Blackhawks 3-2 Avalanche (20 Dec, 2023) Play-by-Play

Colorado Avalanche

19-11-2, 7-7-2 away

	1	2	3	T
COL	2	0	0	2
CHI	2	0	1	3

TIME	COL	CHI
0:00	Start of 1st Period	0	0
0:00	Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Jason Dickinson	0	0
0:09	Giveaway by Isaak Phillips	0	0
0:11	Nathan MacKinnon Wrist Shot saved by Petr Mrazek	0	0
0:12	Goalie Stopped	0	0
0:12	Jason Dickinson faceoff won against Mikko Rantanen	0	0
0:16	Josh Manson Wrist Shot Wide Right	0	0
0:32	Takeaway by Nick Foligno	0	0
1:09	Takeaway by Connor Bedard	0	0
1:14	Miles Wood shot blocked by Louis Crevier	0	0
1:14	Takeaway by Lukas Reichel	0	0
1:20	Jonathan Drouin Wrist Shot saved by Petr Mrazek	0	0
1:24	Louis Crevier hit Miles Wood	0	0
1:34	Anthony Beauvillier hit Bowen Byram	0	0
1:52	Jack Johnson shot blocked by Tyler Johnson	0	0
1:59	Caleb Jones hit Anthony Beauvillier	0	0
2:18	MacKenzie Entwistle hit Kurtis MacDermid	0	0
2:20	Takeaway by Kurtis MacDermid	0	0
2:24	Icing	0	0
2:24	Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Cole Guttman	0	0
2:28	Mikko Rantanen shot blocked by MacKenzie Entwistle	0	0
2:56	Takeaway by Josh Manson	0	0
3:04	Valeri Nichushkin Tip-In High and Wide Left	0	0
3:19	Isaak Phillips shot blocked by Ross Colton	0	0
3:32	Colin Blackwell hit Jonathan Drouin	0	0
3:33	Jason Dickinson hit Bowen Byram	0	0
3:37	Sam Malinski Snap Shot saved by Petr Mrazek	0	0
3:41	Jonathan Drouin hit Jason Dickinson	0	0
3:50	Ryan Donato Wrist Shot saved by Alexandar Georgiev	0	0
4:02	Nikita Zaitsev Wrist Shot Wide Left	0	0
4:19	Wyatt Kaiser shot blocked by Lukas Reichel	0	0
5:01	Giveaway by Louis Crevier	0	0
5:14	Taylor Raddysh Tip-In Wide Right	0	0
5:21	Takeaway by Anthony Beauvillier	0	0
5:41	Puck Frozen - Goalie	0	0
5:41	Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Jason Dickinson	0	0
6:06	Mikko Rantanen Wrist Shot saved by Petr Mrazek	0	0
6:14	Giveaway by Nick Foligno	0	0
6:48	On-Ice Official	0	0
6:48	TV Timeout	0	0
6:48	Connor Bedard faceoff won against Ross Colton	0	0
6:55	Takeaway by Ross Colton	0	0
7:03	Jonathan Drouin Snap Shot saved by Petr Mrazek	0	0
7:17	Ryan Donato shot blocked by Bowen Byram	0	0
7:23	Takeaway by Connor Bedard	0	0
7:26	Nikita Zaitsev Wrist Shot Hit Left Post	0	0
7:29	Ryan Donato Goal (5) Snap Shot, assists: Nikita Zaitsev (3), Connor Bedard (15)	0	1
7:29	Cole Guttman faceoff won against Ryan Johansen	0	1
7:43	Filip Roos hit Logan O'Connor	0	1
8:08	Reese Johnson hit Jack Johnson	0	1
8:25	Giveaway by MacKenzie Entwistle	0	1
9:07	Nick Foligno Tripping against Nathan MacKinnon	0	1
9:07	Jonathan Drouin faceoff won against Jason Dickinson	0	1
9:22	Valeri Nichushkin Goal (14) Snap Shot, assists: Jonathan Drouin (9), Nathan MacKinnon (34)	1	1
9:22	Connor Bedard faceoff won against Fredrik Olofsson	1	1
9:42	Connor Bedard Holding the stick against Joel Kiviranta	1	1
9:42	Jason Dickinson faceoff won against Mikko Rantanen	1	1
9:57	Icing	1	1
9:57	Mikko Rantanen faceoff won against Jason Dickinson	1	1
10:38	Valeri Nichushkin Wrist Shot saved by Petr Mrazek	1	1
