Colorado Avalanche vs San Jose Sharks
Regular season · Monday, December 28, 2015 · SAP Center at San Jose
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Game summary
The Colorado Avalanche beat the San Jose Sharks 6-3 on Monday, December 28, 2015 at SAP Center at San Jose. The Sharks outshot the Avalanche 38-26.
Nathan MacKinnon scored a hat trick. Patrick Marleau, Carl Soderberg, Matt Duchene, Melker Karlsson, Blake Comeau and Tomas Hertl also scored.
Calvin Pickard made 35 saves on 38 shots for the win; Martin Jones stopped 20 of 25.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Nathan MacKinnon (11)Carl Soderberg (18), Jarome Iginla (10)1–008:46 COL · PPG
Patrick Marleau (14)Joel Ward (14)1–110:07 SJS
Carl Soderberg (6)Francois Beauchemin (15), Alex Tanguay (9)2–114:28 COL · PPG
2nd period
Matt Duchene (17)John Mitchell (4), Andreas Martinsen (4)3–111:19 COL
Melker Karlsson (4)Joe Thornton (18), Marc-Edouard Vlasic (11)3–213:58 SJS
3rd period
Blake Comeau (6)Erik Johnson (8), Tyson Barrie (19)4–207:09 COL · PPG
Tomas Hertl (4)Mike Brown (1), Brent Burns (18)4–308:07 SJS- Nathan MacKinnon (12)Carl Soderberg (19), Alex Tanguay (10)5–308:44 COL · PPG
- Nathan MacKinnon (13)Unassisted6–318:32 COL · EN
Team stats
COLSJS
26Shots on goal38
44%Faceoff %56%
4/6Power play0/3
6Penalty minutes12
20Hits16
26Blocked shots7
15Giveaways14
8Takeaways13
Penalties
- 1st 05:33
Tomas Hertl · hooking2 min - 1st 07:58Joe Thornton · tripping2 min
- 1st 10:31Brenden Dillon · hooking2 min
- 1st 13:41Paul Martin · hooking2 min
- 2nd 05:01
Blake Comeau · hooking2 min - 2nd 08:15Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 3rd 05:11Brent Burns · holding2 min
- 3rd 08:23Tommy Wingels · hooking2 min
- 3rd 14:04Jarome Iginla · hooking2 min
Season series
Colorado Avalanche
| 29Nathan MacKinnonC | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 18:12 |
| 34Carl SoderbergC | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 18:18 |
| 40Alex TanguayL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17:18 |
| 7John MitchellC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:10 |
| 9Matt DucheneC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17:21 |
| 12Jarome IginlaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:50 |
| 14Blake ComeauL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 18:32 |
| 27Andreas MartinsenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:57 |
| 4Tyson BarrieD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 21:57 |
| 6Erik JohnsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 23:29 |
| 32Francois BeaucheminD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 27:07 |
| 8Jack SkilleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 07:37 |
| 25Mikhail GrigorenkoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 08:33 |
| 55Cody McLeodL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 08:55 |
| 92Gabriel LandeskogL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:06 |
| 2Nick HoldenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:57 |
| 22Zach RedmondD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 09:37 |
| 46Brandon GormleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 10:05 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Semyon VarlamovG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 31Calvin PickardG | W | 38 | 35 | 3 | .921 | 59:59 |
San Jose Sharks
| 12Patrick MarleauC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 19:15 |
| 18Mike BrownR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 07:18 |
| 19Joe ThorntonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19:44 |
| 42Joel WardR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:25 |
| 48Tomas HertlC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 11:10 |
| 68Melker KarlssonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 12:35 |
| 44Marc-Edouard VlasicD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23:03 |
| 88Brent BurnsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 24:38 |
| 8Joe PavelskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:31 |
| 9Dainius ZubrusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:40 |
| 27Joonas DonskoiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 14:11 |
| 50Chris TierneyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 12:17 |
| 57Tommy WingelsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 5 | 16:23 |
| 83Matt NietoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 13:17 |
| 4Brenden DillonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:36 |
| 7Paul MartinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:11 |
| 61Justin BraunD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:47 |
| 74Dylan DeMeloD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 11:35 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Martin JonesG | L | 25 | 20 | 5 | .800 | 58:30 |
| 32Alex StalockG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |