CHICAGO — For the second straight game, the Colorado Avalanche started slow and didn’t generate a lot of offense.
For the second consecutive night, it still didn’t matter for the hottest team in hockey. Scott Wedgewood made 22 saves Sunday night, including 11 during a lackluster first period by the skaters in front of him, and the Avs fended off the Chicago Blackhawks, 1-0, at United Center.
Mackenzie Blackwood pitched the Avs’ first shutout of the season Saturday night in Nashville. Wedgewood matched him Sunday, marking the first time in franchise history the Avalanche has had shutouts in back-to-back calendar days.