Blackhawks 5–3 Avalanche — Final Score & Stats (Oct 16, 2006)

The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap

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Three stars

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1st star 🏔️ COL

Tyler Arnason

1 G, 2 A

2 shots · 14:19 TOI

2nd star 🪶 CHI

Martin Lapointe

2 G

2 shots · 15:48 TOI

3rd star 🪶 CHI

Radim Vrbata

1 G, 1 A

4 shots · 16:06 TOI

Scoring

8 goals · in order

1st period

🪶 Martin Lapointe PP Go-ahead 1st · 19:00

Assists: Adrian Aucoin, Martin Havlat · beat Jose Theodore

1–0

🪶 Lasse Kukkonen PP 1st · 19:44

Assists: Brent Seabrook, Martin Havlat · beat Jose Theodore

2–0

2nd period

🪶 Radim Vrbata PP 2nd · 02:38

Assists: Bryan Smolinski · beat Jose Theodore

3–0

🏔️ Joe Sakic PP 2nd · 05:02

Assists: Tyler Arnason, Milan Hejduk · beat Nikolai Khabibulin

3–1

🏔️ Tyler Arnason 2nd · 17:02

Assists: John-Michael Liles, Ian Laperriere · beat Nikolai Khabibulin

3–2

3rd period

🏔️ Patrice Brisebois PP Tying 3rd · 02:01

Assists: Milan Hejduk, Tyler Arnason · beat Nikolai Khabibulin

3–3

🪶 Martin Lapointe Go-ahead 3rd · 05:26

Assists: Lasse Kukkonen · beat Jose Theodore

4–3

🪶 Patrick Sharp Empty net 3rd · 19:59

Assists: Radim Vrbata, Rene Bourque

5–3

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🪶Blackhawks

L1 Handzus · Havlat · Bourque 19:30

L2 Smolinski · Vrbata · Lapointe 15:54

L3 Sharp · Hamilton · Holmqvist 13:04

L4 Salmelainen · Burish · Keith 10:09

D1 Aucoin · Seabrook 22:16

D2 Keith · Kukkonen 19:46

D3 Vandermeer · Cullimore 13:46

🏔️Avalanche

L1 Sakic · Stastny · Hejduk 16:09

L2 Brunette · Arnason · Richardson 14:19

L3 Wolski · Svatos · Laperriere 12:37

L4 Laaksonen · McLean · Rycroft 7:34

D1 Klee · Clark 25:26

D2 Brisebois · Liles 21:08

D3 Skrastins · Vaananen 12:56

Team stats

Away left · home right

🪶CHI COL🏔️

31 Shots on goal 22

3/10 Power play (goals / chances) 2/6

12 Hits 4

15 Blocked shots 13

6 Takeaways 7

5 Giveaways 15

12 Penalty minutes 20

CHI shooting 16.1% (5/31) COL shooting 13.6% (3/22)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🪶Blackhawks

Nikolai Khabibulin

19/22

.864 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

🏔️Avalanche

Jose Theodore

26/30

.867 SV% · 4 GA · 59:12 TOI

Period by period

After 2nd — 3–2

Blackhawks

Blackhawks — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)

Avalanche

Avalanche — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 0-0-1 (0% win rate, 1 game)

Last meetings

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Blackhawks lead the season series 1–0

Apr 32006 🪶CHI @ 🏔️COL 3–4 Mar 92006 🏔️COL @ 🪶CHI 2–1 Jan 192006 🏔️COL @ 🪶CHI 2–4 Oct 142005 🪶CHI @ 🏔️COL 3–2 SO Mar 232004 🪶CHI @ 🏔️COL 2–2 OT

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Who won Blackhawks vs Avalanche on October 16, 2006?

Blackhawks won 5–3. The final score was Blackhawks 5, Avalanche 3.

Who scored for Blackhawks?

Martin Lapointe (2), Lasse Kukkonen, Patrick Sharp, Radim Vrbata.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Joe Sakic, Patrice Brisebois, Tyler Arnason.

How did the Blackhawks goalie play?

Nikolai Khabibulin made 19 saves on 22 shots (.864 save percentage).

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Jose Theodore made 26 saves on 30 shots (.867 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?

Blackhawks lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

🪶 Blackhawks

BeforeOct 14 🪶CHI @ 🎵STL 3–4 AfterOct 18 🇨🇦MTL @ 🪶CHI 1–2

🏔️ Avalanche

BeforeOct 14 🛢️EDM @ 🏔️COL 4–3 AfterOct 18 🏔️COL @ 🍁TOR 4–1

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