Blackhawks 5, Avalanche 2

Chicago 3 0 2 — 5 Colorado 2 0 0 — 2

First Period: 1, Chicago, Kurashev 2 (Vlasic), 8:47 (pp). 2, Colorado, Mittelstadt 6 (Malinski, O’Connor), 10:16. 3, Chicago, Reichel 1 (Smith), 11:04. 4, Chicago, Donato 4 (Dickinson, Murphy), 16:56. 5, Colorado, MacKinnon 5 (Makar, Georgiev), 19:17 (pp).

Second Period: None.

Third Period: 6, Chicago, Donato 5, 19:02 (en). 7, Chicago, Mikheyev 1 (Dickinson, Donato), 19:41 (en).

Shots on goal: Chicago 12-5-9: 26. Colorado 7-10-9: 26.

Power-play opportunities: Chicago 1 of 3. Colorado 1 of 4.

Goalies: Chicago, Mrazek 3-5-0 (26 shots-24 saves). Colorado, Georgiev 1-4-0 (24-21).

A: 18,010 (18,007). T: 2:25.

Referees: Chris Lee, Kelly Sutherland; Linesmen: Caleb Apperson, Travis Toomey.