Colorado 6, Chicago 2
When: 9:00 PM ET, Friday, March 8, 2013
Where: Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado
Referees:
Ghislain Hebert, Brad Meier
Linesmen:
Thor Nelson, Mark Shewchyk
Attendance:
18007
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Avalanche 6, Blackhawks 2: Matt Duchene scored the go-ahead goal and recorded three assists as host Colorado ended Chicago's 30-game point streak.
PA Parenteau and Paul Stastny each collected a goal and two assists, Ryan O’Reilly had one of each and John Mitchell and Jamie McGinn also scored for the Avalanche, who took the back end of the home-and-home series after falling at Chicago on Wednesday. Colorado improved to 7-2-1 at home as Semyon Varlamov made 31 saves.
Captain Jonathan Toews and Bryan Bickell each had a goal as Chicago had its season-opening point streak halted at an NHL-record 24 games and its franchise-record 11-game winning streak come to an end. Dating back to last season, the Blackhawks notched a point in 30 straight contests, falling five games shy of matching the record set by the 1979-80 Philadelphia Flyers.
Toews finished off a give-and-go with Marian Hossa to give Chicago a 1-0 lead at 5:44 of the first, but Stastny’s power-play tally tied it up with 3:24 left in the period. Duchene put the Avalanche ahead for good at 4:16 of the second, when he banged a back-handed shot off the near post and past Corey Crawford.
Mitchell received a back-handed feed from O’Reilly and buried a wrist shot from the slot 33 seconds later, and O’Reilly blasted a one-timer off a pass from Duchene during a power play midway through the session to make it 4-1. Duchene recorded another assist on a hustle play with 6:02 left in the second, beating the defense to the puck behind the net and flipping it to McGinn for the tally that capped the four-goal period.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Parenteau’s assist on Stastny’s goal was the 100th of his career. … Avalanche D Erik Johnson (concussion) played for the first time since Feb. 11 and assisted on Duchene’s goal. Johnson was plus-4 in 19:04 of ice time. … Crawford was lifted after two periods and replaced by Ray Emery, who made 11 saves. Crawford stopped 14 of the 19 shots he faced. … Chicago C Patrick Sharp (upper body) missed the game and will be out 3-4 weeks.
Top Game Performances
Chicago |
|
Colorado |
Bryan Bickell 1 |
Points |
Matt Duchene 4 |
Bryan Bickell 1 |
Goals |
Matt Duchene 1 |
Michael Frolik 1 |
Assists |
Matt Duchene 3 |
N/A |
Power Play Goals |
Paul Stastny 1 |
N/A |
Short Handed Goals |
N/A |
Ray Emery .917 |
Save Percentage |
Semyon Varlamov .939 |
Corey Crawford 14 |
Saves |
Semyon Varlamov 31 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Shots |
Goals |
Power Play |
Penalty Kill |
Penalty Mins |
Face Offs Won |
Chicago
|
33 |
2 |
0-2 |
2-4 |
20 |
19 |
Colorado
|
31 |
6 |
2-4 |
2-2 |
6 |
36 |
Upcoming Games
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Colorado will play their next game at home against San Jose. The Avalanche have a W/L % of .375 after a win and .429 after a loss.
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Chicago will play their next game at home against Edmonton. The Blackhawks have a W/L % of .857 after a win and .667 after a loss.