🧥 Away Blue Jackets 10-17-4 before this game

1–5

Final

🏔️ Home Avalanche 19-12-1 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
CBJ	1	0	0	1
COL	1	1	3	5

Blue Jackets at Avalanche

Avalanche beat Blue Jackets 5–1 at Ball Arena on December 12, 2001.

🗓 Wed, Dec 12, 2001 · 20:00 CST 📍 Ball Arena, Denver 🏒 2001-02 🔁 Avalanche lead the season series 3–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🏔️ COL

Rob Blake

1 G, 1 A

4 shots · 19:58 TOI · +3

2nd star 🏔️ COL

Milan Hejduk

1 G, 1 A

3 shots · 18:07 TOI

3rd star 🏔️ COL

Greg De Vries

1 G, 1 A

2 shots · 23:24 TOI

🚨 Scoring

6 goals · in order

1st period

🧥 Mike Sillinger Go-ahead 1st · 03:05

Assists: Espen Knutsen, Ray Whitney · beat Patrick Roy

1–0

🏔️ Rob Blake PP Tying 1st · 18:15

Assists: Milan Hejduk, Greg De Vries · beat Marc Denis

1–1

2nd period

🏔️ Shjon Podein SH Go-ahead 2nd · 09:22

Assists: Steve Reinprecht · beat Marc Denis

1–2

3rd period

🏔️ Stephane Yelle 3rd · 07:35

Assists: Rob Blake, Martin Skoula · beat Marc Denis

1–3

🏔️ Milan Hejduk 3rd · 09:27

Assists: Alex Tanguay, Adam Foote · beat Marc Denis

1–4

🏔️ Greg De Vries 3rd · 11:07

Assists: Adam Foote · beat Marc Denis

1–5

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🧥CBJ COL🏔️

20 Shots on goal 43

0/2 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3

17 Hits 15

16 Blocked shots 9

13 Takeaways 14

8 Giveaways 11

13 Penalty minutes 11

CBJ shooting 5.0% (1/20) COL shooting 11.6% (5/43)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🧥Blue Jackets

Marc Denis

38/43

.884 SV% · 5 GA · 60:00 TOI

🏔️Avalanche

Patrick Roy

19/20

.950 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–1

Blue Jackets

Blue Jackets — tied after 1st: 10-17-4 (32% win rate, 31 games)

Avalanche

Avalanche — tied after 1st: 19-12-1 (59% win rate, 32 games)

After 2nd — 1–2

Blue Jackets

Blue Jackets: no games found in this situation this year.

Avalanche

Avalanche: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🧥Blue Jackets

L1 Wright · Knutsen · Sillinger 19:05

L2 Whitney · Marshall · Vyborny 15:44

L3 Pronger · Sloan · Nielsen 14:16

L4 Shelley · Kron 10:05

D1 Klesla · Timander 20:58

D2 Pushor · Odelein 19:12

D3 Quint · Bicanek 18:06

D4 Grand-Pierre 11:40

🏔️Avalanche

L1 Sakic · Reinprecht · Hejduk 18:31

L2 Messier · Tanguay · Drury 17:11

L3 Podein · Yelle · Vrbata 15:05

L4 Willsie · Hinote · Parker 8:49

D1 De Vries · Foote 22:42

D2 Skoula · Blake 20:56

D3 Berry · Gill 16:22

⚔️ Last meetings

Avalanche lead the season series 3–0 Full head-to-head →

❓ CBJ vs COL, answered

Who won Blue Jackets vs Avalanche on December 12, 2001?

Avalanche won 5–1.

What was the final score of Blue Jackets vs Avalanche?

The final score was Blue Jackets 1, Avalanche 5.

Who scored for Blue Jackets?

Mike Sillinger.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Greg De Vries, Milan Hejduk, Rob Blake, Shjon Podein, Stephane Yelle.

How did the Blue Jackets goalie play?

Marc Denis made 38 saves on 43 shots (.884 save percentage).

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Patrick Roy made 19 saves on 20 shots (.950 save percentage).

Where is Blue Jackets vs Avalanche played?

At Ball Arena in Denver, the Avalanche home rink.

What is the Blue Jackets 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

🧥Blue Jackets

Previous game · Dec 10

🏔️Avalanche

Previous game · Dec 10

Also on December 12, 2001

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