🪶 Away Blackhawks 16-16-5
1–3
Final
🧥 Home Blue Jackets 14-20-4
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🪶 CHI 1001
🧥 CBJ 0213

Blackhawks at Blue Jackets

Blue Jackets beat Blackhawks 3–1 at Nationwide Arena on December 31, 2006.

🗓 📍 Nationwide Arena, Columbus 🏒 2006-07 🔁 Season series tied 2–2
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🧥 CBJ
Duvie Westcott
1 G
3 shots · 25:30 TOI
2nd star 🧥 CBJ
Sergei Fedorov
1 G
3 shots · 21:26 TOI
3rd star 🧥 CBJ
Manny Malhotra
1 G
2 shots · 15:34 TOI

🚨 Scoring

4 goals · in order
1st period
🪶 Martin Lapointe Go-ahead 1st · 15:23
Assists: Jim Vandermeer, Radim Vrbata · beat Fredrik Norrena
1–0
2nd period
🧥 Sergei Fedorov PP Tying 2nd · 05:40
Assists: Rick Nash, Ron Hainsey · beat Nikolai Khabibulin
1–1
🧥 Manny Malhotra Go-ahead 2nd · 15:51
Assists: Jason Chimera, Dan Fritsche · beat Nikolai Khabibulin
1–2
3rd period
🧥 Duvie Westcott Empty net 3rd · 19:54
Unassisted
1–3

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🪶Blackhawks
L1 Ruutu · Arkhipov · Havlat 19:42
L2 Smolinski · Hamilton · Vrbata 17:57
L3 Sharp · Lapointe · Bourque 14:49
L4 Salmelainen · Holmqvist · Corazzini 9:16
D1 Aucoin · Keith 23:30
D2 Wisniewski · Vandermeer 19:10
D3 Seabrook · Kukkonen 14:28
🧥Blue Jackets
L1 Nash · Fedorov · Vyborny 21:26
L2 Modin · Chimera · Malhotra 15:47
L3 Svitov · Fritsche · Zherdev 14:43
L4 Shelley · Brule · Lindstrom 5:08
D1 Foote · Hainsey 26:50
D2 Westcott · Eriksson 24:58
D3 Johnson · Tollefsen 6:50

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🪶CHI CBJ🧥
22 Shots on goal 24
0/5 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4
25 Hits 24
10 Blocked shots 9
3 Takeaways 7
8 Giveaways 4
18 Penalty minutes 20
CHI shooting 4.5% (1/22) CBJ shooting 12.5% (3/24)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🪶Blackhawks
Nikolai Khabibulin
21/23
.913 SV% · 2 GA · 58:45 TOI
🧥Blue Jackets
Fredrik Norrena
21/22
.955 SV% · 1 GA · 59:54 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Blackhawks
Blackhawks — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 4-5-3 (33% win rate, 12 games)
Blue Jackets
Blue Jackets — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 0-9 (0% win rate, 9 games)
After 2nd — 1–2
Blackhawks
Blackhawks — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 4-7-1 (33% win rate, 12 games)
Blue Jackets
Blue Jackets — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 5-1-1 (71% win rate, 7 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Season series tied 2–2
Dec 162006 🪶CHI @ 🧥CBJ 6–4 Nov 122006 🧥CBJ @ 🪶CHI 0–1 Oct 72006 🧥CBJ @ 🪶CHI 5–4 Apr 162006 🧥CBJ @ 🪶CHI 3–4 Apr 152006 🪶CHI @ 🧥CBJ 2–5
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Who won Blackhawks vs Blue Jackets on December 31, 2006?

Blue Jackets won 3–1. The final score was Blackhawks 1, Blue Jackets 3.

Who scored for Blackhawks?

Martin Lapointe.

Who scored for Blue Jackets?

Duvie Westcott, Manny Malhotra, Sergei Fedorov.

How did the Blackhawks goalie play?

Nikolai Khabibulin made 21 saves on 23 shots (.913 save percentage).

How did the Blue Jackets goalie play?

Fredrik Norrena made 21 saves on 22 shots (.955 save percentage).

Where is Blackhawks vs Blue Jackets played?

At Nationwide Arena in Columbus, the Blue Jackets home rink.

What is the Blackhawks vs Blue Jackets season series?

Season series tied 2–2 after 4 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🪶 Blackhawks
BeforeDec 29 🐻BOS @ 🪶CHI 5–3 AfterJan 2 🪶CHI @ 🎵STL 4–1
🧥 Blue Jackets
BeforeDec 29 🧥CBJ @ 🌲MIN 3–4 AfterJan 3 🧥CBJ @ 👑LAK 0–3
Also on December 31
🦆ANA 3–4 🌲MIN 👑LAK 2–6 🐙DET 🔔PHI 5–2 🌪️CAR 🛢️EDM 2–4 🔥CGY 🦈SJS 4–2 ⭐DAL
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