Comfortable night for Chicago Blackhawks against Colorado Avalanche

That brings us to the end of a first period — Colorado Avalanche 1, Chicago Blackhawks 1. Colorado Avalanche edged the shot clock 9-7, with territorial pressure staying roughly even.

Marcus Foligno opened the scoring for Colorado Avalanche at 5:49, then Jake Sanderson tied it for Chicago Blackhawks on the power play at 12:26.

Scott Wedgewood was under siege with 8 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Colorado Avalanche went 0-for-2 while Chicago Blackhawks went 1-for-2.

Colorado Avalanche owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.

That brings us to the end of a second period — Colorado Avalanche 0, Chicago Blackhawks 2. Chicago Blackhawks edged the shot clock 12-9, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Drake Batherson put Chicago Blackhawks in front shorthanded at 5:41, then Adam Erne extended the lead for Chicago Blackhawks at 6:51.

Alex Lyon was under siege with 10 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Chicago Blackhawks went 0-for-1.

Chicago Blackhawks owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.

That brings us to the end of a third period — Colorado Avalanche 0, Chicago Blackhawks 1. Colorado Avalanche edged the shot clock 12-11, with territorial pressure staying roughly even.

Mats Zuccarello extended the lead for Chicago Blackhawks at 15:30.

Scott Wedgewood was under siege with 12 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Colorado Avalanche went 0-for-1 while Chicago Blackhawks went 0-for-1.

Chicago Blackhawks owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.