10:52	Giveaway by Nathan MacKinnon	1	1
11:01	Louis Crevier hit Mikko Rantanen	1	1
11:05	Jonathan Drouin shot blocked by Louis Crevier	1	1
11:09	Mikko Rantanen Wrist Shot Hit Right Post	1	1
11:16	Sam Malinski Slap Shot Wide Left	1	1
11:22	Valeri Nichushkin Snap Shot saved by Petr Mrazek	1	1
11:25	Valeri Nichushkin Goal (15) Backhand, assists: Mikko Rantanen (25), Sam Malinski (4)	2	1
11:25	Tyler Johnson faceoff won against Ryan Johansen	2	1
12:15	Takeaway by Nikita Zaitsev	2	1
12:16	Logan O'Connor shot blocked by Nikita Zaitsev	2	1
12:29	Josh Manson Wrist Shot saved by Petr Mrazek	2	1
12:56	Lukas Reichel Goal (3) Wrist Shot, assists: Connor Bedard (16), Ryan Donato (7)	2	2
12:56	Cole Guttman faceoff won against Jonathan Drouin	2	2
13:12	Miles Wood shot blocked by Connor Murphy	2	2
13:24	Reese Johnson hit Jack Johnson	2	2
13:40	Filip Roos Wrist Shot saved by Alexandar Georgiev	2	2
14:26	Mikko Rantanen Tip-In saved by Petr Mrazek	2	2
15:00	Joel Kiviranta shot blocked by Louis Crevier	2	2
16:11	Ben Meyers Slap Shot saved by Petr Mrazek	2	2
16:14	Logan O'Connor Wrist Shot Wide Right	2	2
16:24	Tyler Johnson Wrist Shot Wide Right	2	2
16:34	Caleb Jones hit MacKenzie Entwistle	2	2
16:49	Giveaway by Caleb Jones	2	2
16:57	Cole Guttman Wrist Shot saved by Alexandar Georgiev	2	2
17:01	Puck Frozen - Goalie	2	2
17:01	Jason Dickinson faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon	2	2
17:04	Takeaway by Valeri Nichushkin	2	2
17:17	Colin Blackwell Wrist Shot saved by Alexandar Georgiev	2	2
17:37	Giveaway by Nathan MacKinnon	2	2
17:43	Valeri Nichushkin Wrist Shot Wide Left	2	2
17:45	Isaak Phillips hit Mikko Rantanen	2	2
18:02	Icing	2	2
18:02	Ryan Johansen faceoff won against Jason Dickinson	2	2
18:04	Ben Meyers Wrist Shot Above Crossbar	2	2
18:32	Connor Bedard Wrist Shot saved by Alexandar Georgiev	2	2
18:52	Giveaway by Filip Roos	2	2
18:58	Nikita Zaitsev hit Miles Wood	2	2
19:06	Giveaway by Ryan Donato	2	2
19:10	Connor Bedard Wrist Shot saved by Alexandar Georgiev	2	2
19:13	Puck in Netting	2	2
19:13	Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Jason Dickinson	2	2
20:00	End of 1st Period	2	2

Colorado Avalanche vs. Chicago Blackhawks: Full Highlights

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Lukas Reichel scores goal for Chicago Blackhawks

0:44

Valeri Nichushkin tallies goal for Colorado Avalanche on the power play

0:36

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Blackhawks
0
Avalanche
4

Game 1

20/10

Avalanche
2
Blackhawks
3

Game 2

20/12

Avalanche
5
Blackhawks
0

Game 3

1/3

Blackhawks
0
Avalanche
5

Game 4

5/3

United Center

1:30 AM, 20 December 2023

Chicago, IL

Attendance: 19,719

Referees:
Kendrick Nicholson
Chris Schlenker

Linesmen:
David Brisebois
Devin Berg

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Dallas	52	21	9	113
Winnipeg	52	24	6	110
Colorado	50	25	7	107
Nashville	47	30	5	99
St. Louis	43	33	6	92
Minnesota	39	33	10	87
Arizona	36	41	5	77
Chicago	23	53	6	52

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