🏔️ Away Avalanche 35-15-14 before this game
3–2
Final / OT
🪶 Home Blackhawks 30-27-8 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdOTF
COL 10113
CHI 01102

Avalanche at Blackhawks

Avalanche beat Blackhawks 3–2 in overtime at United Center on March 2, 2003.

🗓 Sun, Mar 2, 2003 · 19:00 CST 📍 United Center, Chicago 🏒 2002-03 🔁 Avalanche lead the season series 3–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🏔️ COL
Milan Hejduk
1 G, 1 A
5 shots · 23:40 TOI
2nd star 🏔️ COL
Peter Forsberg
2 A
22:29 TOI · +1
3rd star 🏔️ COL
Greg De Vries
2 A
24:00 TOI · +2
4rd star 🏔️ COL
David Aebischer
39 saves
0.951 SV% · 2 GA

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
🏔️ Milan Hejduk PP Go-ahead 1st · 16:34
Assists: Derek Morris, Peter Forsberg · beat Jocelyn Thibault
1–0
2nd period
🪶 Alexei Zhamnov SH Tying 2nd · 07:29
Assists: Steve Sullivan · beat David Aebischer
1–1
3rd period
🏔️ Joe Sakic Go-ahead 3rd · 15:07
Assists: Greg De Vries, Milan Hejduk · beat Jocelyn Thibault
2–1
🪶 Alexei Zhamnov Tying 3rd · 19:57
Assists: Kyle Calder, Nathan Dempsey · beat David Aebischer
2–2
Overtime
🏔️ Alex Tanguay Go-ahead OT · 03:38
Assists: Greg De Vries, Peter Forsberg · beat Jocelyn Thibault
3–2

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🏔️COL CHI🪶
29 Shots on goal 41
1/5 Power play (goals / chances) 0/6
11 Hits 12
18 Blocked shots 3
1 Takeaways 2
7 Giveaways 2
12 Penalty minutes 10
COL shooting 10.3% (3/29) CHI shooting 4.9% (2/41)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🏔️Avalanche
David Aebischer
39/41
.951 SV% · 2 GA · 63:38 TOI
🪶Blackhawks
Jocelyn Thibault
26/29
.897 SV% · 3 GA · 62:28 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
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 — 1–1
Avalanche
Avalanche — tied after 2nd: 35-15-14 (55% win rate, 64 games)
Blackhawks
Blackhawks — tied after 2nd: 30-27-8 (46% win rate, 65 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🏔️Avalanche
L1 Sakic · Forsberg · Hejduk 23:40
L2 Tanguay · Reinprecht · Shantz 18:10
L3 Aubin · Hahl · Vrbata 11:06
L4 Messier · McAllister · Hinote 8:18
L5 Parker 4:01
D1 Blake · Foote 29:00
D2 De Vries · Morris 23:24
D3 Skoula 15:20
🪶Blackhawks
L1 Sullivan · Calder · Zhamnov 24:47
L2 Berezin · Nikolishin · Fleury 16:28
L3 Bell · Arnason · Thomas 13:08
L4 Simon · Eastwood 9:59
D1 Dempsey · Henry 25:33
D2 Poapst · Klemm 20:08
D3 Odelein · McCarthy 14:48
D4 Strudwick 6:23

⚔️ Last meetings

Avalanche lead the season series 3–0 Full head-to-head →
Feb 17, 2003
🏔️COL @ 🪶CHI
5–4 · Avalanche won
Nov 25, 2002
🪶CHI @ 🏔️COL
0–1 · Avalanche won
Feb 9, 2002
🪶CHI @ 🏔️COL
3–2 · Blackhawks won
Jan 9, 2002
🪶CHI @ 🏔️COL
3–7 · Avalanche won
Dec 27, 2001
🏔️COL @ 🪶CHI
1–3 · Blackhawks won

❓ COL vs CHI, answered

Who won Avalanche vs Blackhawks on March 2, 2003?

Avalanche won 3–2 in overtime.

What was the final score of Avalanche vs Blackhawks?

The final score was Avalanche 3, Blackhawks 2, in overtime.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Alex Tanguay, Joe Sakic, Milan Hejduk.

Who scored for Blackhawks?

Alexei Zhamnov (2).

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

David Aebischer made 39 saves on 41 shots (.951 save percentage).

How did the Blackhawks goalie play?

Jocelyn Thibault made 26 saves on 29 shots (.897 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 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
🏔️Avalanche
Previous game · Mar 1
🐧PIT @ 🏔️COL
1–4 · COL won
Next game · Mar 5
🏔️COL @ 🐆FLA
3–1 · COL won
🪶Blackhawks
Previous game · Mar 1
🪶CHI @ 🐯NSH
4–5 · NSH won
Next game · Mar 5
🪶CHI @ ⭐DAL
4–7 · DAL won
Also on March 2, 2003
🌵PHX @ 🐙DET
2–5 final
🌪️CAR @ 🦅WSH
0–2 final
🐦ATL @ 🦆ANA
4–1 final
🐧PIT @ ⭐DAL
1–3 final
Avalanche season page Blackhawks season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule