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2005-06 regular season

Avalanche at Blackhawks

🗓 📍 United Center, Chicago 🔁 Blackhawks lead the season series 2–1

Avalanche beat Blackhawks 2–1 at United Center on March 9, 2006.

COL – CHI
24–27
Shots on goal
16–17
Hits
10–7
Blocked shots
3–8
Takeaways
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🏔️ COL
Antti Laaksonen
1 G
4 shots · 14:36 TOI
2nd star 🏔️ COL
Pierre Turgeon
1 G
1 shots · 14:05 TOI
3rd star 🏔️ COL
Karlis Skrastins
1 A
3 shots · 22:58 TOI

Scoring

3 goals · in order
1st period
🏔️ Pierre Turgeon Go-ahead 1st · 01:35
Assists: Brad Richardson, John-Michael Liles · beat Nikolai Khabibulin
1–0
🪶 Curtis Brown Tying 1st · 15:32
Assists: Jim Vandermeer, Matthew Barnaby · beat Peter Budaj
1–1
2nd period
🏔️ Antti Laaksonen Go-ahead 2nd · 08:14
Assists: Karlis Skrastins, Jim Dowd · beat Nikolai Khabibulin
2–1

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🏔️Avalanche
L1 Tanguay · Hejduk · Laperriere 18:47
L2 Laaksonen · Sakic · McLean 15:19
L3 Brunette · Turgeon · Dowd 13:30
L4 McCormick · Richardson · Hinote 11:12
D1 Skrastins · Clark 22:13
D2 Brisebois · Blake 19:58
D3 Liles · Sauer 17:56
🪶Blackhawks
L1 Sharp · Calder · Vrbata 19:35
L2 Brown · Barnaby · Bourque 17:27
L3 Bell · Holmqvist · Lapointe 15:05
L4 Bartovic · Bochenski 8:59
D1 Keith · Seabrook 22:09
D2 Vandermeer · Barinka 19:28
D3 Byfuglien · Cullimore 16:30

Team stats

Away left · home right
🏔️COL CHI🪶
24 Shots on goal 27
16 Hits 17
10 Blocked shots 7
3 Takeaways 8
2 Giveaways 3
2 Penalty minutes 6
COL shooting 8.3% (2/24) CHI shooting 3.7% (1/27)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🏔️Avalanche
Peter Budaj
26/27
.963 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
🪶Blackhawks
Nikolai Khabibulin
22/24
.917 SV% · 2 GA · 58:58 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–1
Avalanche
Avalanche — tied after 1st: 14-7-2 (61% win rate, 23 games)
Blackhawks
Blackhawks — tied after 1st: 8-6-4 (44% win rate, 18 games)
After 2nd — 2–1
Avalanche
Avalanche — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 11-1-1 (85% win rate, 13 games)
Blackhawks
Blackhawks — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 1-8 (11% win rate, 9 games)

Last meetings

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Blackhawks lead the season series 2–1
Jan 192006 🏔️COL @ 🪶CHI 2–4 Oct 142005 🪶CHI @ 🏔️COL 3–2 SO Mar 232004 🪶CHI @ 🏔️COL 2–2 OT Jan 112004 🏔️COL @ 🪶CHI 5–4 OT Nov 92003 🏔️COL @ 🪶CHI 4–3 OT
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Who won Avalanche vs Blackhawks on March 9, 2006?

Avalanche won 2–1. The final score was Avalanche 2, Blackhawks 1.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Antti Laaksonen, Pierre Turgeon.

Who scored for Blackhawks?

Curtis Brown.

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Peter Budaj made 26 saves on 27 shots (.963 save percentage).

How did the Blackhawks goalie play?

Nikolai Khabibulin made 22 saves on 24 shots (.917 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?

Blackhawks lead the season series 2–1 after 3 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🏔️ Avalanche
BeforeMar 7 🏔️COL @ 🎵STL 2–1 AfterMar 12 🔥CGY @ 🏔️COL 0–3
🪶 Blackhawks
BeforeMar 7 🪶CHI @ 🧥CBJ 3–1 AfterMar 11 🪶CHI @ 🐙DET 4–6
Also on March 9
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