Colorado Avalanche vs San Jose Sharks
Regular season · Sunday, March 8, 2020 · SAP Center at San Jose
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Game summary
The Colorado Avalanche beat the San Jose Sharks 4–3 on Sunday, March 8, 2020 at SAP Center at San Jose. The Sharks outshot the Avalanche 25–24.
Goals came from Joe Thornton, Nathan MacKinnon, Gabriel Landeskog, Melker Karlsson, Vladislav Namestnikov, Joonas Donskoi and Noah Gregor.
Pavel Francouz made 22 saves on 25 shots for the win; Martin Jones stopped 20 of 24.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Joe Thornton (7)Evander Kane (20), Timo Meier (25)0–111:16 SJS · 
Nathan MacKinnon (35)Gabriel Landeskog (20), J.T. Compher (19)1–116:17 COL ·
2nd period
Gabriel Landeskog (21)Nathan MacKinnon (57), Vladislav Namestnikov (14)2–101:59 COL
Melker Karlsson (6)Marcus Sorensen (11)2–203:41 SJS
Vladislav Namestnikov (16)Gabriel Landeskog (21), Nathan MacKinnon (58)3–208:41 COL
3rd period
Joonas Donskoi (16)J.T. Compher (20), Erik Johnson (13)4–215:27 COL
Noah Gregor (3)Timo Meier (26), Kevin Labanc (19)4–319:16 SJS ·
Team stats
COLSJS
2425
60%40%
1/42/4
88
2137
1118
613
912
Penalties
- 10:33 into the first period
Vladislav Kamenev · interference2 min - 15:04 into the first period
Evander Kane · cross checking2 min - 19:40 into the first periodIan Cole · hooking2 min
- 15:35 into the second periodMelker Karlsson · slashing2 min
- 16:53 into the second periodTimo Meier · hooking2 min
- 0:49 into the third periodJoe Thornton · interference2 min
- 4:53 into the third periodVladislav Namestnikov · holding2 min
- 18:13 into the third periodIan Cole · high sticking2 min
Season series
Colorado Avalanche
| 29Nathan MacKinnonC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 2 | 21:50 |
| 92Gabriel LandeskogL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 2 | 22:06 |
| 37J.T. CompherL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 19:59 |
| 90Vladislav NamestnikovC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 18:04 |
| 72Joonas DonskoiR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:01 |
| 6Erik JohnsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 23:53 |
| 13Valeri NichushkinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | 12:43 |
| 15Sheldon DriesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:37 |
| 17Tyson JostC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 18:27 |
| 25Logan O'ConnorR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:23 |
| 41Pierre-Edouard BellemareL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 14:38 |
| 81Vladislav KamenevC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:14 |
| 83Matt NietoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:26 |
| 7Kevin ConnautonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 12:41 |
| 27Ryan GravesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 22:50 |
| 28Ian ColeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:00 |
| 44Mark BarberioD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:00 |
| 49Samuel GirardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | 22:22 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Michael HutchinsonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 39Pavel FrancouzG | W | 25 | 3 | .880 |
San Jose Sharks
| 28Timo MeierR | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 4 | 19:53 |
| 9Evander KaneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 5 | 20:34 |
| 19Joe ThorntonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 21:05 |
| 20Marcus SorensenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:00 |
| 62Kevin LabancR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:04 |
| 68Melker KarlssonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:38 |
| 73Noah GregorC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 14:28 |
| 7Dylan GambrellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:25 |
| 11Stefan NoesenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:10 |
| 39Logan CoutureC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:07 |
| 45Lean BergmannC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 09:14 |
| 46Joel KellmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 14:50 |
| 21Brandon DavidsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:42 |
| 44Marc-Edouard VlasicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:35 |
| 51Radim SimekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 23:14 |
| 71Nikolai KnyzhovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:03 |
| 72Tim HeedD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 16:47 |
| 88Brent BurnsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 31:08 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Aaron DellG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Martin JonesG | L | 24 | 4 | .833 |