🪶 Away Blackhawks 0-0 in series
0–6
Final
COL leads 4–2
🏔️ Home Avalanche 0-0 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
CHI 0000
COL 0006

Blackhawks at Avalanche — First Round Game 1

Avalanche, First Round Game 1, beat Blackhawks 6–0 at Ball Arena on April 16, 1997.

🗓 Wed, Apr 16, 1997 · 19:30 CDT 📍 Ball Arena, Denver 🏒 1996-97 playoffs View the series → Head-to-head history →

🏒 First Round — Best of 7

CHI vs COL · COL leads 4–2 Full series →
Game 1
0–6
Final · COL
Game 2
1–3
Final · COL
Game 3
3–4
OT · CHI
Game 4
3–6
Final · CHI
Game 5
0–7
Final · COL
Game 6
6–3
Final · COL

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🏔️ COL
Sandis Ozolinsh
1 G, 2 A
5 shots · +1
2nd star 🏔️ COL
Adam Deadmarsh
3 A
2 shots · +2
3rd star 🏔️ COL
Peter Forsberg
2 G
4 shots · +1

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🪶CHI COL🏔️
22 Shots on goal 38
0/5 Power play (goals / chances) 3/12
74 Penalty minutes 50
CHI shooting 0.0% (0/22) COL shooting 15.8% (6/38)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🪶Blackhawks
Jeff Hackett
0/5
.000 SV% · 5 GA · 36:14 TOI
Chris Terreri
0/1
.000 SV% · 1 GA · 23:46 TOI
🏔️Avalanche
Patrick Roy
0/0
.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Blackhawks
Blackhawks — tied after 1st: 43-30-9 (52% win rate, 82 games)
Avalanche
Avalanche — tied after 1st: 53-21-8 (65% win rate, 82 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Blackhawks
Blackhawks — tied after 2nd: 43-30-9 (52% win rate, 82 games)
Avalanche
Avalanche — tied after 2nd: 53-21-8 (65% win rate, 82 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Mar 1, 1997
🪶CHI @ 🏔️COL
1–2 · Avalanche won
Feb 8, 1997
🪶CHI @ 🏔️COL
4–2 · Blackhawks won
Dec 31, 1996
🏔️COL @ 🪶CHI
4–1 · Avalanche won
Oct 11, 1996
🏔️COL @ 🪶CHI
2–0 · Avalanche won
May 13, 1996
🏔️COL @ 🪶CHI
4–3 (OT) · Avalanche won

❓ CHI vs COL, answered

Who won Blackhawks vs Avalanche on April 16, 1997?

Avalanche won 6–0.

What was the final score of Blackhawks vs Avalanche?

The final score was Blackhawks 0, Avalanche 6.

How did the Blackhawks goalie play?

Jeff Hackett made 0 saves on 5 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Patrick Roy made 0 saves on 0 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Blackhawks vs Avalanche played?

At Ball Arena in Denver, the Avalanche home rink.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🪶Blackhawks
Previous game · Apr 13
🪶CHI @ ⭐DAL
5–2 · CHI won
Next game · Apr 18
🪶CHI @ 🏔️COL
1–3 · COL won
🏔️Avalanche
Previous game · Apr 13
👑LAK @ 🏔️COL
4–2 · LAK won
Next game · Apr 18
🪶CHI @ 🏔️COL
1–3 · COL won
Also on April 16, 1997
🎵STL @ 🐙DET
2–0 final
🛢️EDM @ ⭐DAL
3–5 final
🌵PHX @ 🦆ANA
2–4 final
Blackhawks season page Avalanche season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule