🪶 Away Blackhawks 0-1 in series
1–3
Final
COL leads 4–2
🏔️ Home Avalanche 1-0 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
CHI 0001
COL 0003

Blackhawks at Avalanche — First Round Game 2

Avalanche, First Round Game 2, beat Blackhawks 3–1 at Ball Arena on April 18, 1997.

🗓 Fri, Apr 18, 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
Keith Jones
2 A
1 shots · +2
2nd star 🏔️ COL
Mike Keane
1 G
4 shots · +1
3rd star 🏔️ COL
Claude Lemieux
1 G
3 shots · +2

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🪶CHI COL🏔️
25 Shots on goal 33
6 Penalty minutes 12
CHI shooting 4.0% (1/25) COL shooting 9.1% (3/33)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🪶Blackhawks
Jeff Hackett
0/3
.000 SV% · 3 GA · 58:08 TOI
🏔️Avalanche
Patrick Roy
0/1
.000 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Blackhawks
Blackhawks — tied after 1st: 43-31-9 (52% win rate, 83 games)
Avalanche
Avalanche — tied after 1st: 54-21-8 (65% win rate, 83 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Blackhawks
Blackhawks — tied after 2nd: 43-31-9 (52% win rate, 83 games)
Avalanche
Avalanche — tied after 2nd: 54-21-8 (65% win rate, 83 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Apr 16, 1997
🪶CHI @ 🏔️COL
0–6 · Avalanche won
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

❓ CHI vs COL, answered

Who won Blackhawks vs Avalanche on April 18, 1997?

Avalanche won 3–1.

What was the final score of Blackhawks vs Avalanche?

The final score was Blackhawks 1, Avalanche 3.

How did the Blackhawks goalie play?

Jeff Hackett made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Patrick Roy made 0 saves on 1 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 16
🪶CHI @ 🏔️COL
0–6 · COL won
Next game · Apr 20
🏔️COL @ 🪶CHI
3–4 · CHI won
🏔️Avalanche
Previous game · Apr 16
🪶CHI @ 🏔️COL
0–6 · COL won
Next game · Apr 20
🏔️COL @ 🪶CHI
3–4 · CHI won
Also on April 18, 1997
🎵STL @ 🐙DET
1–2 final
🛢️EDM @ ⭐DAL
4–0 final
🌵PHX @ 🦆ANA
2–4 final
Blackhawks season page Avalanche season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule