Avalanche v. Blackhawks - Scoring Chances #17

Tm	P	Time	Note	COL						Opponent
CHI	1	19:19		9	10	40	41	52	55	2	11	22	31	51	88	5v5
CHI	1	13:56		4	5	23	26	41	54	2	6	7	16	31	32	5v5
CHI	1	13:34	Goal	22	26	27	37	41		25	31	32	33	82	88	4v5
COL	1	12:20		22	23	26	27	41	54	2	7	16	31	32	88	5v5
CHI	1	9:26	Goal	22	23	26	27	41	54	2	7	16	31	32	88	5v5
COL	1	6:39		10	23	26	41	52		2	7	15	31	32		4v4
COL	1	1:26		5	8	27	37	40	41	2	7	22	31	32	82	5v5
COL	1	1:24	Goal	5	8	27	37	40	41	2	7	22	31	32	82	5v5
CHI	1	0:51		10	23	26	41	52	55	4	11	22	31	51	82	5v5
CHI	1	0:30		8	22	26	27	41	54	10	15	25	31	33	51	5v5
CHI	1	0:29		8	22	26	27	41	54	10	15	25	31	33	51	5v5
CHI	2	13:34		10	25	27	28	37	41	5	10	15	25	31	33	5v5
COL	2	12:18	Goal	22	27	41	54	55		25	31	32	33	82	88	4v5
COL	2	11:21		22	27	37	41	54		2	10	11	22	31	51	4v5
COL	2	11:20	Goal	22	27	37	41	54		2	10	11	22	31	51	4v5
CHI	2	7:57		5	10	15	25	37	41	10	15	25	31	51	88	5v5
CHI	2	7:41		5	10	15	25	37	41	2	10	15	31	51	88	5v5
CHI	2	4:42		22	41	52	54	55		25	31	32	51	82	88	4v5
CHI	2	3:21	Goal	5	8	9	10	23	41	4	10	16	31	46	51	5v5
CHI	2	0:16		8	22	25	27	37	41	4	10	15	31	33	51	5v5
COL	3	19:21		5	23	26	27	41		2	7	31	32	88		4v4
COL	3	17:38		5	10	23	26	40	41	2	7	11	31	46	82	5v5
COL	3	15:04		22	23	26	27	41	54	2	7	16	31	32	88	5v5
COL	3	15:02		22	23	26	27	41	54	2	7	16	31	32	88	5v5
CHI	3	11:34		23	26	27	41	52	54	5	25	29	31	32	88	5v5
CHI	3	11:24		23	26	27	41	52	54	5	6	25	29	31	46	5v5
COL	3	9:59		5	9	40	41	52	55	4	11	22	31	51	82	5v5
COL	3	9:15		8	10	15	22	37	41	5	10	15	25	31	33	5v5
COL	3	4:40		26	27	41	52	54	55	2	7	31	32	82	88	5v5
CHI	3	1:36		8	15	22	27	37	41	4	11	22	29	31	51	5v5
CHI	3	0:10		5	9	40	41	52	55	2	31	32	51	82	88	5v5
CHI	3	0:04		5	9	40	41	52	55	2	31	32	51	82	88	5v5
CHI	3	0:01		22	23	26	27	37	41	2	10	11	25	31	33	5v5
CHI	4	2:11		10	27	40	41	54		2	7	10	31	88		4v4

#	Player	EV			PP			SH
4	J. LILES	3:52	0	1	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
5	B. CLARK	21:38	5	6	1:26	0	0	1:22	0	0
8	W. WOLSKI	19:13	3	5	1:26	0	0	0:00	0	0
9	M. DUCHENE	16:11	1	4	0:34	0	0	0:39	0	0
10	K. CUMISKEY	20:43	3	7	0:38	0	0	1:09	0	0
11	P. DUPUIS	6:09	0	0	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
15	M. HENDRICKS	7:15	1	3	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
22	S. HANNAN	20:24	4	6	0:00	0	0	3:12	3	2
23	M. HEJDUK	18:50	6	7	0:34	0	0	0:27	0	0
25	C. STEWART	10:01	0	4	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
26	P. STASTNY	19:58	7	8	0:34	0	0	1:32	0	1
27	K. QUINCEY	27:02	7	10	1:22	0	0	1:39	3	1
28	D. KOCI	2:25	0	1	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
37	R. O'REILLY	16:42	3	6	1:26	0	0	1:48	2	1
40	M. SVATOS	15:44	4	4	1:26	0	0	0:00	0	0
41	C. ANDERSON	58:39	11	18	2:00	0	0	4:21	3	2
52	A. FOOTE	24:09	3	6	0:34	0	0	1:20	0	1
54	D. JONES	17:25	4	7	0:00	0	0	2:10	3	1
55	C. MCLEOD	16:34	2	4	0:00	0	0	2:06	1	1

Period	Totals		EV		PP		5v3 PP		SH		5v3 SH
1	4	7	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
2	3	6	0	5	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0
3	7	6	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	14	20	11	18	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0

This was a pretty uninspiring effort from the Avalanche with the exception of their work on the PK. The Blackhawks were playing the second half of a back-to-back and had travelled into Denver from Phoenix the night before. This means that the Avalanche have a much better chance of winning the game and, presumably because they should be outchancing their opponents. Instead, the Avalanche were outchanced 18-11 at EV and didn't get even one EV chance in the second period. This marks yet another game where, when the Avs are playing a quality opponent, they aren't able to get the better of the chances.

The PK, though, was great. Granted, they got scored on, but they also got a goal and really limited the Hawks on the few occasions they had the extra man. A big contributor on the PK was Ryan O'Reilly who also had his first two-goal game in the NHL. Although he wasn't phenemonal in this game he's held up much better than 18-year-old teammate Matt Duchene in terms of EV scoring chances (though Corsi says the exact opposite with Duchene at -13.8/60 and O'Reilly at -20.3/60). There was a bit of a funny comment from the Avalanche broadcast team about O'Reilly though. They said something to the effect of "He's not loading up in the third period when the Avs are up 5 to 1." Um... of course not? The Avalanche have had a four-goal lead exactly 0 times so far this season. So yeah. The idea that O'Reilly isn't wasting his goal production on "small goals" is dumb.

On the whole, this was another Avalanche victory where the other team controlled play. How long can this kind of thing go on? I'm not sure but I wouldn't bet on a whole season of it. That said, this nice long run has set the Avs up nicely for the battle for 7th and 8th that they're now sure to be a part of come March and April.