Colorado created plenty, but Petr Mrazek made 36 saves to help the Chicago ... Trent Miner made his first career NHL start in net for the Avalanche and stopped 17 of 20 shots in the loss.
Mrazek is expected to start in Wednesday's home tilt against Colorado, per Charlie Roumeliotis ... for Mrazek to end that slump against the Avalanche, who rank fifth in goals per game with 3. ...
and the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-1 on Wednesday night. Frank Nazar and Ilya Mikheyev also scored for Chicago, which had lost six of seven. Petr Mrazek stopped 35 shots.