Avalanche 1–2 Blackhawks — Final Score & Stats (Dec 17, 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 🪶 CHI

Adrian Aucoin

1 G

4 shots · 20:55 TOI

2nd star 🪶 CHI

Tuomo Ruutu

1 G

3 shots · 14:58 TOI

3rd star 🪶 CHI

Martin Havlat

1 A

3 shots · 20:56 TOI

Scoring

3 goals · in order

1st period

🪶 Tuomo Ruutu Go-ahead 1st · 14:48

Assists: Martin Havlat · beat Jose Theodore

0–1

2nd period

🏔️ Brett McLean Tying 2nd · 06:13

Assists: Tyler Arnason, Brett Clark · beat Nikolai Khabibulin

1–1

🪶 Adrian Aucoin PP Go-ahead 2nd · 12:58

Assists: Duncan Keith, Bryan Smolinski · beat Jose Theodore

1–2

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🏔️Avalanche

L1 Brunette · Sakic · McLean 20:03

L2 Wolski · Arnason · Hejduk 16:57

L3 Stastny · Turgeon · Laperriere 14:20

L4 Rycroft · Svatos 9:56

D1 Skrastins · Liles 21:49

D2 Clark · Brisebois 19:52

D3 Klee · Vaananen 16:22

D4 Sauer 8:48

🪶Blackhawks

L1 Smolinski · Arkhipov · Havlat 19:33

L2 Holmqvist · Hamilton · Lapointe 15:59

L3 Ruutu · Vrbata · Bondra 14:49

L4 Sharp · Stewart · Salmelainen 7:49

D1 Keith · Wisniewski 24:10

D2 Aucoin · Cullimore 19:43

D3 Kukkonen · Vandermeer 14:24

Team stats

Away left · home right

🏔️COL CHI🪶

29 Shots on goal 25

0/2 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3

14 Hits 14

9 Blocked shots 19

3 Takeaways 6

1 Giveaways 4

8 Penalty minutes 6

COL shooting 3.4% (1/29) CHI shooting 8.0% (2/25)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🏔️Avalanche

Jose Theodore

23/25

.920 SV% · 2 GA · 58:13 TOI

🪶Blackhawks

Nikolai Khabibulin

28/29

.966 SV% · 1 GA · 59:55 TOI

Period by period

After 1st — 0–1

Avalanche

Avalanche — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 2-3-1 (33% win rate, 6 games)

Blackhawks

Blackhawks — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 2-4-3 (22% win rate, 9 games)

After 2nd — 1–2

Avalanche

Avalanche — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 0-4-1 (0% win rate, 5 games)

Blackhawks

Blackhawks — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 6-1-1 (75% win rate, 8 games)

Last meetings

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Blackhawks lead the season series 2–0

Oct 162006 🪶CHI @ 🏔️COL 5–3 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

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Who won Avalanche vs Blackhawks on December 17, 2006?

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

Who scored for Avalanche?

Brett McLean.

Who scored for Blackhawks?

Adrian Aucoin, Tuomo Ruutu.

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Jose Theodore made 23 saves on 25 shots (.920 save percentage).

How did the Blackhawks goalie play?

Nikolai Khabibulin made 28 saves on 29 shots (.966 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 2–0 after 2 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

🏔️ Avalanche

BeforeDec 15 🛢️EDM @ 🏔️COL 1–4 AfterDec 19 🏔️COL @ 🛢️EDM 7–6

🪶 Blackhawks

BeforeDec 16 🪶CHI @ 🧥CBJ 6–4 AfterDec 20 🐯NSH @ 🪶CHI 2–1

Also on December 17

🐯NSH 2–1 🎵STL 😈NJD 6–1 🗽NYR

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