Colorado Avalanche vs San Jose Sharks
Regular season · Friday, December 30, 2005 · HP Pavilion at San Jose
Game summary
The San Jose Sharks beat the Colorado Avalanche 5–2 on Friday, December 30, 2005 at HP Pavilion at San Jose. The Sharks outshot the Avalanche 43–22.
Joe Thornton scored twice. Joe Sakic, Alex Tanguay, Scott Thornton, Patrick Marleau and Jonathan Cheechoo also scored.
Scoring
1st period
Joe Sakic (17)Brett Clark (12), Milan Hejduk (17)1–004:00 COL · 
Joe Thornton (13)Nisse Ekman (4), Christian Ehrhoff (6)1–119:54 SJS ·
2nd period
- Joe Thornton (14)Nisse Ekman (5), Kyle McLaren (9)1–203:04 SJS
Alex Tanguay (13)Ian Laperriere (13), Brett McLean (8)2–205:41 COL
Scott Thornton (6)Unassisted2–314:16 SJS
3rd period
Patrick Marleau (15)Nisse Ekman (6), Jonathan Cheechoo (12)2–402:16 SJS · 
Jonathan Cheechoo (20)Nisse Ekman (7), Joe Thornton (40)2–505:23 SJS
Team stats
COLSJS
2243
53%47%
1/32/8
166
1715
815
310
25
Penalties
- 2:10 into the first period
Jim Fahey · hooking2 min - 4:34 into the first period
Ossi Vaananen · tripping2 min - 7:07 into the first periodRob Blake · holding2 min
- 10:55 into the first periodGrant Stevenson · hooking2 min
- 13:13 into the first periodAndrew Brunette · high sticking2 min
- 14:44 into the first periodBrett Clark · hooking2 min
- 18:56 into the first periodOssi Vaananen · interference2 min
- 0:49 into the third periodAndrew Brunette · holding the stick2 min
- 9:21 into the third periodPatrick Marleau · roughing2 min
- 15:44 into the third periodIan Laperriere · interference2 min
- 19:26 into the third periodBob Boughner · charging2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.