For a second consecutive game, a late Colorado Avalanche game-tying goal was reviewed and overturned. This time, there was no swift make-up goal to make the pain go away.
There is only pain for Alex Newhook, who had been bludgeoned in the face with a puck earlier but thought he had saved the Avs from embarrassment with 4:51 remaining — until a Chicago challenge revealed goalie interference on Mikko Rantanen. And there is only pain for the plummeting Avalanche after a 3-2 loss to the league’s worst team Thursday in Chicago.
The Blackhawks’ third consecutive win was the seventh loss in eight games for Colorado (20-17-3), which has lost as many games as it has won at the 40-game mark.
