🎵 Away Blues 0-0 in series
1–4
Final
COL leads 4–1
🏔️ Home Avalanche 0-0 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
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Blues at Avalanche — Conference Finals Game 1

Avalanche, Conference Finals Game 1, beat Blues 4–1 at Ball Arena on May 12, 2001.

🗓 Sat, May 12, 2001 · 12:00 CDT 📍 Ball Arena, Denver 🏒 2000-01 playoffs View the series → Head-to-head history →

🏒 Conference Finals — Best of 7

STL vs COL · COL leads 4–1 Full series →
Game 1
1–4
Final · COL
Game 2
2–4
Final · COL
Game 3
3–4
OT · STL
Game 4
4–3
OT · COL
Game 5
1–2
OT · COL

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🏔️ COL
Joe Sakic
2 G, 2 A
6 shots · 19:44 TOI · +1
2nd star 🏔️ COL
Milan Hejduk
2 G, 1 A
3 shots · 19:19 TOI
3rd star 🏔️ COL
Alex Tanguay
1 A
1 shots · 18:28 TOI
4rd star 🏔️ COL
Patrick Roy
30 saves
0.968 SV% · 1 GA

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🎵STL COL🏔️
31 Shots on goal 30
0/2 Power play (goals / chances) 2/5
43 Hits 49
9 Blocked shots 17
4 Takeaways 17
4 Giveaways 13
17 Penalty minutes 11
STL shooting 3.2% (1/31) COL shooting 13.3% (4/30)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🎵Blues
Roman Turek
26/30
.867 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI
🏔️Avalanche
Patrick Roy
30/31
.968 SV% · 1 GA · 59:44 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Blues
Blues — tied after 1st: 58-24-11 (62% win rate, 93 games)
Avalanche
Avalanche — tied after 1st: 65-17-11 (70% win rate, 93 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Blues
Blues — tied after 2nd: 58-24-11 (62% win rate, 93 games)
Avalanche
Avalanche — tied after 2nd: 65-17-11 (70% win rate, 93 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🎵Blues
L1 Demitra · Young · Drake 16:47
L2 Tkachuk · Turgeon · Hecht 15:24
L3 Stillman · Reasoner · Eastwood 13:38
L4 Corso · Mellanby · Mayers 11:54
D1 Pronger · MacInnis 26:28
D2 Khavanov · Gusarov 19:08
D3 Salvador · Hill 14:04
🏔️Avalanche
L1 Tanguay · Sakic · Hejduk 19:19
L2 Messier · Podein · Yelle 16:24
L3 Nieminen · Drury · Reinprecht 13:51
L4 Reid · Dingman · Hinote 8:11
D1 Blake · Foote 26:25
D2 Bourque · De Vries 20:27
D3 Klemm · Skoula 13:02

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Mar 22, 2001
🏔️COL @ 🎵STL
3–1 · Avalanche won
Mar 8, 2001
🏔️COL @ 🎵STL
5–2 · Avalanche won
Feb 10, 2001
🎵STL @ 🏔️COL
4–3 (OT) · Blues won
Nov 9, 2000
🎵STL @ 🏔️COL
3–3 (OT) · Blues won
Feb 25, 2000
🏔️COL @ 🎵STL
2–4 · Blues won

❓ STL vs COL, answered

Who won Blues vs Avalanche on May 12, 2001?

Avalanche won 4–1.

What was the final score of Blues vs Avalanche?

The final score was Blues 1, Avalanche 4.

How did the Blues goalie play?

Roman Turek made 26 saves on 30 shots (.867 save percentage).

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Patrick Roy made 30 saves on 31 shots (.968 save percentage).

Where is Blues vs Avalanche played?

At Ball Arena in Denver, the Avalanche home rink.

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🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🎵Blues
Previous game · May 3
⭐DAL @ 🎵STL
1–4 · STL won
Next game · May 14
🎵STL @ 🏔️COL
2–4 · COL won
🏔️Avalanche
Previous game · May 9
👑LAK @ 🏔️COL
1–5 · COL won
Next game · May 14
🎵STL @ 🏔️COL
2–4 · COL won
Also on May 12, 2001
🐧PIT @ 😈NJD
1–3 final
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