CHICAGO (AP) -- Tony Amonte picked a good time to break out of his scoring slump.

Amonte, Chicago's lone All-Star and scoreless in his last six games, had two goals and two assists to lead the Blackhawks to a 6-4 victory over the Colorado Avalanche on Thursday night.

	Chicago goalie Jocelyn Thibault stones Colorado's Adam Deadmarsh, left, on the doorstep.

"I was getting opportunities, but the shots weren't going into the net," said Amonte, who leads Chicago with 23 goals. "The first one tonight was a lucky tip. Those are the ones that usually get you going."

Amonte scored his first goal on a deflection with 4:46 left in the second period to snap a 2-all tie after Colorado had rebounded from a 2-0 deficit. He connected again with 5:26 left in the third after stealing the puck from Chris Drury.

Jean-Yves Leroux, Eric Daze, Doug Gilmour and Dean McAmmond also had goals for the Blackhawks, who ended a three-game losing streak by handing Colorado only its third loss in 15 games.

Drury, Peter Forsberg, Aaron Miller and Sandis Ozolinsh scored for the Avalanche, who were outshot 10-0 by Chicago in the opening seven minutes.

"We got off to a great start, then we didn't execute the way we like," said Blackhawks associate coach Lorne Molleken. "Then the guys went at it."

The Avalanche came back after falling behind 2-0 in the opening 5:22 on goals by Forsberg and Drury. However, goals late in the second period by Amonte and Gilmour, plus an early third-period score by McAmmond, put Chicago in control, 5-2.

Colorado coach Bob Hartley was upset with the poor support his team provided rookie goaltender Marc Denis, who faced 30 shots.

"We left him by himself," said Hartley. "We should have put him on a wall in front of five guys with shotguns. When you let guys like Amonte and Gilmour shoot from five, 10 feet in front of the net, you're going to have trouble."

Leroux started the scoring 57 seconds into the game when his shot off a centering pass from Josef Marha beat Denis. Daze made it 2-0 at 5:22.

Forsberg cut it to 2-1 with 26 seconds left in the first with a power-play goal. Drury tied it at 2-all at 10:22 of the second period, but goals by Amonte and Gilmour late in the period restored Chicago's lead to 4-2.

On a two-on-one break with Martin Skoula, Drury faked a pass and then fooled Jocelyn Thibault with a low shot just inside the goalpost.