The Chicago Blackhawks are back at the stadium where they started this 2022-23 hockey season, visiting the Ball Arena in Denver to face the Colorado Avalanche.
When those two teams met in the season opener, Colorado was hanging a banner to commemorate its 2022 Stanley Cup Championship. The Avalanche won that game 5-2 but the Hawks evened the season series with a 3-2 win at home on Jan. 12.
View from the other side
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That loss to the Blackhawks might’ve been the rock-bottom moment for the Avalanche this season, which fell to a 20-17-3 record and was sitting outside of the playoff picture.