Colorado Avalanche vs San Jose Sharks
Regular season · Monday, March 1, 2021 · SAP Center at San Jose
NBCSCA · ALT2
Game summary
The San Jose Sharks beat the Colorado Avalanche 6-2 on Monday, March 1, 2021 at SAP Center at San Jose. The Avalanche outshot the Sharks 35-27.
Goals came from Samuel Girard, Gabriel Landeskog, Radim Simek, Kevin Labanc, Rudolfs Balcers, Erik Karlsson, John Leonard and Evander Kane.
Martin Jones made 33 saves on 35 shots for the win; Philipp Grubauer stopped 21 of 26.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Samuel Girard (3)Andre Burakovsky (8), Devon Toews (5)1–018:32 COL
2nd period
Gabriel Landeskog (5)Nazem Kadri (7), Nathan MacKinnon (16)2–004:21 COL · PPG
Radim Simek (1)Marc-Edouard Vlasic (3), Rudolfs Balcers (4)2–106:13 SJS
Kevin Labanc (4)Evander Kane (9), Logan Couture (8)2–216:48 SJS
3rd period
Rudolfs Balcers (2)Dylan Gambrell (4), Timo Meier (8)2–304:18 SJS
Erik Karlsson (1)Evander Kane (10), Timo Meier (9)2–407:53 SJS · PPG
John Leonard (3)Timo Meier (10)2–510:11 SJS
Evander Kane (8)Brent Burns (7)2–618:53 SJS · EN
Team stats
COLSJS
35Shots on goal27
59%Faceoff %41%
1/4Power play1/3
8Penalty minutes10
21Hits13
9Blocked shots13
8Giveaways8
11Takeaways11
Penalties
- 1st 01:46
Nikolai Knyzhov · holding2 min - 1st 10:35
Devon Toews · interference2 min - 1st 14:23Valeri Nichushkin · hooking2 min
- 1st 16:30Mario Ferraro · tripping2 min
- 2nd 03:02Alexander True · tripping2 min
- 2nd 07:45Alexander True · hooking2 min
- 3rd 06:36Mikko Rantanen · interference2 min
- 3rd 17:48Nazem Kadri · roughing2 min
- 3rd 17:48Ryan Donato · roughing2 min
Season series
Colorado Avalanche
| 29Nathan MacKinnonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 6 | 22:28 |
| 91Nazem KadriC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 7 | 17:34 |
| 92Gabriel LandeskogL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 22:13 |
| 95Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:36 |
| 7Devon ToewsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 27:02 |
| 49Samuel GirardD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 1 | 25:41 |
| 13Valeri NichushkinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 11:40 |
| 17Tyson JostC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 12:33 |
| 20Brandon SaadL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 13:12 |
| 25Logan O'ConnorR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 10:42 |
| 37J.T. CompherL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:17 |
| 41Pierre-Edouard BellemareL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 11:09 |
| 72Joonas DonskoiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 11:42 |
| 96Mikko RantanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 21:14 |
| 2Dan RenoufD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 10:41 |
| 22Conor TimminsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:29 |
| 27Ryan GravesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 1 | 20:27 |
| 34Jacob MacDonaldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:02 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | L | 26 | 21 | 5 | .808 | 59:01 |
| 32Hunter MiskaG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
San Jose Sharks
| 9Evander KaneL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 5 | 19:48 |
| 28Timo MeierR | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 2 | 17:00 |
| 92Rudolfs BalcersL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 14:01 |
| 7Dylan GambrellC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 18:32 |
| 39Logan CoutureC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:21 |
| 43John LeonardL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:49 |
| 62Kevin LabancR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:41 |
| 44Marc-Edouard VlasicD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:08 |
| 51Radim SimekD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:08 |
| 65Erik KarlssonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 3 | 22:33 |
| 88Brent BurnsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 28:31 |
| 12Patrick MarleauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 15:28 |
| 16Ryan DonatoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:56 |
| 20Marcus SorensenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 07:45 |
| 70Alexander TrueC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 06:29 |
| 83Matt NietoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:47 |
| 38Mario FerraroD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:53 |
| 71Nikolai KnyzhovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | 13:51 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Martin JonesG | W | 35 | 33 | 2 | .943 | 60:00 |
| 40Devan DubnykG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |