San Jose Sharks vs Colorado Avalanche
Regular season · Tuesday, January 26, 2021 · Ball Arena
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Game summary
The Colorado Avalanche beat the San Jose Sharks 7-3 on Tuesday, January 26, 2021 at Ball Arena. The Avalanche outshot the Sharks 42-30.
Brandon Saad scored twice. Ryan Donato, Joonas Donskoi, Mikko Rantanen, Valeri Nichushkin, Samuel Girard, Noah Gregor, Devon Toews and Logan Couture also scored.
Philipp Grubauer made 27 saves on 30 shots for the win; Martin Jones stopped 14 of 19.
Scoring
1st period
Ryan Donato (3)Kevin Labanc (3), Logan Couture (3)1–010:39 SJS
Joonas Donskoi (3)Erik Johnson (1), Valeri Nichushkin (1)1–116:15 COL
Brandon Saad (2)Cale Makar (6), Andre Burakovsky (2)1–217:01 COL
Mikko Rantanen (6)Nathan MacKinnon (7), Cale Makar (7)1–319:21 COL · PPG
2nd period
Valeri Nichushkin (1)Unassisted1–401:32 COL · SHG
Samuel Girard (1)Tyson Jost (1), Kiefer Sherwood (1)1–505:48 COL
Noah Gregor (2)Dylan Gambrell (1), Timo Meier (4)2–507:44 SJS
Devon Toews (3)Gabriel Landeskog (3), Cale Makar (8)2–613:30 COL- Brandon Saad (3)Andre Burakovsky (3), Nazem Kadri (2)2–715:01 COL
3rd period
Logan Couture (3)Ryan Donato (2), Kevin Labanc (4)3–712:43 SJS
Team stats
SJSCOL
30Shots on goal42
53%Faceoff %47%
0/5Power play1/5
10Penalty minutes20
14Hits12
14Blocked shots6
6Giveaways4
8Takeaways6
Penalties
- 1st 18:26
Nikolai Knyzhov · hooking2 min - 2nd 00:17
Brandon Saad · slashing2 min - 2nd 08:55Matt Nieto · hooking2 min
- 2nd 18:48Bench · bench2 min
- 3rd 01:33Evander Kane · tripping2 min
- 3rd 06:15Evander Kane · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 08:28Erik Johnson · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 13:44Ryan Graves · hooking2 min
- 3rd 18:22Ryan Graves · hooking2 min
- 3rd 18:22Ryan Graves · misconduct10 min
- 3rd 19:45J.T. Compher · cross checking2 min
Season series
San Jose Sharks
| 16Ryan DonatoC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 14:35 |
| 39Logan CoutureC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 17:56 |
| 62Kevin LabancR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 13:12 |
| 7Dylan GambrellC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 15:28 |
| 28Timo MeierR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 3 | 13:04 |
| 73Noah GregorC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 4 | 14:15 |
| 9Evander KaneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:55 |
| 12Patrick MarleauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 13:15 |
| 20Marcus SorensenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 13:40 |
| 43John LeonardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 12:00 |
| 48Tomas HertlC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:40 |
| 83Matt NietoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:39 |
| 38Mario FerraroD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 21:43 |
| 44Marc-Edouard VlasicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 20:13 |
| 51Radim SimekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:18 |
| 65Erik KarlssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:41 |
| 71Nikolai KnyzhovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:27 |
| 88Brent BurnsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 23:00 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Martin JonesG | L | 19 | 14 | 5 | .737 | 25:47 |
| 40Devan DubnykG | 23 | 21 | 2 | .913 | 34:12 |
Colorado Avalanche
| 8Cale MakarD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 2 | 20:18 |
| 13Valeri NichushkinR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 15:10 |
| 20Brandon SaadL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 16:04 |
| 95Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 13:41 |
| 17Tyson JostC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:49 |
| 29Nathan MacKinnonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 6 | 16:39 |
| 44Kiefer SherwoodL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 09:58 |
| 72Joonas DonskoiR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12:03 |
| 91Nazem KadriC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 16:20 |
| 92Gabriel LandeskogL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:45 |
| 96Mikko RantanenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 16:24 |
| 6Erik JohnsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 19:00 |
| 7Devon ToewsD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 20:50 |
| 49Samuel GirardD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:08 |
| 37J.T. CompherL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:08 |
| 41Pierre-Edouard BellemareL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 11:37 |
| 4Bowen ByramD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 21:14 |
| 27Ryan GravesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:00 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | W | 30 | 27 | 3 | .900 | 59:59 |
| 32Hunter MiskaG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |