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MacKinnon provided the only scoring the
Avalanche needed at 12:31 of the first period. Chicago's Jason
Dickinson unsuccessfully sprawled to intercept a cross-ice pass
from Devon Toews to MacKinnon, leaving plenty of room for
MacKinnon to skate through the right circle and beat Blackhawks
goaltender Petr Mrazek with a wrist shot.
Drouin made it 2-0 less than five minutes later, wristing a shot
past Mrazek following a Blackhawks turnover in the neutral zone.
Offense remained a difficult proposition for the Blackhawks, who
were blanked for the ninth time this season -- with Colorado
doing the trick on three occasions.
Chicago needed nearly eight minutes to register a shot on goal
against Annunen, but the drought still produced a scoring
chance. Annunen turned aside a Taylor Raddysh tip-in attempt
before denying Ryan Donato twice in short succession.
Annunen was especially sharp early in the second period, when he
stopped Connor Bedard on a breakaway.
After losing three of his first four starts this season, Annunen
has defeated the Blackhawks two times in a row, stopping all 61
shots he has faced.
Colorado, which outscored Chicago 16-3 to win three of four
meetings between the teams this season, put the game out of
reach when Makar and Zach Parise scored in a five-minute span in
the second period.
MacKinnon capped the scoring with a power-play goal at 15:35 of
the third. Nick Foligno nearly ended the shutout bid in the
final minute, but Annunen stopped a point-blank chance with a
right-pad save.
Mrazek made 32 saves.
The Avalanche bolstered their NHL-best home record, improving to
24-6-0 at Ball Arena.
MacKinnon extended his point streak to 10 games and has at least
one point in all 30 home games this season.
--Field Level Media
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