @Avalanche‚ Philipp Grubauer goes down in pain and is helped to the locker room. Pavel Francouz is now in net. pic.twitter.com/GfV0jc51z0

— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) August 23, 2020

Untouched, Grubauer leaned to his right for a puck that wouldn’t have hit the net and collapsed to the ice. He was helped off the ice by a trainer and teammate, unable to put any weight on his left leg.

Pavel Francouz replaced Grubauer when Dallas was leading 3-1. The Avs tied it shortly thereafter but then Francouz allowed Alexander Radulov’s second goal of the game to make it 4-2 midway through the second period.

Trade-deadline addition Michael Hutchinson is Colorado’s third-string goalie. He is the only other goalie with the Avs in the Edmonton bubble.

The Avs began the game without winger Matt Calvert, who was “unfit to play,” and also were without defenseman Erik Johnson for much of the first period. Johnson collided with former Avs teammate Blake Comeau and couldn’t continue. Johnson also went to the locker room late in the second period after a head-first collision into the boards.