🏔️ Away Avalanche 18-12-0 before this game
2–0
Final
🧥 Home Blue Jackets 9-16-4 before this game
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COL 0202
CBJ 0000

Avalanche at Blue Jackets

Avalanche beat Blue Jackets 2–0 at Nationwide Arena on December 8, 2001.

🗓 Sat, Dec 8, 2001 · 18:00 CST 📍 Nationwide Arena, Columbus 🏒 2001-02 🔁 Avalanche lead the season series 2–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🏔️ COL
Rob Blake
1 G
4 shots · 21:18 TOI · +1
2nd star 🏔️ COL
Radim Vrbata
1 G
1 shots · 14:37 TOI · +1
3rd star 🏔️ COL
Milan Hejduk
1 A
4 shots · 20:05 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

2 goals · in order
2nd period
🏔️ Radim Vrbata Go-ahead 2nd · 02:52
Assists: Steve Reinprecht · beat Ron Tugnutt
1–0
🏔️ Rob Blake 2nd · 08:12
Assists: Joe Sakic, Milan Hejduk · beat Ron Tugnutt
2–0

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🏔️COL CBJ🧥
27 Shots on goal 26
21 Hits 32
9 Blocked shots 21
1 Takeaways 6
9 Giveaways 11
4 Penalty minutes 6
COL shooting 7.4% (2/27) CBJ shooting 0.0% (0/26)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🏔️Avalanche
Patrick Roy Shutout
26/26
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI
🧥Blue Jackets
Ron Tugnutt
25/27
.926 SV% · 2 GA · 59:44 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Avalanche
Avalanche — tied after 1st: 18-12 (60% win rate, 30 games)
Blue Jackets
Blue Jackets — tied after 1st: 9-16-4 (31% win rate, 29 games)
After 2nd — 2–0
Avalanche
Avalanche: no games found in this situation this year.
Blue Jackets
Blue Jackets: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🏔️Avalanche
L1 Tanguay · Sakic · Hejduk 20:05
L2 Drury · Reinprecht · Yelle 17:31
L3 Podein · Vrbata · Hinote 12:00
L4 Messier · Willsie · Parker 9:22
D1 Foote · Skoula 22:32
D2 Blake · De Vries 21:08
D3 Trepanier · Gill 16:19
🧥Blue Jackets
L1 Sillinger · Wright · Marshall 22:53
L2 Knutsen · Kron · Vyborny 18:20
L3 Nielsen · Sloan · Dineen 11:03
L4 Aubin 7:09
D1 Odelein · Quint 23:30
D2 Klesla · Pushor 18:46
D3 Timander · Grand-Pierre 14:20
D4 Bicanek · Heward 9:17

⚔️ Last meetings

Avalanche lead the season series 2–0 Full head-to-head →
Oct 20, 2001
🏔️COL @ 🧥CBJ
5–0 · Avalanche won
Jan 10, 2001
🏔️COL @ 🧥CBJ
4–2 · Avalanche won
Nov 22, 2000
🧥CBJ @ 🏔️COL
2–5 · Avalanche won
Oct 18, 2000
🏔️COL @ 🧥CBJ
5–1 · Avalanche won
Oct 14, 2000
🧥CBJ @ 🏔️COL
1–3 · Avalanche won

❓ COL vs CBJ, answered

Who won Avalanche vs Blue Jackets on December 8, 2001?

Avalanche won 2–0.

What was the final score of Avalanche vs Blue Jackets?

The final score was Avalanche 2, Blue Jackets 0.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Radim Vrbata, Rob Blake.

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Patrick Roy made 26 saves on 26 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

How did the Blue Jackets goalie play?

Ron Tugnutt made 25 saves on 27 shots (.926 save percentage).

Where is Avalanche vs Blue Jackets played?

At Nationwide Arena in Columbus, the Blue Jackets home rink.

What is the Avalanche vs Blue Jackets 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 7
🏔️COL @ ⚔️BUF
4–1 · COL won
Next game · Dec 10
🦆ANA @ 🏔️COL
1–1 · ANA won
🧥Blue Jackets
Previous game · Dec 6
🧥CBJ @ ⚡TBL
0–1 · TBL won
Next game · Dec 10
😈NJD @ 🧥CBJ
1–3 · CBJ won
Also on December 8, 2001
🦅WSH @ 😈NJD
1–3 final
🌲MIN @ 🔔PHI
1–5 final
⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS
2–4 final
🗽NYR @ 🍁TOR
3–4 final
🌵PHX @ 🇨🇦MTL
3–3 final
⚡TBL @ 🏛️OTT
2–5 final
🐦ATL @ 🐧PIT
3–6 final
🌪️CAR @ 🐆FLA
3–2 final
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