Colorado Avalanche vs Chicago Blackhawks
Regular season · Thursday, March 1, 2007 · United Center
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Game summary
The Colorado Avalanche beat the Chicago Blackhawks 6–1 on Thursday, March 1, 2007 at United Center. The Avalanche outshot the Blackhawks 32–24.
Goals came from Tuomo Ruutu, Brad Richardson, Brett McLean, Tyler Arnason, Ken Klee, Mark Rycroft and Jeff Finger.
Peter Budaj made 23 saves on 24 shots for the win; Nikolai Khabibulin stopped 26 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Tuomo Ruutu (14)Martin Havlat (26), Adrian Aucoin (10)0–101:11 CHI
Brad Richardson (9)John-Michael Liles (26), Jeff Finger (2)1–107:43 COL
Brett McLean (10)Milan Hejduk (27), Ken Klee (13)2–110:44 COL
3rd period
Tyler Arnason (14)Brad Richardson (7), Ian Laperriere (17)3–112:24 COL
Ken Klee (3)Joe Sakic (49), Ian Laperriere (18)4–118:08 COL · 
Mark Rycroft (6)Ben Guite (5), Scott Parker (1)5–118:43 COL
Jeff Finger (1)Paul Stastny (38), Ben Guite (6)6–119:43 COL
Team stats
COLCHI
3224
49%51%
0/20/4
139
710
187
31
43
Penalties
- 1:14 into the first period
Danny Richmond · fighting5 min - 1:14 into the first period
Mark Rycroft · fighting5 min - 4:07 into the first periodJassen Cullimore · tripping2 min
- 13:17 into the first periodJeff Finger · holding2 min
- 18:08 into the first periodOssi Vaananen · holding2 min
- 18:42 into the first periodMartin Havlat · holding2 min
- 0:40 into the third periodMilan Hejduk · tripping2 min
- 4:45 into the third periodBrad Richardson · hooking2 min
Season series
Colorado Avalanche
| 12Brad RichardsonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 14:30 |
| 14Ian LaperriereR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | 14:18 |
| 28Ben GuiteR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 11:55 |
| 2Ken KleeD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 23:47 |
| 6Jeff FingerD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +4 | 2 | 16:44 |
| 19Joe SakicC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:45 |
| 20Mark RycroftR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 08:16 |
| 23Milan HejdukR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 20:01 |
| 26Paul StastnyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 5 | 19:19 |
| 29Scott ParkerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 07:53 |
| 39Tyler ArnasonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 12:59 |
| 53Brett McLeanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:49 |
| 4John-Michael LilesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | 17:30 |
| 8Wojtek WolskiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:00 |
| 15Andrew BrunetteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:26 |
| 5Brett ClarkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:11 |
| 27Ossi VaananenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | 18:49 |
| 34Kurt SauerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 20:10 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Peter BudajG | W | 24 | 1 | .958 |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | 0 | 0 | – |
Chicago Blackhawks
| 15Tuomo RuutuL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:29 |
| 24Martin HavlatR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:49 |
| 33Adrian AucoinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | 21:13 |
| 10Patrick SharpL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 17:47 |
| 12Peter BondraR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 10:40 |
| 16Radim VrbataR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 18:24 |
| 17Michael HolmqvistC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 13:02 |
| 19Denis ArkhipovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 15:22 |
| 22Martin LapointeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:50 |
| 29Jason WilliamsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | 20:30 |
| 34Nikita AlexeevR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | 17:01 |
| 51Jeff HamiltonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 12:57 |
| 2Duncan KeithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:15 |
| 5Jassen CullimoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 20:31 |
| 7Brent SeabrookD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 14:38 |
| 25Cam BarkerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | 20:25 |
| 43James WisniewskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:17 |
| 44Danny RichmondD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 08:29 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39Nikolai KhabibulinG | L | 31 | 5 | .839 |
| 40Patrick LalimeG | 0 | 0 | – |