Colorado Avalanche vs San Jose Sharks
Regular season · Thursday, December 15, 2011 · HP Pavilion at San Jose
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Game summary
The San Jose Sharks beat the Colorado Avalanche 5-4 on Thursday, December 15, 2011 at HP Pavilion at San Jose. The Sharks outshot the Avalanche 34-27.
Paul Stastny scored twice. Ryane Clowe, Ryan O'Reilly, Michal Handzus, Daniel Winnik, Brent Burns, Joe Pavelski and Logan Couture also scored.
Antti Niemi made 23 saves on 27 shots for the win; Semyon Varlamov stopped 29 of 34.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Ryane Clowe (1)Logan Couture (1)0–102:30 SJS
Paul Stastny (1)Erik Johnson (1)1–105:51 COL · PPG
Ryan O'Reilly (1)Stefan Elliott (1), Milan Hejduk (1)2–119:49 COL · PPG
2nd period
Michal Handzus (1)Martin Havlat (1), Jamie McGinn (1)2–201:12 SJS- Paul Stastny (2)Daniel Winnik (1), Matt Duchene (1)3–203:01 COL
Daniel Winnik (1)Paul Stastny (1), David Van Der Gulik (1)4–218:21 COL
3rd period
Brent Burns (1)Martin Havlat (2)4–307:00 SJS
Joe Pavelski (1)Jason Demers (1), Joe Thornton (1)4–408:29 SJS
Logan Couture (1)Patrick Marleau (1), Marc-Edouard Vlasic (1)4–511:29 SJS
Team stats
COLSJS
27Shots on goal34
45%Faceoff %55%
2/3Power play0/3
16Penalty minutes16
27Hits11
24Blocked shots12
9Giveaways19
5Takeaways10
Penalties
- 1st 02:09
Brad Winchester · fighting5 min - 1st 02:09
Cody McLeod · fighting5 min - 1st 05:18Patrick Marleau · holding2 min
- 1st 09:32Kyle Quincey · closing hand on puck2 min
- 1st 18:50Brent Burns · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 04:20David Van Der Gulik · tripping2 min
- 2nd 07:25Daniel Winnik · fighting5 min
- 2nd 07:25Ryane Clowe · fighting5 min
- 3rd 08:54Justin Braun · boarding2 min
- 3rd 14:54Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
Season series
Colorado Avalanche
| 26Paul StastnyC | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 20:21 |
| 34Daniel WinnikC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 20:23 |
| 7David Van Der GulikL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10:46 |
| 9Matt DucheneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 20:57 |
| 23Milan HejdukR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 19:16 |
| 37Ryan O'ReillyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 20:22 |
| 6Erik JohnsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22:07 |
| 46Stefan ElliottD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 18:44 |
| 16Jay McClementC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 14:56 |
| 39TJ GaliardiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 14:34 |
| 42Brad MaloneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 07:27 |
| 47Evan BropheyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 04:03 |
| 55Cody McLeodL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:10 |
| 92Gabriel LandeskogL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:58 |
| 3Ryan O'ByrneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 18:09 |
| 5Shane O'BrienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:38 |
| 8Jan HejdaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 18:58 |
| 27Kyle QuinceyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:10 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Semyon VarlamovG | L | 34 | 29 | 5 | .853 | 59:01 |
| 35Jean-Sebastien GiguereG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
San Jose Sharks
| 9Martin HavlatR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 17:50 |
| 39Logan CoutureC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 4 | 18:22 |
| 8Joe PavelskiC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 19:16 |
| 12Patrick MarleauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 4 | 19:01 |
| 19Joe ThorntonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 21:17 |
| 26Michal HandzusC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:50 |
| 29Ryane CloweL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 17:00 |
| 64Jamie McGinnL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:36 |
| 44Marc-Edouard VlasicD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24:24 |
| 60Jason DemersD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:05 |
| 88Brent BurnsD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 4 | 19:06 |
| 10Brad WinchesterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:54 |
| 17Torrey MitchellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:06 |
| 28Andrew MurrayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:26 |
| 69Andrew DesjardinsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:46 |
| 5Colin WhiteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 16:26 |
| 22Dan BoyleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26:23 |
| 61Justin BraunD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:40 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Thomas GreissG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 31Antti NiemiG | W | 27 | 23 | 4 | .852 | 60:00 |