🏔️ Away Avalanche 30-14-13 before this game

5–4

Final

🪶 Home Blackhawks 30-22-7 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
COL	1	4	0	5
CHI	0	3	1	4

Avalanche at Blackhawks

Avalanche beat Blackhawks 5–4 at United Center on February 17, 2003.

🗓 Mon, Feb 17, 2003 · 19:30 CST 📍 United Center, Chicago 🏒 2002-03 🔁 Avalanche lead the season series 2–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🏔️ COL

Radim Vrbata

1 G, 2 A

2 shots · 15:35 TOI · +3

2nd star 🏔️ COL

Alex Tanguay

1 G, 1 A

5 shots · 18:51 TOI · +2

3rd star 🪶 CHI

Steve Sullivan

1 G, 1 A

2 shots · 19:56 TOI · -1

🚨 Scoring

9 goals · in order

1st period

🏔️ Steve Reinprecht Go-ahead 1st · 08:25

Assists: Radim Vrbata, Vaclav Nedorost · beat Jocelyn Thibault

1–0

2nd period

🏔️ Alex Tanguay 2nd · 03:34

Assists: Radim Vrbata · beat Jocelyn Thibault

2–0

🪶 Steve Sullivan PP 2nd · 05:29

Assists: Alexander Karpovtsev · beat Patrick Roy

2–1

🏔️ Milan Hejduk PP 2nd · 06:54

Assists: Peter Forsberg, Derek Morris · beat Jocelyn Thibault

3–1

🪶 Alexei Zhamnov 2nd · 08:38

Assists: Steve Sullivan, Kyle Calder · beat Patrick Roy

3–2

🏔️ Serge Aubin 2nd · 12:22

Assists: Rob Blake, Alex Tanguay · beat Jocelyn Thibault

4–2

🪶 Steve Thomas 2nd · 14:05

Assists: Steve McCarthy, Andrei Nikolishin · beat Patrick Roy

4–3

🏔️ Radim Vrbata 2nd · 17:39

Assists: Greg De Vries · beat Jocelyn Thibault

5–3

3rd period

🪶 Eric Daze PP 3rd · 05:14

Assists: Alexander Karpovtsev, Alexei Zhamnov · beat Patrick Roy

5–4

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🏔️COL CHI🪶

21 Shots on goal 31

1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 2/4

15 Hits 10

10 Blocked shots 9

5 Giveaways 5

8 Penalty minutes 6

COL shooting 23.8% (5/21) CHI shooting 12.9% (4/31)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🏔️Avalanche

Patrick Roy

27/31

.871 SV% · 4 GA · 59:57 TOI

🪶Blackhawks

Jocelyn Thibault

16/21

.762 SV% · 5 GA · 58:53 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–0

Avalanche

Avalanche: no games found in this situation this year.

Blackhawks

Blackhawks: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 5–3

Avalanche

Avalanche: no games found in this situation this year.

Blackhawks

Blackhawks: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🏔️Avalanche

L1 Aubin · Forsberg · Hejduk 20:36

L2 Tanguay · Reinprecht · Vrbata 16:41

L3 Messier · Nedorost · McAmmond 11:23

L4 Shantz · Hahl · Parker 9:16

D1 Blake · Foote 28:19

D2 Morris · De Vries 22:32

D3 Skoula · Smith 9:14

🪶Blackhawks

L1 Sullivan · Calder · Zhamnov 19:56

L2 Berezin · Daze · Fleury 16:51

L3 Arnason · Bell · Eastwood 13:51

L4 Simon · Nikolishin · Thomas 9:26

D1 Poapst · Klemm 21:48

D2 Karpovtsev · Dempsey 20:24

D3 McCarthy · Odelein 15:55

⚔️ Last meetings

Avalanche lead the season series 2–0 Full head-to-head →

❓ COL vs CHI, answered

Who won Avalanche vs Blackhawks on February 17, 2003?

Avalanche won 5–4.

What was the final score of Avalanche vs Blackhawks?

The final score was Avalanche 5, Blackhawks 4.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Alex Tanguay, Milan Hejduk, Radim Vrbata, Serge Aubin, Steve Reinprecht.

Who scored for Blackhawks?

Alexei Zhamnov, Eric Daze, Steve Sullivan, Steve Thomas.

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Patrick Roy made 27 saves on 31 shots (.871 save percentage).

How did the Blackhawks goalie play?

Jocelyn Thibault made 16 saves on 21 shots (.762 save percentage).

Where is Avalanche vs Blackhawks played?

At United Center in Chicago, the Blackhawks home rink.

What is the Avalanche vs Blackhawks 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 · Feb 15

🪶Blackhawks

Previous game · Feb 15

Also on February 17, 2003

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