🏔️ Away Avalanche 12-11-0 before this game
3–1
Final
🎵 Home Blues 12-7-2 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
COL 0123
STL 1001

Avalanche at Blues

Avalanche beat Blues 3–1 at Enterprise Center on December 5, 1998.

🗓 Sat, Dec 5, 1998 · 19:00 CST 📍 Enterprise Center, St. Louis 🏒 1998-99 🔁 Avalanche lead the season series 2–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🏔️ COL
Joe Sakic
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 15:12 TOI
2nd star 🏔️ COL
Peter Forsberg
2 A
5 shots · 27:07 TOI
3rd star 🏔️ COL
Claude Lemieux
1 G
5 shots · 23:12 TOI

🚨 Scoring

4 goals · in order
1st period
🎵 Mike Eastwood Go-ahead 1st · 01:27
Assists: Pascal Rheaume, Jim Campbell
0–1
2nd period
🏔️ Chris Drury PP Tying 2nd · 19:28
Assists: Rene Corbet, Joe Sakic
1–1
3rd period
🏔️ Claude Lemieux PP Go-ahead 3rd · 15:10
Assists: Peter Forsberg, Adam Deadmarsh
2–1
🏔️ Joe Sakic Empty net 3rd · 19:59
Assists: Peter Forsberg
3–1

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🏔️COL STL🎵
22 Shots on goal 30
2/4 Power play (goals / chances) 0/4
19 Hits 16
18 Blocked shots 14
2 Takeaways 9
24 Giveaways 31
20 Penalty minutes 20
COL shooting 13.6% (3/22) STL shooting 3.3% (1/30)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🏔️Avalanche
Craig Billington
29/30
.967 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
🎵Blues
Jamie McLennan
19/21
.905 SV% · 2 GA · 58:36 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Avalanche
Avalanche: no games found in this situation this year.
Blues
Blues: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 1–1
Avalanche
Avalanche — tied after 2nd: 12-11 (52% win rate, 23 games)
Blues
Blues — tied after 2nd: 12-7-2 (57% win rate, 21 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🏔️Avalanche
L1 Forsberg · Deadmarsh · Lemieux 24:05
L2 Corbet · Kamensky · Sakic 14:33
L3 Drury · Hejduk · Odgers 12:52
L4 Rychel · Belak · Donovan 2:55
L5 Parker 1:14
D1 Lefebvre · Miller 25:28
D2 Foote · De Vries 22:54
D3 Russell 9:41
🎵Blues
L1 Eastwood · Turgeon · Campbell 18:51
L2 Pellerin · Conroy · Demitra 17:20
L3 Picard · Rheaume · Young 15:38
L4 Courtnall · Handzus · Chase 5:43
D1 MacInnis · Mcalpine 26:10
D2 Rivers · Bergevin 19:02
D3 Pronger · Poeschek 10:27

⚔️ Last meetings

Avalanche lead the season series 2–0 Full head-to-head →
Dec 4, 1998
🎵STL @ 🏔️COL
0–2 · Avalanche won
Apr 4, 1998
🏔️COL @ 🎵STL
1–4 · Blues won
Mar 11, 1998
🎵STL @ 🏔️COL
2–3 · Avalanche won
Nov 8, 1997
🎵STL @ 🏔️COL
1–4 · Avalanche won
Oct 30, 1997
🏔️COL @ 🎵STL
2–2 (OT) · Avalanche won

❓ COL vs STL, answered

Who won Avalanche vs Blues on December 5, 1998?

Avalanche won 3–1.

What was the final score of Avalanche vs Blues?

The final score was Avalanche 3, Blues 1.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Chris Drury, Claude Lemieux, Joe Sakic.

Who scored for Blues?

Mike Eastwood.

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Craig Billington made 29 saves on 30 shots (.967 save percentage).

How did the Blues goalie play?

Jamie McLennan made 19 saves on 21 shots (.905 save percentage).

Where is Avalanche vs Blues played?

At Enterprise Center in St. Louis, the Blues home rink.

What is the Avalanche vs Blues season series?

Avalanche lead the season series 2–0 after 2 games.

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
🏔️Avalanche
Previous game · Dec 4
🎵STL @ 🏔️COL
0–2 · COL won
Next game · Dec 8
🏔️COL @ 🏝️NYI
2–1 · COL won
🎵Blues
Previous game · Dec 4
🎵STL @ 🏔️COL
0–2 · COL won
Next game · Dec 8
⚔️BUF @ 🎵STL
2–2 · BUF won
Also on December 5, 1998
🐧PIT @ 🐻BOS
1–2 final
🍁TOR @ 🇨🇦MTL
4–3 final
🗽NYR @ 🏛️OTT
2–1 final
😈NJD @ 🏝️NYI
7–5 final
🦅WSH @ 🔔PHI
1–2 final
🌪️CAR @ 🐆FLA
3–3 final
⚔️BUF @ 🐯NSH
3–1 final
🌵PHX @ 🔥CGY
3–2 final
Avalanche season page Blues season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule