The first match up of the week, between these two teams, took place Wednesday night in Chicago. The Blackhawks topped the Avs, 3-2, scoring the winning goal with only 50 seconds left in regulation. Friday night would prove to be a whole different story altogether.
Chicago took the early lead with a goal by Johnathan Toews, only five minutes into the first. That didn't stop the Avs, they kept fighting and then Stastny broke through the wall 16 minutes into the first. Both teams skated off after the first, tied at one.
That soon changed when the Avalanche followed up a solid first period with an amazing second. The second period can be summed up with a constant swarm of Avalanche players, pelting Blackhawks goalie Corey Crawford shot after shot. Matt Duchene, John Mitchell, Ryan O'Reilly, and Jamie McGinn all finished the second period with a goal. The Blackhawks end the second trailing four goals to the Avalanche; the biggest spread that Chicago has had this season.
The Blackhawks went into the third attempting to make a much needed comeback, with a goal by Bickell early in the period. The Avs answered back as P.A. Parenteau hammered one in the net. As the third period drew to an end, the only thing you could hear throughout the Pepsi Center was the crowd chanting "end of streak."
The team that had not lost one game in regulation lost to the Colorado Avalanche Friday night, 6-2. This game will go down as one of the biggest upsets of the 2013 season, as the Colorado Avalanche become the first team to beat the Chicago Blackhawks in regulation.
Source: Mark Moser game broadcast
I watched the end of this with a Blackhawks fan. Needless to say, he left shortly after and we didn't see him for awhile. Thanks for the breakdown of the parts of the game I didn't see.
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