Chicago 5, Colorado 2
When: 9:00 PM ET, Monday, October 28, 2024
Where: Ball Arena, Denver, Colorado
Referees:
Chris Lee, Kelly Sutherland
Linesmen:
Caleb Apperson, Travis Toomey
Attendance:
18010
By Field Level Media
Ryan Donato had two goals and an assist, Philipp Kurashev and Lukas Reichel also scored and the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Colorado Avalanche 5-2 in Denver on Monday night.
Ilya Mikheyev scored his first goal of the season, Jason Dickinson had two assists and Petr Mrazek turned away 24 shots for Chicago. The Blackhawks snapped a four-game skid.
Nathan MacKinnon had a goal to extend his points streak to 10 games to begin the season, Casey Mittelstadt also scored and Alexandar Georgiev made 21 saves for Colorado, which had its five-game winning streak end.
Ross Colton, the Avalanche's leading goal-scorer, did not play in the third period. Colorado coach Jared Bednar said postgame that Colton would "miss some time" due to a foot injury.
Chicago went ahead 1-0 when Kurashev scored on a slap shot above the left circle at 8:47 of the first period, his second of the season.
Kurashev's goal sparked a high-scoring opening period.
Just 1:29 later Logan O'Connor left a drop pass for Mittelstadt, who skated deep into the slot and beat Mrazek for his sixth goal of the season. Reichel's first of the season 48 seconds after Mittelstadt's marker gave the Blackhawks a 2-1 lead, and Donato made it 3-1 at 16:56.
Colorado had a five-on-three man advantage after Tyler Bertuzzi and Wyatt Kaiser took minor penalties a minute apart late in the first. The Avalanche capitalized when MacKinnon got the puck in the neutral zone, skated into the Blackhawks' zone, around defenseman Seth Jones and slid a shot by Mrazek at 19:17.
It was his fifth of the season.
Neither team could score in the second and third period but Colorado carried the play later in the final frame The Avalanche missed on good scoring chances and then had to kill off a minor for goaltender interference at 15:54.
They got control of the puck and Georgiev went off for an extra skater with 1:52 left. Donato scored into the empty net at 19:02, his fifth of the season, and he assisted on Mikheyev's empty-netter at 19:41.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
| Chicago |
|
Colorado |
|
Ryan Donato 3 |
Points |
Nathan MacKinnon 1 |
|
Ryan Donato 2 |
Goals |
Nathan MacKinnon 1 |
|
Jason Dickinson 2 |
Assists |
Alexandar Georgiev 1 |
|
Philipp Kurashev 1 |
Power Play Goals |
Nathan MacKinnon 1 |
|
N/A |
Short Handed Goals |
N/A |
|
Petr Mrazek .923 |
Save Percentage |
Alexandar Georgiev .875 |
|
Petr Mrazek 24 |
Saves |
Alexandar Georgiev 21 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Shots |
Goals |
Power Play |
Penalty Kill |
Penalty Mins |
Face Offs Won |
| Chicago
|
26 |
5 |
1-3 |
3-4 |
8 |
24 |
| Colorado
|
26 |
2 |
1-4 |
2-3 |
6 |
32 |
Upcoming Games
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Colorado will play their next game at home against Tampa Bay. The Avalanche have a W/L % of .800 after a win and .200 after a loss.
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Chicago will play their next game on the road against San Jose. The Blackhawks have a W/L % of .000 after a win and .429 after a loss.
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