Blackhawks Game Day: Colorado Visits the United Center Monday Night With Chicago Looking Up at the Central
Puck drop is 7 p.m. CT at the United Center on ESPN+. Colorado arrives 8-5-1; Chicago is 4-9-1 and at home against a division rival.
Chicago's home stand continues with its hardest test of the week. The Blackhawks host the Colorado Avalanche on Monday night at the United Center, with puck drop at 7:00 p.m. CT (8:00 p.m. ET) on ESPN+, according to the league schedule listings read this run.
The records frame the night: Colorado is 8-5-1 and Chicago is 4-9-1, per FanDuel's game page, and the Avalanche are the favorites on the road with a 6.5-goal total listed for the game. Colorado is one of the seven Central Division rivals Chicago plays four times this season, so Monday is also a standings game, not just a measuring stick.
For the Blackhawks, a home game against a division opponent above them in the table is the kind of night that has to produce points if the early-season hole is going to close. The listings read this run carry no final lineup or goaltender confirmation for either side; those come with the teams' game-day announcements, and this file reports only what the schedule and game pages confirm.
