Colorado Avalanche vs San Jose Sharks

Regular season · Monday, March 26, 2012 · HP Pavilion at San Jose

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Final

SOG 32–36

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Game summary

The San Jose Sharks beat the Colorado Avalanche 5-1 on Monday, March 26, 2012 at HP Pavilion at San Jose. The Sharks outshot the Avalanche 36-32.

Joe Pavelski scored twice. Andrew Desjardins, Shane O'Brien, Torrey Mitchell and Ryane Clowe also scored.

Antti Niemi made 31 saves on 32 shots for the win; Semyon Varlamov stopped 31 of 35.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
COL	0	1	0	1	32
SJS	0	3	2	5	36

Three stars

Scoring

2nd period

Joe Pavelski (1)Justin Braun (1), Dan Boyle (1)0–103:50 SJS
Andrew Desjardins (1)Tommy Wingels (1), Dan Boyle (2)0–209:19 SJS
Shane O'Brien (1)Ryan O'Reilly (1), Gabriel Landeskog (1)1–211:47 COL
Torrey Mitchell (1)Michal Handzus (1), Dominic Moore (1)1–315:44 SJS

3rd period

Joe Pavelski (2)Logan Couture (1), Joe Thornton (1)1–400:35 SJS · PPG
Ryane Clowe (1)Martin Havlat (1)1–516:23 SJS · EN

Team stats

COLSJS

32Shots on goal36

48%Faceoff %52%

0/2Power play1/4

8Penalty minutes4

27Hits14

15Blocked shots27

10Giveaways14

5Takeaways18

Penalties

1st 09:25Shane O'Brien · roughing2 min
1st 12:49Ryan O'Byrne · slashing2 min
1st 18:33Marc-Edouard Vlasic · holding2 min
2nd 19:21Shane O'Brien · high sticking2 min
3rd 02:52Joe Pavelski · tripping2 min
3rd 05:40Cody McLeod · hooking2 min

Season series

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters

37Ryan O'ReillyC	0	1	1	+1	3	3	2	0	35	20:15
92Gabriel LandeskogL	0	1	1	+1	4	2	2	0	–	17:59
5Shane O'BrienD	1	0	1	-1	2	1	0	4	–	20:30
9Matt DucheneC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	70	11:04
11Jamie McGinnL	0	0	0	-4	4	2	0	0	–	15:15
16Jay McClementC	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	0	50	12:51
17Chuck KobasewR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	08:13
23Milan HejdukR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	15:12
26Paul StastnyC	0	0	0	-4	3	0	1	0	50	17:13
27Steve DownieR	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	17:48
40Mark OlverC	0	0	0	0	2	7	0	0	50	14:52
54David JonesR	0	0	0	-4	2	2	2	0	–	17:24
55Cody McLeodL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	–	09:39
3Ryan O'ByrneD	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	2	–	16:46
6Erik JohnsonD	0	0	0	-1	1	4	1	0	–	23:24
8Jan HejdaD	0	0	0	-2	1	2	0	0	–	17:53
22Matt HunwickD	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	19:03
44Ryan WilsonD	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	–	18:03

Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Semyon VarlamovG	L	35	31	4	.886	59:22
35Jean-Sebastien GiguereG		0	0	0	–	00:00

San Jose Sharks

San Jose Sharks skaters

8Joe PavelskiC	2	0	2	+1	3	0	1	2	31	17:21
22Dan BoyleD	0	2	2	+3	1	0	1	0	–	20:36
9Martin HavlatR	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	–	16:24
17Torrey MitchellC	1	0	1	+1	1	0	1	0	100	10:18
18Dominic MooreC	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	–	12:07
19Joe ThorntonC	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	82	18:29
26Michal HandzusC	0	1	1	+1	2	1	1	0	43	09:19
29Ryane CloweL	1	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	–	16:23
39Logan CoutureC	0	1	1	-1	3	0	1	0	47	15:37
57Tommy WingelsC	0	1	1	+1	2	3	2	0	50	15:20
69Andrew DesjardinsC	1	0	1	+1	4	1	2	0	53	15:39
61Justin BraunD	0	1	1	+3	0	3	3	0	–	18:48
12Patrick MarleauC	0	0	0	+2	4	0	1	0	50	17:56
34Daniel WinnikC	0	0	0	+1	2	1	1	0	–	15:33
3Douglas MurrayD	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	–	18:56
44Marc-Edouard VlasicD	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	2	–	17:44
60Jason DemersD	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	–	16:47
88Brent BurnsD	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	–	22:43

San Jose Sharks goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Thomas GreissG		0	0	0	–	00:00
31Antti NiemiG	W	32	31	1	.969	60:00