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Avalanche aim to extend winning streak

Oct 19, 2007 - 2:11 PM Colorado (4-2-0) at Chicago (3-3-0) 8:30 pm EDT

CHICAGO (Ticker) -- The Colorado Avalanche will try to push their winning streak to three games when they open a four-game road trip against the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday.

Colorado is coming off an exciting, 5-4, win in Calgary on Tuesday, when they erased a four-goal deficit before winning in the shootout. It was the team's largest rally since overcoming a five-goal deficit against Florida during the 1999 campaign.

Avalanche backup goaltender Jose Theodore stopped all 17 shots he faced in relief of Peter Budaj, who has been pulled twice despite his 3-1-0 mark this season.

Budaj has a 3-0-1 mark with an impressive 1.72 goal-against average in four career starts against Chicago, which had a two-game winning streak snapped Wednesday by the St. Louis Blues.

Jason Williams scored his second power-play goal and netminder Nikolai Khabibulin registered 23 saves in the 3-1 loss.

Colorado is 11-3-1 in the season series since the start of the 2002-03 campaign. The clubs split four meetings last season.