🪶 Away Blackhawks 22-22-4 before this game
2–5
Final
🏔️ Home Avalanche 36-8-5 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
CHI 0202
COL 3025

Blackhawks at Avalanche

Avalanche beat Blackhawks 5–2 at Ball Arena on January 26, 2001.

🗓 Fri, Jan 26, 2001 · 18:00 CST 📍 Ball Arena, Denver 🏒 2000-01 🔁 Avalanche lead the season series 3–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🏔️ COL
Peter Forsberg
2 G, 1 A
4 shots · 20:51 TOI · +2
2nd star 🏔️ COL
Eric Messier
1 G, 1 A
1 shots · 14:01 TOI · +2
3rd star 🏔️ COL
Shjon Podein
2 A
2 shots · 14:45 TOI · +3

🚨 Scoring

7 goals · in order
1st period
🏔️ Peter Forsberg Go-ahead 1st · 03:59
Assists: Ray Bourque, Shjon Podein · beat Michel Larocque
0–1
🏔️ Peter Forsberg SH 1st · 06:44
Unassisted · beat Michel Larocque
0–2
🏔️ Eric Messier 1st · 09:04
Assists: Peter Forsberg, Shjon Podein · beat Michel Larocque
0–3
2nd period
🪶 Steve Sullivan SH 2nd · 16:43
Unassisted · beat Patrick Roy
1–3
🪶 Steve Sullivan SH 2nd · 17:34
Assists: Eric Daze · beat Patrick Roy
2–3
3rd period
🏔️ Joe Sakic 3rd · 07:26
Unassisted · beat Michel Larocque
2–4
🏔️ Stephane Yelle 3rd · 07:41
Assists: Eric Messier, Greg De Vries · beat Michel Larocque
2–5

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🪶CHI COL🏔️
24 Shots on goal 25
28 Hits 21
16 Blocked shots 10
18 Takeaways 13
9 Giveaways 5
15 Penalty minutes 15
CHI shooting 8.3% (2/24) COL shooting 20.0% (5/25)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🪶Blackhawks
Michel Larocque
20/25
.800 SV% · 5 GA · 60:00 TOI
🏔️Avalanche
Patrick Roy
22/24
.917 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–3
Blackhawks
Blackhawks: no games found in this situation this year.
Avalanche
Avalanche: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 2–3
Blackhawks
Blackhawks: no games found in this situation this year.
Avalanche
Avalanche: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🪶Blackhawks
L1 Sullivan · Nylander · Amonte 21:04
L2 Daze · Probert · McAmmond 15:52
L3 Leroux · Bell · Dubinsky 11:09
L4 Calder · Atcheynum · Vandenbussche 8:15
D1 Mcalpine · Karpovtsev 23:58
D2 Dean · Poapst 21:08
D3 Allison · Baumgartner 13:10
🏔️Avalanche
L1 Forsberg · Sakic · Hejduk 19:13
L2 Tanguay · Podein · Drury 16:01
L3 Messier · Yelle · Hinote 12:59
L4 Reid · Dingman · Parker 9:07
D1 Bourque · Klemm 23:38
D2 Skoula · De Vries 18:55
D3 Miller · Berry 15:38

⚔️ Last meetings

Avalanche lead the season series 3–0 Full head-to-head →
Jan 14, 2001
🏔️COL @ 🪶CHI
2–2 (OT) · Avalanche won
Oct 26, 2000
🏔️COL @ 🪶CHI
2–0 · Avalanche won
Mar 27, 2000
🪶CHI @ 🏔️COL
1–3 · Avalanche won
Jan 27, 2000
🏔️COL @ 🪶CHI
4–6 · Blackhawks won
Jan 15, 2000
🪶CHI @ 🏔️COL
1–3 · Avalanche won

❓ CHI vs COL, answered

Who won Blackhawks vs Avalanche on January 26, 2001?

Avalanche won 5–2.

What was the final score of Blackhawks vs Avalanche?

The final score was Blackhawks 2, Avalanche 5.

Who scored for Blackhawks?

Steve Sullivan (2).

Who scored for Avalanche?

Peter Forsberg (2), Eric Messier, Joe Sakic, Stephane Yelle.

How did the Blackhawks goalie play?

Michel Larocque made 20 saves on 25 shots (.800 save percentage).

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Patrick Roy made 22 saves on 24 shots (.917 save percentage).

Where is Blackhawks vs Avalanche played?

At Ball Arena in Denver, the Avalanche home rink.

What is the Blackhawks vs Avalanche season series?

Avalanche lead the season series 3–0 after 3 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
🪶Blackhawks
Previous game · Jan 25
🔔PHI @ 🪶CHI
5–1 · PHI won
Next game · Jan 28
🪶CHI @ 🐋VAN
6–2 · CHI won
🏔️Avalanche
Previous game · Jan 21
🏔️COL @ 🦆ANA
4–2 · COL won
Next game · Jan 27
🏔️COL @ 🐯NSH
5–1 · COL won
Also on January 26, 2001
🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF
2–1 final
🏝️NYI @ 🗽NYR
3–2 final
🌵PHX @ 🛢️EDM
1–1 final
🏛️OTT @ 🐆FLA
5–4 final
🦆ANA @ 🐙DET
2–3 final
🦈SJS @ ⭐DAL
2–1 final
Blackhawks season page Avalanche season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule