Blackhawks score late to beat Avalanche, extend win streak
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[January 13, 2023]
Taylor Raddysh tapped in the game-winning goal in the third period
and Petr Mrazek made 31 saves as the host Chicago Blackhawks
defeated the Colorado Avalanche 3-2 on Thursday night to extend
their winning streak to three games.
Colorado's would-be game-tying goal from Alex Newhook with 4:51
remaining was overturned for goaltender interference following a
Chicago challenge. The Avalanche have lost seven of eight.
Sam Lafferty and Andreas Athanasiou also scored for Chicago, which
snapped Colorado's five-game winning streak in the series.
Raddysh put Chicago ahead for good at 6:36 of the third period after
passes from Tyler Johnson and Jonathan Toews found him in prime
position in front of the net.
Pavel Francouz stopped 27 of 30 shots for the Avalanche in his first
action since Dec. 13 as he recovered from a lower-body injury.
On Thursday, Francouz spelled Alexandar Georgiev, who had started
Colorado's previous 12 games.
Francouz was
especially sharp in the second period, when he helped the Avalanche
kill three penalties while making 13 saves.
The teams were a combined 0-for-8 on the power play.
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Chicago Blackhawks right wing Taylor Raddysh (11) skates in to score
a goal on Colorado Avalanche goaltender Pavel Francouz (39) during
the third period at United Center. Mandatory Credit: David Banks-USA
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The Blackhawks opened the scoring just 3:24 into the game when
Lafferty took a pass from Colin Blackwell just inside the blue line
and converted a breakaway. Evan Rodrigues tied the game just over
eight minutes later as he scored on a rebound.
Athanasiou scored at 1:44 of
the second to give the Blackhawks the lead on play that saw Mrazek
notch the secondary assist, but Colorado answered again when Cale
Makar tallied at 11:47 on a long wrist shot.
Nathan MacKinnon had two assists for the Avalanche.
Before the game, Chicago placed forward Patrick Kane (upper-body
injury) on injured reserve retroactive to Jan. 3. Kane, who has
missed the past three games, is eligible to return as soon as
Saturday.
MacKenzie Entwistle (right wrist) was activated from injured reserve
in a corresponding move.
Mrazek notched his first win since Dec. 3.
--Field Level Media
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