The Blackhawks followed two of their best games, a home-and-home with the Stars, with one of their worst, losing 5-2 to the Avalanche on Friday at the United Center.
The game started out poorly, and the Blackhawks never got back on the right track. Patrick Kane gave up a giveaway to J.T. Compher within the first minute of the game, and Nathan MacKinnon tipped it in at the net-front to make it a 1-0 game.
About two minutes later, Ryan Graves would get another goal for the Avalanche as Corey Crawford couldn’t slide quick enough to defend a rebound.