The game between the Colorado Avalanche and Chicago Blackhawks will take place at Ball Arena on Monday, March 20 at 9:00 PM ET.
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The Colorado Avalanche will welcome the Chicago Blackhawks to Ball Arena for an NHL game on Monday. The Colorado Avalanche won 1-5 in their last game over the Red Wings. Nathan MacKinnon scored a tiebreaking goal with a burst of speed and a slick wrist shot midway through the second period to help the Colorado Avalanche pull away for a 5-1 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday.
“When he’s dangerous and playing vertical, he can be a bull in a china shop,” Colorado coach Jared Bednar said of MacKinnon. “To work his way through the D under heavy pressure and still being able to make those shots, it’s pretty cool.” Devon Toews scored early in the game and Bowen Byram gave Colorado a two-goal lead late in the second after MacKinnon’s shot broke a defenseman’s stick. Lars Eller had a short-handed goal and Mikko Rantanen scored his 46th less than a minute later in the third, ending Ville Husso’s day after he gave up five goals on just 21 shots.
“We stay on the gas the whole game,” Rantanen said. “We don’t want to sit back at all.” MacKinnon also had an assist and Alexandar Georgiev made 33 saves for the defending Stanley Cup champions, who won five straight games for the third time this season. “Our goalie probably outplayed their goalie,” Bednar said.
The Chicago Blackhawks on the other hand lost 4-2 against the Coyotes in their last game. The Blackhawks, though last in the Central Division, were coming off wins at home against league-leading Boston on Tuesday night and at Nashville on Thursday night. “I thought we skated pretty well, similar to the way we’ve played lately,” Chicago coach Luke Richardson said. “We didn’t make many (turnovers), but we made them at the wrong time.”
Chicago took a 2-1 lead at 4:14 of the third on Caleb Jones’ power-play goal. Chicago’s efforts to defuse the home-ice edge paid off quickly, as the Blackhawks scored 35 seconds into the game. Jujhar Khaira tipped in a shot by Jarred Tinordi for his fourth goal of the season. The Coyotes tied it with 2:12 left in the second period on Hayton’s 14th goal. Alex Stalock made 17 saves for Chicago.
Nathan MacKinnon – Cale Makar – Bowen Byram
J. T. Compher – Lars Eller – Jack Johnson
Denis Malgin – Valeri Nichushkin – Mikko Rantanen
Evan Rodrigues – Devon Toews
Andrew Cogliano – Alex Galchenyuk
Alexandar Georgiev – Samuel Girard
Brad Hunt – Alex Newhook
Matt Nieto
Logan O’Connor
Caleb Jones – Boris Katchouk – Jujhar Khaira
Jarred Tinordi – Joey Anderson – Andreas Athanasiou
Jason Dickinson – MacKenzie Entwistle – Mike Hardman
Tyler Johnson – Seth Jones
Wyatt Kaiser – Philipp Kurashev
Connor Murphy – Taylor Raddysh
Lukas Reichel – Buddy Robinson
Alex Stalock
Nikita Zaitsev
Colorado Avalanche: Darren Helm, Pavel Francouz, Kurtis MacDermid, Artturi Lehkonen, Erik Johnson, Josh Manson, Gabriel Landeskog
Chicago Blackhawks: Anders Bjork, Colin Blackwell, Austin Wagner, Andreas Englund, Reese Johnson, Petr Mrazek, Cole Guttman, Jonathan Toews
The game between the Colorado Avalanche and Chicago Blackhawks will take place at Ball Arena on Monday, March 20 at 9:00 PM ET.
The match between the Colorado Avalanche and Chicago Blackhawks will be telecast live on NBC Sports Chicago+, Altitude.
| Country | Channel | Date and Time |
| United States | NBC Sports Chicago+, Altitude. | March 20 (9:00 PM ET) |
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