Recap: Avalanche survive with 3-1 win over Blackhawks

Key Highlights

• The GameIt wasn’t the start to the game the Avalanche were hoping for.
• Devon Toews took a hooking penalty six minutes into the match and Connor Bedard converted for Chicago on the power play for the game’s first score.
• For the rest of the first period the two teams would trade fruitless power plays while the Avalanche crafted a 14-4 shot advantage. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementThe second period wasn’t much better and was a slog to get through.
• Colorado took a too many men penalty early and then Chicago was called for three straight infractions after that.
• Colorado capitalized on none of them, gaining only a 9-5 shot advantage in the period in the process. A sign of life, though, emerged after the fourth failed power play of the game for Colorado as Cale Makar found the back of the net with nine seconds left in the period.