Colorado Avalanche vs San Jose Sharks

Regular season · Friday, March 18, 2022 · SAP Center at San Jose

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5–3

Final

SOG 29–28

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Game summary

The Colorado Avalanche beat the San Jose Sharks 5-3 on Friday, March 18, 2022 at SAP Center at San Jose. The Avalanche outshot the Sharks 29-28.

Valeri Nichushkin scored twice. Nazem Kadri, Darren Helm, Cale Makar, Jeffrey Viel, Rudolfs Balcers and Erik Karlsson also scored.

Pavel Francouz made 25 saves on 28 shots for the win; Zach Sawchenko stopped 24 of 28.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
COL	2	2	1	5	29
SJS	0	1	2	3	28

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Nazem Kadri (23)Mikko Rantanen (43), Cale Makar (46)1–010:18 COL · PPG
Darren Helm (5)Andre Burakovsky (28)2–014:14 COL

2nd period

Cale Makar (22)Nathan MacKinnon (43), Devon Toews (34)3–000:34 COL
Valeri Nichushkin (16)Cale Makar (47), Nathan MacKinnon (44)4–015:29 COL
Jeffrey Viel (3)Marc-Edouard Vlasic (11), Nicolas Meloche (4)4–119:19 SJS

3rd period

Rudolfs Balcers (7)Alexander Barabanov (22), Tomas Hertl (24)4–213:02 SJS
Erik Karlsson (9)Logan Couture (25)4–318:35 SJS
Valeri Nichushkin (17)Nathan MacKinnon (45), Mikko Rantanen (44)5–319:45 COL · EN

Team stats

COLSJS

29Shots on goal28

46%Faceoff %54%

1/1Power play0/5

17Penalty minutes9

11Hits20

11Blocked shots12

7Giveaways8

11Takeaways13

Penalties

1st 06:20Josh Manson · tripping2 min
1st 09:12Jeffrey Viel · hooking2 min
1st 11:41Kurtis MacDermid · fighting5 min
1st 11:41Jake Middleton · fighting5 min
1st 19:49J.T. Compher · roughing2 min
1st 19:49Marc-Edouard Vlasic · roughing2 min
2nd 04:33Nathan MacKinnon · hooking2 min
2nd 11:13Devon Toews · hooking2 min
2nd 15:39Jack Johnson · holding2 min
3rd 03:55Andre Burakovsky · slashing2 min

Season series

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters

29Nathan MacKinnonC	0	3	3	+2	0	0	1	2	40	18:43
8Cale MakarD	1	2	3	+1	3	1	1	0	–	27:34
13Valeri NichushkinR	2	0	2	0	4	1	1	0	–	21:10
96Mikko RantanenR	0	2	2	+1	0	0	0	0	–	17:47
43Darren HelmC	1	0	1	+1	2	0	1	0	57	12:55
91Nazem KadriC	1	0	1	-2	3	0	1	0	46	14:29
95Andre BurakovskyL	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	–	12:42
7Devon ToewsD	0	1	1	+1	3	0	0	2	–	27:31
16Nicolas Aube-KubelR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	07:06
18Alex NewhookC	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	–	12:40
25Logan O'ConnorR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	14:49
37J.T. CompherL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	43	16:16
78Nico SturmC	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	75	15:07
3Jack JohnsonD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	–	15:15
6Erik JohnsonD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	3	0	–	15:02
28Ryan MurrayD	0	0	0	+1	1	2	3	0	–	17:27
42Josh MansonD	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	–	16:30
56Kurtis MacDermidD	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	–	04:56

Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Darcy KuemperG		0	0	0	–	00:00
39Pavel FrancouzG	W	28	25	3	.893	60:00

San Jose Sharks

San Jose Sharks skaters

39Logan CoutureC	0	1	1	-2	3	1	0	0	55	21:28
48Tomas HertlC	0	1	1	+2	2	2	0	0	58	21:52
63Jeffrey VielL	1	0	1	0	3	2	0	2	100	09:56
92Rudolfs BalcersL	1	0	1	+1	3	2	1	0	–	14:10
94Alexander BarabanovL	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	–	18:18
44Marc-Edouard VlasicD	0	1	1	+2	0	1	1	2	–	13:46
53Nicolas MelocheD	0	1	1	+1	0	6	0	0	–	15:06
65Erik KarlssonD	1	0	1	-2	1	0	0	0	–	26:09
11Andrew CoglianoC	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	–	10:41
13Nick BoninoC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	40	14:07
28Timo MeierR	0	0	0	-3	5	0	1	0	–	21:28
42Jonah GadjovichL	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	08:57
54Scott ReedyC	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	50	17:03
76Jonathan DahlenC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	13:28
83Matt NietoL	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	–	11:39
21Jake MiddletonD	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	5	–	14:44
24Jaycob MegnaD	0	0	0	-1	1	2	2	0	–	17:42
88Brent BurnsD	0	0	0	-2	3	0	3	0	–	29:12

San Jose Sharks goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
36Zach SawchenkoG	L	28	24	4	.857	57:08
47James ReimerG		0	0	0	–	00:00