RECAP: Blackhawks Can't Hold Off Avalanche in 2-0 Loss

The Blackhawks played a tight game against Colorado for much of the night, but in the end couldn't hold off the league-leading Avs, falling 2-0 at Ball Arena on Monday night.
Marc-Andre Fleury made 27 stops on 29 shots on the night, his ninth start in the last 10 games for the Blackhawks.

POSTGAME LINKS
GAMECENTER: CHI at COL
ANALYSIS: ANALYSIS: Blackhawks Drop Toe-to-Toe Tilt Against League-Leading Avs
HIGHLIGHTS: Blackhawks at Avalanche
GALLERY: Blackhawks at Avalanche
STAT OF THE NIGHT: Seth Jones logged a game-high 29:50 of ice time in the loss, his third-highest total this season the seventh time he's skated more than 29 minutes in 38 games.
UP NEXT: Chicago completes its three-game road trip on Wednesday night in Detroit in the final meeting of the year with the Red Wings.

GAME RECAP

CHI: 0, COL: 1

2nd - 11:24 - Nazem Kadri (Gabriel Landeskog, Cale Makar) -- PP

After a back-and-forth opening half of the game, the Avs opened the scoring on the power play just past the midpoint of the second. Gabriel Landeskog tee'd Nazem Kadri up at the top of the circle for a one-timer that squeaked under the arm of Marc-Andre Fleury and dribbled over the goal line by mere inches before Calvin de Haan could get a stick on it to clear.

CHI: 0, COL: 2

3rd - 6:41 - Mikko Rantanen (Gabriel Landeskog, Devon Toews)

The Avs made it 2-0 in the third as Mikko Rantanen got behind the Blackhawks defense on the weak side of the play, where Gabriel Landeskog threaded a pass to the winger. Rantanen, alone in tight on Marc-Andre Fleury, patiently waited as the netminder sprawled to slide across the crease, then sent a backhander skyward into to top of the net.