Avalanche 5–1 Blackhawks — Final Score & Stats (Mar 8, 2009)

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	F
🏔️ COL	2	2	1	5
🪶 CHI	0	1	0	1

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🏔️ COL

Tyler Arnason

3 A

1 shots · 11:35 TOI

2nd star 🏔️ COL

Ryan Smyth

1 G, 1 A

4 shots · 18:16 TOI

3rd star 🏔️ COL

Marek Svatos

1 G, 1 A

4 shots · 12:45 TOI

🚨 Scoring

6 goals · in order

1st period

🏔️ Ben Guite Go-ahead 1st · 13:34

Assists: Ruslan Salei, Daniel Tjarnqvist · beat Antti Niemi

1–0

🏔️ Chris Stewart 1st · 17:01

Assists: Tyler Arnason, Adam Foote · beat Antti Niemi

2–0

2nd period

🪶 Jonathan Toews PP 2nd · 06:53

Assists: Cam Barker, Brian Campbell · beat Peter Budaj

2–1

🏔️ Milan Hejduk 2nd · 16:00

Assists: Ryan Smyth · beat Antti Niemi

3–1

🏔️ Marek Svatos 2nd · 18:34

Assists: Tyler Arnason, Wojtek Wolski · beat Antti Niemi

4–1

3rd period

🏔️ Ryan Smyth 3rd · 05:37

Assists: Marek Svatos, Tyler Arnason · beat Antti Niemi

5–1

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🏔️Avalanche

L1 Smyth · Wolski · Hejduk 18:04

L2 Stastny · Guite · Laperriere 16:58

L3 Arnason · Tucker · Svatos 12:45

L4 Hensick · McCormick · Stewart 11:06

D1 Clark · Salei 21:42

D2 Hannan · Foote 21:03

D3 Liles · Tjarnqvist 17:29

🪶Blackhawks

L1 Bolland · Kane · Brouwer 17:51

L2 Fraser · Toews · Versteeg 15:56

L3 Ladd · Eager · Burish 12:56

L4 Pelletier · Havlat 9:13

D1 Keith · Barker 24:16

D2 Seabrook · Campbell 19:53

D3 Walker · Hjalmarsson 15:42

D4 Byfuglien 12:59

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🏔️COL CHI🪶

29 Shots on goal 25

0/5 Power play (goals / chances) 1/6

14 Hits 12

12 Blocked shots 4

3 Takeaways 0

0 Giveaways 5

37 Penalty minutes 25

COL shooting 17.2% (5/29) CHI shooting 4.0% (1/25)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🏔️Avalanche

Peter Budaj

24/25

.960 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🪶Blackhawks

Antti Niemi

24/29

.828 SV% · 5 GA · 59:43 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 2–0

Avalanche

Avalanche — leading by 2 goals after 1st: 4-0 (100% win rate, 4 games)

Blackhawks

Blackhawks — trailing by 2 goals after 1st: 0-2-1 (0% win rate, 3 games)

After 2nd — 4–1

Avalanche

Avalanche — leading by 3 goals after 2nd: 3-0 (100% win rate, 3 games)

Blackhawks

Blackhawks — trailing by 3 goals after 2nd: 0-1 (0% win rate, 1 game)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →

Season series tied 2–2

Jan 82009 🪶CHI @ 🏔️COL 1–2 Dec 122008 🪶CHI @ 🏔️COL 4–3 Nov 32008 🏔️COL @ 🪶CHI 2–6 Feb 172008 🏔️COL @ 🪶CHI 1–2 Jan 302008 🪶CHI @ 🏔️COL 3–6

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❓ COL vs CHI, answered

Who won Avalanche vs Blackhawks on March 8, 2009?

Avalanche won 5–1. The final score was Avalanche 5, Blackhawks 1.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Ben Guite, Chris Stewart, Marek Svatos, Milan Hejduk, Ryan Smyth.

Who scored for Blackhawks?

Jonathan Toews.

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Peter Budaj made 24 saves on 25 shots (.960 save percentage).

How did the Blackhawks goalie play?

Antti Niemi made 24 saves on 29 shots (.828 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?

Season series tied 2–2 after 4 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

🏔️ Avalanche

BeforeMar 4 🐙DET @ 🏔️COL 3–2 AfterMar 10 🐦ATL @ 🏔️COL 3–0

🪶 Blackhawks

BeforeMar 7 🪶CHI @ 🐻BOS 3–5 AfterMar 11 🌪️CAR @ 🪶CHI 2–3

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