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02/28 19:54 CST Makar scores 2 goals as NHL-leading Avalanche beat Blackhawks
3-1
Makar scores 2 goals as NHL-leading Avalanche beat Blackhawks 3-1
By MICHAEL KELLY
Associated Press
DENVER (AP) --- Cale Makar scored two goals, Gavin Brindley had the go-ahead
score early in the third period and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Chicago
Blackhawks 3-1 on Saturday night.
Mackenzie Blackwood made 14 saves for Colorado, which killed off two penalties
early in the third period to bounce back from a disappointing loss to Minnesota
on Thursday night.
The Avalanche have an NHL-best 87 points and lead the Wild, who have played two
more games than Colorado, by seven points. Dallas entered Saturday night with
79 points before hosting Nashville.
Connor Bedard scored for Chicago, which has lost eight of nine and continues to
struggle to score. The Blackhawks have just 12 goals in their eight losses.
Spencer Knight made 32 saves for Chicago, which had just nine shots through the
first two periods.
Despite that, the game was tied entering the third and the Blackhawks went on
the power play early in the period. They had a couple of good scoring chances,
including a slap shot by Bedard that a sprawled-out Blackwood snared with his
glove.
After killing the penalty, Brindley scooped up a rebound near the crease and
beat a prone Knight with a wrister into the top of the net. Knight came off for
an extra skater with 2:05 remaining and Makar scored his 17th of the season
into the empty net at 18:33.
Chicago nearly scored 35 seconds after the opening faceoff before Bedard made
it 1-0 with a power-play goal at 6:31 of the first.
The Blackhawks' offense then went dormant, failing to put a shot on goal for
nearly 20 minutes and not recording one in the second period for the first 8:39.
Knight kept it a 1-0 game until Makar's goal at 19:51 of the second period tied
it.
Up next Blackhawks: At Utah on Sunday. Avalanche: At Los Angeles on Monday night. ___ AP NHL: https://apnews.com/hub/nhl
Up next Blackhawks: At Utah on Sunday. Avalanche: At Los Angeles on Monday night. ___ AP NHL: https://apnews.com/hub/nhl
