Colorado Avalanche working with law enforcement in St. Louis regarding threats made towards center Nazem Kadri after Game 3

The Colorado Avalanche are working with St. Louis law enforcement regarding threats made towards center Nazem Kadri after their Game 3 victory against the Blues Saturday night.

The threats followed a series-ending injury to Blues goaltender Jordan Binnington after a collision involving Kadri.

Just 6:45 into the first period of Game 3, Kadri and Blues defenseman Calle Rosen crashed into Binnington. The collision caused a lower body injury to Binnington that forced him to leave the game and put him out for the rest of their series. Backup Ville Husso, who started the postseason as the Blues' No. 1 netminder, entered the game and gave up four goals on 23 shots in the 5-2 defeat. The Avalanche hold a 2-1 series lead heading into Game 4 on Monday night in St. Louis.

On Sunday, hockey player Akim Aliu tweeted that he had spoken to Kadri and that the Avalanche center «has been subject to so many racist attacks and threats since last night that police had to be brought in.» Aliu and Kadri are founding members of the Hockey Diversity Alliance, an organization of current and former hockey players of color that is seeking to eradicate racism from the game.

Kadri is a Muslim of Lebanese descent.

«Racist attacks like this have no place in hockey and should be investigated and reported on,» Aliu said.

Colorado issued a statement to the media on Sunday, saying «the Avalanche organization is aware of threats made toward Nazem Kadri and is working with local law enforcement to investigate.»

After Game 3, Blues coach Craig Berube questioned Kadri's role in the injury. «Look at Kadri's reputation. That's all I've got to say,» he said of Kadri, who has multiple postseason suspensions, including an eight-game ban for an illegal check to the