COLORADO AVALANCHE NOTES:
UPCOMING GAMES
Date Opponent Time (MT) TV Radio
Thu, Jan. 12 at Chicago 6:30 p.m. Altitude 92.5 FM
Sat, Jan. 14 OTTAWA 5 p.m. Altitude / SN1 92.5 FM
Mon, Jan. 16 DETROIT 1 p.m. Altitude 92.5 FM
Wed, Jan. 18 at Calgary 7:30 p.m. Altitude 2 950 AM
Fri, Jan. 20 at Vancouver 8 p.m. Altitude 950 AM
Sat, Jan. 21 at Seattle 8 p.m. Altitude 92.5 FM
TONIGHT’S GAME
COLORADO @ CHICAGO
6:38 p.m. MT / 7:38 p.m. CT
Altitude / 92.5 Altitude Sports Radio
On The Call: Marc Moser (play-by-play), Mark Rycroft (analyst), Katie Gaus (reporter)
Radio: Conor McGahey
The Colorado Avalanche heads to the Windy City for a quick one-game road trip tonight against the Chicago Blackhawks at United Center … The club will return to Denver after this evening’s game where it will host Ottawa and Detroit.
LAST GAME
Jan. 10 – Florida 5, Colorado 4
Matthew Tkachuk scored the go-ahead goal with 3:30 left in regulation and the Panthers held on to beat the Avalanche, 5- 4, at Ball Arena … J.T. Compher and Mikko Rantanen each had a goal and one assist for the Avs, who trailed 3-0 in the first period and 4-1 heading into the third … Nathan MacKinnon and Andrew Cogliano had the other goals for Colorado.
SF: 31 SA: 37 PP: 0-3 PK: 2-2
MacKinnon’s goal was the 253rd of his career, passing Anton Stastny (252) for fifth place on the franchise’s all-time goal-scoring list
Rantanen and MacKinnon scored 20 seconds apart in the third period, the fastest two goals by the Avalanche this season and the fastest two tallies the club has scored since Joonas Donskoi and Ryan Graves also scored 20 seconds apart on Nov. 7, 2019 vs. Nashville Kurtis MacDermid had two assists, tying his career high for points in a single game (third time)
TONIGHT’S OPPONENT – CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS
Tonight is the second of three meetings between the Avalanche and Blackhawks and Colorado’s only visit to the Windy City… The Avalanche won the first meeting 5-2 on Opening Night (Oct. 12) at Ball Arena … Colorado won all four matchups last year, sweeping the season series for the first time since 2002-03 (4-0-0) … Colorado has won its last five games against Chicago, is 8-1-0 in its last nine versus the Blackhawks and 10-1-1 in its last 11 … The current five-game win streak is the Avalanche’s second-longest ever against Chicago behind a 7-0 stretch from Nov. 25, 2002 to Jan. 11, 2004.
SCHEDULE vs. BLACKHAWKS
Oct. 12 vs. CHICAGO (W, 5-2)
Jan. 12 @ Chicago
Mar. 20 vs. CHICAGO
RECORD vs. BLACKHAWKS
THIS SEASON 2021-22 ALL-TIME SINCE 1995-96 ALL-TIME PLAYOFFS
Overall: 1-0-0 Overall: 4-0-0 Overall: 76-55-17 Overall: 60-32-11 Series: 2 (2-0)
Home: 1-0-0 Home: 2-0-0 Home: 41-23-10 Home: 32-14-6 W-L Record: 8-4
Road: — Road: 2-0-0 Road: 35-32-7 Road: 28-18-5 1996 CSF (W, 4-2) 1997 CQF (W, 4-2)
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS NOTES:
TONIGHT’S BROADCAST INFORMATION
TV: NBCSCH – Chris Vosters (PxP), Patrick Sharp (analyst) and Colby Cohen (analyst)
RADIO: WGN-AM 720 – John Wiedeman (PxP) and Troy Murray (analyst)
SPANISH RADIO: Univision Sports Radio 1200 AM – Miguel Esparza (PxP) and Jorge Moreno (analyst)
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
Saturday, Jan. 14 vs. SEA, 7:00 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, WGN Radio, Univision (Spanish))
