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2019-20 regular season

Blackhawks at Avalanche

🗓 📍 Ball Arena, Denver 🔁 Avalanche lead the season series 3–1

Blackhawks beat Avalanche 5–3 at Ball Arena on December 21, 2019.

CHI – COL
32–31
Shots on goal
21–27
Hits
16–20
Blocked shots
11–5
Takeaways
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🪶 CHI
Jonathan Toews
1 G, 2 A
1 shots · 19:22 TOI
2nd star 🪶 CHI
Dominik Kubalik
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 14:32 TOI
3rd star 🪶 CHI
Patrick Kane
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 21:06 TOI

Scoring

8 goals · in order
1st period
🏔️ Ryan Graves Go-ahead 1st · 06:01
Assists: Joonas Donskoi, Tyson Jost · beat Robin Lehner
0–1
2nd period
🪶 Jonathan Toews Tying 2nd · 00:21
Assists: Patrick Kane · beat Philipp Grubauer
1–1
🏔️ Matt Calvert Go-ahead 2nd · 02:40
Assists: Tyson Jost, Ryan Graves · beat Robin Lehner
1–2
🏔️ Matt Calvert 2nd · 19:09
Assists: Valeri Nichushkin, Ian Cole · beat Robin Lehner
1–3
3rd period
🪶 Patrick Kane 3rd · 11:22
Assists: Dominik Kubalik, Jonathan Toews · beat Philipp Grubauer
2–3
🪶 Kirby Dach Tying 3rd · 11:50
Assists: Erik Gustafsson, Ryan Carpenter · beat Philipp Grubauer
3–3
🪶 Dominik Kubalik Go-ahead 3rd · 16:43
Assists: Jonathan Toews, Dennis Gilbert · beat Philipp Grubauer
4–3
🪶 Connor Murphy Empty net 3rd · 19:21
Assists: David Kampf
5–3

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🪶Blackhawks
L1 Toews · Kampf · Kane 19:22
L2 Smith · Carpenter · DeBrincat 15:34
L3 Kubalik · Nylander · Dach 14:32
L4 Strome · Highmore · Sikura 9:18
D1 Keith · Murphy 25:36
D2 Gustafsson · Boqvist 19:34
D3 Maatta · Gilbert 13:28
🏔️Avalanche
L1 MacKinnon · Kadri · Rantanen 20:38
L2 Landeskog · Donskoi · Nichushkin 17:45
L3 Bellemare · Calvert · Burakovsky 13:57
L4 Nieto · Compher · Jost 9:06
D1 Zadorov · Graves 22:04
D2 Johnson · Girard 21:20
D3 Cole · Lindholm 13:22

Team stats

Away left · home right
🪶CHI COL🏔️
32 Shots on goal 31
21 Hits 27
16 Blocked shots 20
11 Takeaways 5
4 Giveaways 10
11 Penalty minutes 11
CHI shooting 15.6% (5/32) COL shooting 9.7% (3/31)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🪶Blackhawks
Robin Lehner
28/31
.903 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI
🏔️Avalanche
Philipp Grubauer
27/31
.871 SV% · 4 GA · 58:14 TOI

Where the goals came from

8 of 8 goals located
Ryan Graves · 1st 06:01 · 0–1 Jonathan Toews · 2nd 00:21 · 1–1 Matt Calvert · 2nd 02:40 · 1–2 Matt Calvert · 2nd 19:09 · 1–3 Patrick Kane · 3rd 11:22 · 2–3 Kirby Dach · 3rd 11:50 · 3–3 Dominik Kubalik · 3rd 16:43 · 4–3 Connor Murphy · 3rd 19:21 · 5–3
CHI COL
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Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Blackhawks
Blackhawks — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 2-6 (25% win rate, 8 games)
Avalanche
Avalanche — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 7-0-2 (78% win rate, 9 games)
After 2nd — 1–3
Blackhawks
Blackhawks — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 0-6 (0% win rate, 6 games)
Avalanche
Avalanche — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 7-0 (100% win rate, 7 games)

Last meetings

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Avalanche lead the season series 3–1
Dec 182019 🏔️COL @ 🪶CHI 4–1 Nov 302019 🪶CHI @ 🏔️COL 3–7 Nov 292019 🏔️COL @ 🪶CHI 5–2 Mar 242019 🏔️COL @ 🪶CHI 1–2 OT Mar 232019 🪶CHI @ 🏔️COL 2–4
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Who won Blackhawks vs Avalanche on December 21, 2019?

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

Who scored for Blackhawks?

Connor Murphy, Dominik Kubalik, Jonathan Toews, Kirby Dach, Patrick Kane.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Matt Calvert (2), Ryan Graves.

How did the Blackhawks goalie play?

Robin Lehner made 28 saves on 31 shots (.903 save percentage).

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Philipp Grubauer made 27 saves on 31 shots (.871 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?

Avalanche lead the season series 3–1 after 4 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🪶 Blackhawks
BeforeDec 19 🪶CHI @ ✈️WPG 4–1 AfterDec 23 😈NJD @ 🪶CHI 7–1
🏔️ Avalanche
BeforeDec 19 🌪️CAR @ 🏔️COL 3–1 AfterDec 23 🏔️COL @ 🎰VGK 7–3
Also on December 21
👑LAK 2–3 ⚔️BUF 🦆ANA 6–5 🏝️NYI ✈️WPG 6–0 🌲MIN 🐯NSH 4–3 🐻BOS 🐙DET 1–4 🍁TOR 🔔PHI 5–4 🏛️OTT ⚡TBL 1–3 🦅WSH 🐆FLA 4–2 🌪️CAR
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