The Colorado Avalanche had 17 goals against the Chicago Blackhawks last season. Here are four of the best goals from that series.
The Colorado Avalanche beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3-1 during the 2017-18 season, which was a glorious thing. It was especially glorious when the Avalanche scored goals against the Hawks in Pepsi Center because then we didn’t have to hear all those invader fans cheering.
But it was glorious to watch them score goals in United Center, too, because the home fans didn’t like that too much.
Ah, it was just glorious to watch the Avs score 17 goals to the Blackhawks’ 6. And that discrepancy led to Colorado beating Chicago 3-1 in the series — technically, it was 3-0-1. Here are the exact results.
- Oct. 28, 2017 at Colorado: Colorado 6, Chicago 3
- Mar 6, 2018 at Chicago: Chicago 2, Colorado 1 (OT)
- Mar 20, 2018, at Chicago: Colorado 5, Chicago 1
- Mar 30, 2018, at Colorado: Colorado 5, Chicago 0
That shutout to end the series was lovely. The penultimate game was great, too, since it was the game that eliminated Chicago from playoff contention.
So, we have 17 goals from which to choose as the most incredible from last season. Major players such as Nathan MacKinnon (3 goals, 4 assists), Mikko Rantanen (3 goals, 3 assists) and Tyson Barrie (2 goals, 3 assists) were major factors.
Well, let’s look at what some of the top goals were for when the Colorado Avalanche played against their Central Division rival Chicago Blackhawks