Colorado Avalanche @ Chicago Blackhawks

45-13-10, 22-7-5 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Avalanche COL	2	0	2	4
Blackhawks CHI	0	1	0	1

Chicago BlackhawksBlackhawksCHI

26-31-12, 13-16-6 Home

Colorado Avalanche


forwards
Zakhar BardakovZ. Bardakov#93
Gavin BrindleyG. Brindley#54
Jack DruryJ. Drury#18
Ivan IvanI. Ivan#82
Nazem KadriN. Kadri#91
Parker KellyP. Kelly#17
Joel KivirantaJ. Kiviranta#94
Nathan MacKinnonN. MacKinnon#29
Martin NecasM. Necas#88
Brock NelsonB. Nelson#11
Valeri NichushkinV. Nichushkin#13
Nicolas RoyN. Roy#10
defensemen
Brent BurnsB. Burns#84
Brett KulakB. Kulak#27
Cale MakarC. Makar#8
Sam MalinskiS. Malinski#70
Josh MansonJ. Manson#42
Devon ToewsD. Toews#7

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	12	9:52	0:00	0:00	9:52	0	1	0.0
0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	16	12:29	1:10	0:00	11:19	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	4	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	19	12:58	0:00	0:55	12:03	8	2	80.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	12	9:09	0:00	0:00	9:09	2	4	33.3
1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	20	17:37	4:30	0:00	13:07	1	0	100.0
0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	22	14:08	0:00	1:40	12:28	1	0	100.0
0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	18	12:07	0:00	1:38	10:29	0	0	0.0
0	3	1	4	1	0	0	0	3	0	4	22	22:12	4:29	0:00	17:43	4	7	36.4
1	2	1	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	20	20:40	4:30	0:00	16:10	0	0	0.0
1	0	0	5	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	21	17:54	4:36	0:36	12:42	12	6	66.7
1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	24	16:52	1:09	2:34	13:09	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	3	17	13:02	0:53	1:05	11:04	1	0	100.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	25	17:50	0:53	1:20	15:37	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	20	18:10	0:00	0:57	17:13	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	24	23:54	4:36	1:55	17:23	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	22	19:51	0:16	0:59	18:36	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	24	16:18	0:10	1:17	14:51	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	25	19:38	1:03	2:00	16:35	0	0	0.0

goalies
Mackenzie BlackwoodM. Blackwood#39

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
20	1	19	.950	17	0	2	0	0	59:19	0

Chicago Blackhawks


forwards
Connor BedardC. Bedard#98
Tyler BertuzziT. Bertuzzi#59
Andre BurakovskyA. Burakovsky#28
Ryan DonatoR. Donato#8
Ryan GreeneR. Greene#20
Sam LaffertyS. Lafferty#24
Nick LardisN. Lardis#76
Ilya MikheyevI. Mikheyev#95
Frank NazarF. Nazar#91
Landon SlaggertL. Slaggert#84
Teuvo TeravainenT. Teravainen#86
Dominic ToninatoD. Toninato#25
defensemen
Ethan Del MastroE. Del Mastro#38
Matt GrzelcykM. Grzelcyk#48
Wyatt KaiserW. Kaiser#44
Artyom LevshunovA. Levshunov#55
Sam RinzelS. Rinzel#6
Alex VlasicA. Vlasic#72

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	17	18:38	2:46	0:00	15:52	8	7	53.3
0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	17	16:25	2:15	0:00	14:10	1	0	100.0
0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	18	15:02	1:52	0:00	13:10	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	3	2	1	1	2	0	0	2	14	11:32	1:27	0:00	10:05	2	5	28.6
0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	22	19:42	1:59	3:49	13:54	0	4	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	12	9:06	0:00	0:00	9:06	2	0	100.0
0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	16	12:46	1:28	0:00	11:18	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	16:00	0:00	3:31	12:29	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	1	4	3	0	0	1	0	0	20	19:04	2:47	0:41	15:36	4	10	28.6
0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	16	11:29	0:00	1:31	9:58	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	20	17:13	2:14	1:47	13:12	0	1	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	13	9:21	0:00	0:00	9:21	3	2	60.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	1	1	20	14:26	0:00	0:32	13:54	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	3	24	19:59	0:00	2:46	17:13	0	0	0.0
1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	25	21:38	0:08	2:28	19:02	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	2	2	1	1	4	4	1	1	24	21:23	2:58	2:08	16:17	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	1	2	3	1	2	1	0	0	24	19:40	1:16	0:00	18:24	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	1	4	0	0	0	1	1	22	19:11	0:00	3:23	15:48	0	0	0.0

goalies
Arvid SoderblomA. Soderblom#40

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
49	4	45	.918	41	4	0	0	0	60:00	0

* - A player receives a "plus" if they are on the ice when their Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. They receive a "minus" if on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

		1	2	3	T
	Avalanche	2	0	2	4
	Blackhawks	0	1	0	1

1st Period			COL	CHI
13:19		Martin Necas (32) Assists: Valeri Nichushkin (25), Nathan MacKinnon (67)	1	0
15:22		Brock Nelson (31) (Power Play) Assists: Cale Makar (50), Martin Necas (51)	2	0

2nd Period			COL	CHI
6:48		Wyatt Kaiser (6) Assists: Ryan Greene (16), Sam Rinzel (10)	2	1

3rd Period			COL	CHI
0:36		Nazem Kadri (14) (Power Play) Assists: Nathan MacKinnon (68), Martin Necas (52)	3	1
8:34		Valeri Nichushkin (15) Assists: Nathan MacKinnon (69)	4	1

Mackenzie Blackwood makes beautiful save

0:23

Valeri Nichushkin tallies goal vs. Blackhawks

0:40

Arvid Soderblom makes big-time save vs. Avalanche

0:36

Regular Season Series

COL wins 3-0

Avalanche
1
Blackhawks
0

Game 1

24/11

Blackhawks
1
Avalanche
3

Game 2

28/2

Avalanche
4
Blackhawks
1

Game 3

21/3

United Center

12:30 AM, 21 March 2026

Chicago, IL

Attendance: 20,539

Referees:
Jon McIsaac
Morgan MacPhee

Linesmen:
Bevan Mills
Libor Suchanek

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Colorado	45	13	10	100
Dallas	43	15	10	96
Minnesota	39	19	12	90
Utah	36	27	6	78
Nashville	31	28	9	71
Winnipeg	28	29	11	67
St. Louis	27	30	11	65
Chicago	26	31	12	64

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