Corey Crawford stopped all but one of the 23 shots he faced as the Blackhawks edged the Avalanche, 2-1. Richard Panik and Artemi Panarin scored in the first for Chicago, which leads the Western Conference with 72 points. Gabriel Landeskog had Colorado's only goal midway through the first.
Calvin Pickard made 40 saves for the Avs, who are 6-and-4 in their last 10.
The Blackhawsk return to the ice on Thursday night at Arizona.