The Avalanche opened the scoring with a power play goal from Nazem Kadri during the second half of the second period.
The Avalanche continued into the third period, with a patient goal from Mikko Rantanen.
Pavel Francouz secures the shutout with 24 saves, his second of the season.
The Avalanche and the Blackhawks will wrap up the series in Chicago on Friday Jan. 28.
THE GOALS
1st Period
No Scoring
2nd Period
11:24 COL (0-1) - PPG Nazem Kadri took a hard wrist shot from the top of the left circle. Marc-Andre Fleury seemed to have stopped the puck, but it slid under him and past the goal line.
3rd Period
6:41 COL (0-2) - Mikko Rantanen grabbed the puck right in front of the net, but held on to it just long enough to give a backhanded shot up and over Marc-Andre Fleury.
Final: Avalanche 2, Blackhawks 0
3 STARS
POWER PLAYS
Colorado: 1/2
Chicago: 0/1
GOALTENDING BATTLE
Colorado: Pavel Francouz allowed 0 goals on 24 shots.
Chicago: Marc-Andre Fleury allowed 2 goals on 29 shots.
STAT OF THE NIGHT
Nathan MacKinnon tallied his 384th career assist on Nazem Kadri's goal in the second period, this assist ties Anton Stastny for sixth place on the franchise leaderboard.
NOTEBOOK
The Colorado Avalanche extended the home win streak to 16 games, building on the franchise record. This home win streak is also tied for the fifth longest streak in NHL history. The Colorado Avalanche holds a 12-0-1 record in January, matching the franchise record for the most wins in a single month. The Avs also won 12 games in Mar. 2021 with a 12-2-3 record that month. With tonight's win this Avalanche team has surpassed the 60-point mark on the season faster than any other Colorado or Quebec team. The Avalanche holds a 17-0-0 record when leading after the first period and a 23-1-1 record when leading after the second.
On this day in Avalanche history (Jan. 24, 2007), Joe Sakic attended the NHL All-Star Game in Dallas as the captain of the Western Conference, this was his 12th and final All-Star Game.
ROSTER REPORT
Valeri Nichushkin returned to the squad on Jan. 22 after entering NHL's COVID protocol on Jan. 17.
INJURY UPDATE
Ryan Murray left the game on Jan. 14 and is still out with an upper-body injury. Darren Helm is considered week-to-week with a lower-body injury. Jacob MacDonald remains out with an upper-body injury he sustained on Dec. 12. Stefan Matteau is expected to be out for a few more weeks while he rehabs a lower-body injury from October 2021.
UP NEXT
The Colorado Avalanche will wrap up the home stand on Wednesday Jan. 26 with a contest against the Boston Bruins.
LINE COMBINATIONS
Based on the start of the game
Forwards
92 Landeskog - 29 MacKinnon - 96 Rantanen
13 Nichushkin - 91 Kadri - 95 Burakovsky
25 O'Connor - 18 Newhook - 37 Compher
16 Aube-Kubel - 11 Maltsev - 17 Jost
Defensemen
7 Toews - 8 Makar
3 J. Johnson - 49 Girard
56 MacDermid - 6 E. Johnson
Goaltenders
39 Francouz
35 Kuemper
