🪶 Away Blackhawks 33-31-9 before this game

1–8

Final

🏔️ Home Avalanche 40-18-15 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
CHI	0	1	0	1
COL	1	5	2	8

Blackhawks at Avalanche

Avalanche beat Blackhawks 8–1 at Ball Arena on March 22, 2003.

🗓 Sat, Mar 22, 2003 · 14:00 CST 📍 Ball Arena, Denver 🏒 2002-03 🔁 Avalanche lead the season series 4–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🏔️ COL

Peter Forsberg

5 A

12:55 TOI · +4

2nd star 🏔️ COL

Alex Tanguay

3 G

3 shots · 16:31 TOI · +4

3rd star 🏔️ COL

Milan Hejduk

1 G, 2 A

1 shots · 13:58 TOI · +3

🚨 Scoring

9 goals · in order

1st period

🏔️ Alex Tanguay Go-ahead 1st · 05:37

Assists: Derek Morris, Peter Forsberg · beat Craig Anderson

0–1

2nd period

🏔️ Rob Blake PP 2nd · 03:06

Assists: Joe Sakic, Derek Morris · beat Craig Anderson

0–2

🏔️ Adam Foote 2nd · 04:57

Assists: Peter Forsberg, Milan Hejduk · beat Craig Anderson

0–3

🏔️ Steve Reinprecht 2nd · 05:57

Assists: Joe Sakic, Derek Morris · beat Craig Anderson

0–4

🏔️ Alex Tanguay PP 2nd · 08:15

Assists: Peter Forsberg, Milan Hejduk · beat Craig Anderson

0–5

🪶 Jason Strudwick 2nd · 15:41

Assists: Chris Simon, Mike Eastwood · beat Patrick Roy

1–5

🏔️ Alex Tanguay 2nd · 16:19

Assists: Bryan Marchment, Peter Forsberg · beat Steve Passmore

1–6

3rd period

🏔️ Milan Hejduk 3rd · 05:56

Assists: Peter Forsberg · beat Steve Passmore

1–7

🏔️ Serge Aubin 3rd · 09:34

Assists: Adam Foote, Bates Battaglia · beat Steve Passmore

1–8

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🪶CHI COL🏔️

37 Shots on goal 28

0/2 Power play (goals / chances) 2/5

5 Hits 12

16 Blocked shots 16

9 Takeaways 5

2 Giveaways 4

17 Penalty minutes 9

CHI shooting 2.7% (1/37) COL shooting 28.6% (8/28)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🪶Blackhawks

Craig Anderson

17/22

.773 SV% · 5 GA · 30:40 TOI

Steve Passmore

3/6

.500 SV% · 3 GA · 29:20 TOI

🏔️Avalanche

Patrick Roy

22/23

.957 SV% · 1 GA · 40:00 TOI

David Aebischer Shutout

14/14

1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 20:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–1

Blackhawks

Blackhawks: no games found in this situation this year.

Avalanche

Avalanche: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 1–6

Blackhawks

Blackhawks: no games found in this situation this year.

Avalanche

Avalanche: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🪶Blackhawks

L1 Daze · Sullivan · Bell 17:36

L2 Zhamnov · Nikolishin · Arnason 16:16

L3 Calder · Korolev · Fleury 14:10

L4 Simon · Eastwood 11:02

D1 McCarthy · Klemm 20:34

D2 Dempsey · Poapst 20:23

D3 Henry · Gill 17:42

D4 Strudwick 9:08

🏔️Avalanche

L1 Tanguay · Hahl · Aubin 16:28

L2 Sakic · Shantz · Hinote 14:44

L3 Battaglia · Reinprecht · Hejduk 14:16

L4 Messier · Forsberg · Parker 12:45

D1 Morris · Skoula 21:04

D2 Marchment · Foote 19:16

D3 Blake · De Vries 18:31

⚔️ Last meetings

Avalanche lead the season series 4–0 Full head-to-head →

Mar 2, 2003

🏔️COL @ 🪶CHI

3–2 (OT) · Avalanche won

❓ CHI vs COL, answered

Who won Blackhawks vs Avalanche on March 22, 2003?

Avalanche won 8–1.

What was the final score of Blackhawks vs Avalanche?

The final score was Blackhawks 1, Avalanche 8.

Who scored for Blackhawks?

Jason Strudwick.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Alex Tanguay (3), Adam Foote, Milan Hejduk, Rob Blake, Serge Aubin, Steve Reinprecht.

How did the Blackhawks goalie play?

Craig Anderson made 17 saves on 22 shots (.773 save percentage).

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Patrick Roy made 22 saves on 23 shots (.957 save percentage).

Where is Blackhawks vs Avalanche played?

At Ball Arena in Denver, the Avalanche home rink.

What is the Blackhawks vs Avalanche season series?

Avalanche lead the season series 4–0 after 4 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

🪶Blackhawks

Previous game · Mar 19

🏔️Avalanche

Previous game · Mar 20

Also on March 22, 2003

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