Tuesday, Jan. 17 vs. BUF, 7:30 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, WGN Radio, Univision (Spanish))
Sunday, Jan. 22 vs. LAK, 6:00 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, WGN Radio, Univision (Spanish))
Tuesday, Jan. 24 at VAN, 9:00 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, WGN Radio)
Thursday, Jan. 26 at CGY, 8:00 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, WGN Radio)
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Jan. 11 – Recalled Jaxson Stauber from Rockford and assigned Brett Seney to Rockford … Jan. 4 – Recalled Lukas Reichel and Brett Seney from Rockford … Placed MacKenzie Entwistle and Jujhar Khaira on IR … Dec. 19 – Activated Alex Stalock off IR and assigned Arvid Soderblom to Rockford … Placed Jarred Tinordi on IR and recalled Isaak Phillips from Rockford … Dec. 13 – Activated Tyler Johnson off IR and assigned Filip Roos to Rockford … Dec. 12 – Activated Petr Mrazek off injured reserve and assigned Jaxson Stauber to Rockford … Dec. 7 – Assigned Lukas Reichel to Rockford … Dec. 6 – Recalled Lukas Reichel and placed Petr Mrazek on IR … Dec. 1 – Recalled Ian Mitchell from Rockford and placed Jarred Tinordi on IR.
LAST TIME OUT
Score: Chicago (4) vs. Calgary (3) – OT – Sun., Jan. 8 – United Center
CHI Goals: Reichel (1), Blackwell (1), Kurashev (5), Domi (12; OT)
CGY Goals: Lindholm (13; PP), Huberdeau (8), Kadri (16; PP)
Goalies: CHI – Stalock (44/47, 61:04) CGY – Markstrom (8/11, 20:35), Vladar (13/14, 40:29)
CHI PP: 0/1; PK: 1/3
CGY PP: 2/3; PK: 1/1
Recap: The Blackhawks won their second game in a row with Max Domi scoring the game winner in overtime … Lukas Reichel got the Blackhawks on the board first, scoring the first goal of his NHL career … He added two assists for his first career multi-point game … Jake McCabe posted a game-high four hits and Jack Johnson led all players with four blocked shots … Alex Stalock tied his career high with 44 saves on 47 shots.
TONIGHT’S OPPONENT – COLORADO AVALANCHE
The Blackhawks and Avalanche square off in the second of three matchups scheduled in 2022-23 on Thursday night … It also marks the first and only game this season at the United Center … Chicago fell to the Avalanche earlier this season 5-2 on Oct. 12 … Jonathan Toews and Max Domi scored for the Blackhawks … Patrick Kane tallied an assist and has eight points over his last six games against Colorado (3G, 5A) … Seth Jones has nine points (2G, 7A) over his last nine games against the Avs, including a three-point night … Jack Johnson won the Stanley Cup with the Colorado Avalanche last season.
2022-23 Schedule/Results: HOME: Jan. 12 AWAY: Oct. 12 (2-5), March 20
All-Time Record: 63-76-19 Home: 36-35-10 Road: 27-41-9
Last Home Win: March 24, 2019 (2-1 OT) Last Road Win: Dec. 21, 2019 (5-3) Last Home Loss: Jan. 28, 2022 (4-6) Last Road Loss: Oct. 12, 2022 (2-5)
ACTIVE BLACKHAWKS VS. COL ALL-TIME
GOALS: Jonathan Toews, 24; Patrick Kane, 20; Tyler Johnson, 6
ASSISTS: Patrick Kane, 34; Jonathan Toews, 28; Seth Jones, 11
POINTS: Patrick Kane, 53; Jonathan Toews, 51; Seth Jones, 13
BLACKHAWKS RECORD ON…
One-Day Rest: 7-10-1
Two-Days Rest: 1-4-0
Three+ Days Rest: 1-2-1
First Game of a B2B: 1-4-1
Second Game of a B2B: 0-5-1
BLACKHAWKS RECORD BY DAY
Monday: 0-1-0
Tuesday: 1-5-0
Wednesday: 0-5-0
Thursday: 1-4-1
Friday: 3-2-1
Saturday: 3-3-1
Sunday: 2-5-1
