Colorado Avalanche's injured winger Wojtek Wolski is expected to miss the rest of the Western Conference semi-final series against the Detroit Red Wings.

The Pole, who had 18 goals and 48 points during the regular season, suffered an upper body injury during Colorado's 4-3 Game One loss to the Red Wings on Thursday.

"Every day throughout the season we've dealt with guys in and out of our line-up and different lines," said coach Joel Quenneville on the team website.

"No matter who gets inserted in our line-up we think that they're going to fill the void and welcome the challenge."

Peter Forsberg, who missed Game One with a sore groin, could be back in the line-up for Game Two with Quenneville saying the return of the former-league MVP would be a game-time decision.

Reuters