Colorado Avalanche vs Chicago Blackhawks

Regular season · Sunday, March 8, 2009 · United Center

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5–1

29–25

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Game summary

The Colorado Avalanche beat the Chicago Blackhawks 5–1 on Sunday, March 8, 2009 at United Center. The Avalanche outshot the Blackhawks 29–25.

Goals came from Ben Guite, Chris Stewart, Jonathan Toews, Milan Hejduk, Marek Svatos and Ryan Smyth.

Peter Budaj made 24 saves on 25 shots for the win; Antti Niemi stopped 24 of 29.

Goals
COL	2	2	1	5	29
CHI	0	1	0	1	25

Scoring

1st period

Ben Guite (4)Ruslan Salei (16), Daniel Tjarnqvist (2)1–013:34 COL
Chris Stewart (10)Tyler Arnason (15), Adam Foote (6)2–017:01 COL

2nd period

Jonathan Toews (28)Cam Barker (28), Brian Campbell (37)2–106:53 CHI ·
Milan Hejduk (25)Ryan Smyth (32)3–116:00 COL
Marek Svatos (14)Tyler Arnason (16), Wojtek Wolski (23)4–118:34 COL

3rd period

Ryan Smyth (24)Marek Svatos (17), Tyler Arnason (17)5–105:37 COL

Team stats

COLCHI

2925

40%60%

0/51/6

3725

1412

124

05

30

Penalties

2:32 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
5:22 into the first periodJonathan Toews · tripping2 min
10:19 into the first periodPaul Stastny · holding2 min
16:22 into the first periodBen Eager · fighting5 min
16:22 into the first periodCody McCormick · fighting5 min
6:07 into the second periodBen Guite · holding2 min
7:29 into the second periodBen Eager · high sticking2 min
9:30 into the second periodMatt Walker · roughing2 min
12:17 into the second periodDustin Byfuglien · fighting5 min
12:17 into the second periodCody McCormick · instigator2 min
12:17 into the second periodCody McCormick · fighting5 min
12:17 into the second periodCody McCormick · misconduct10 min
16:26 into the second periodColin Fraser · fighting5 min
16:26 into the second periodIan Laperriere · fighting5 min
3:02 into the third periodDaniel Tjarnqvist · holding2 min
9:44 into the third periodKris Versteeg · tripping2 min
11:03 into the third periodRyan Smyth · interference2 min
14:54 into the third periodRuslan Salei · holding2 min

Season series

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters

39Tyler ArnasonC	0	3	3	+3	1	0	1	0	18	11:35
40Marek SvatosR	1	1	2	+2	4	1	0	0	–	12:45
94Ryan SmythL	1	1	2	+2	4	1	1	2	67	18:16
8Wojtek WolskiL	0	1	1	+1	2	1	1	0	25	17:37
23Milan HejdukR	1	0	1	+1	1	0	0	0	60	18:04
28Ben GuiteR	1	0	1	+2	1	1	1	2	50	17:05
42Chris StewartR	1	0	1	+1	2	1	0	0	–	11:33
24Ruslan SaleiD	0	1	1	+3	1	0	1	2	–	21:35
29Daniel TjarnqvistD	0	1	1	+3	0	0	0	2	–	15:12
52Adam FooteD	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	0	–	20:54
11Cody McCormickC	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	22	–	05:00
14Ian LaperriereR	0	0	0	+1	1	3	0	5	50	15:04
16Darcy TuckerR	0	0	0	+1	2	2	1	0	100	13:45
26Paul StastnyC	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	36	16:58
37T.J. HensickC	0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	0	33	11:06
4John-Michael LilesD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	–	19:46
5Brett ClarkD	0	0	0	+1	2	1	3	0	–	21:49
22Scott HannanD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	–	21:12

Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie
1Andrew RaycroftG		0	0	0	–	–
31Peter BudajG	W	25	24	1	.960	60:00

Chicago Blackhawks

Chicago Blackhawks skaters

19Jonathan ToewsC	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	72	15:48
25Cam BarkerD	0	1	1	−2	1	0	0	0	–	22:48
51Brian CampbellD	0	1	1	−3	2	0	0	0	–	19:02
16Andrew LaddL	0	0	0	−2	2	0	0	0	–	13:21
22Troy BrouwerR	0	0	0	−1	2	1	0	0	–	17:24
24Martin HavlatR	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	–	07:34
27Pascal PelletierL	0	0	0	−3	0	0	0	0	50	10:52
32Kris VersteegR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	43	15:56
36Dave BollandC	0	0	0	−1	2	1	0	0	50	18:32
37Adam BurishR	0	0	0	−1	3	1	1	0	–	11:21
46Colin FraserC	0	0	0	−2	1	0	1	5	69	16:20
55Ben EagerL	0	0	0	−3	1	1	0	7	–	12:56
88Patrick KaneR	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	–	17:51
2Duncan KeithD	0	0	0	−2	0	1	2	0	–	25:45
4Niklas HjalmarssonD	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	13:13
7Brent SeabrookD	0	0	0	−2	0	4	0	0	–	20:44
8Matt WalkerD	0	0	0	−1	5	0	0	2	–	18:12
33Dustin ByfuglienD	0	0	0	−1	1	1	0	5	–	12:59

Chicago Blackhawks goalies
Goalie
31Antti NiemiG	L	29	24	5	.828	59:43
38Cristobal HuetG		0	0	0	–	–