San Jose Sharks vs Colorado Avalanche
Regular season · Thursday, March 31, 2022 · Ball Arena
ALT · NBCSCA
Game summary
The Colorado Avalanche beat the San Jose Sharks 4-2 on Thursday, March 31, 2022 at Ball Arena. The Avalanche outshot the Sharks 46-27.
Goals came from Alex Newhook, Timo Meier, Darren Helm, Brent Burns, Mikko Rantanen and Andre Burakovsky.
Pavel Francouz made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Kaapo Kahkonen stopped 42 of 46.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Alex Newhook (12)Kurtis MacDermid (3), Erik Johnson (14)0–101:54 COL
Timo Meier (31)Tomas Hertl (30), Alexander Barabanov (27)1–112:09 SJS
3rd period
Darren Helm (6)Valeri Nichushkin (21)1–203:05 COL
Brent Burns (8)Tomas Hertl (31)2–206:29 SJS
Mikko Rantanen (34)Nazem Kadri (56), Cale Makar (51)2–312:17 COL · PPG
Andre Burakovsky (19)Erik Johnson (15), Nazem Kadri (57)2–415:16 COL
Team stats
SJSCOL
27Shots on goal46
37%Faceoff %63%
0/2Power play1/4
10Penalty minutes6
22Hits20
15Blocked shots9
5Giveaways2
6Takeaways6
Penalties
- 1st 08:28
Ryan Merkley · hooking2 min - 2nd 01:54Bench · delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min
- 2nd 08:06
Devon Toews · hooking2 min - 2nd 15:43J.T. Compher · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 3rd 11:09Nicolas Meloche · slashing2 min
- 3rd 17:30Alexander Barabanov · roughing2 min
- 3rd 17:30Cale Makar · roughing2 min
- 3rd 17:30Tomas Hertl · roughing2 min
Season series
San Jose Sharks
| 48Tomas HertlC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 21:26 |
| 28Timo MeierR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 19:18 |
| 94Alexander BarabanovL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 17:30 |
| 88Brent BurnsD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 26:28 |
| 13Nick BoninoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 14:03 |
| 39Logan CoutureC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:14 |
| 43John LeonardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 10:20 |
| 54Scott ReedyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 09:49 |
| 55Sasha ChmelevskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:13 |
| 63Jeffrey VielL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 08:17 |
| 73Noah GregorC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 12:45 |
| 83Matt NietoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:47 |
| 92Rudolfs BalcersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 11:32 |
| 6Ryan MerkleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:02 |
| 24Jaycob MegnaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22:33 |
| 44Marc-Edouard VlasicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:42 |
| 53Nicolas MelocheD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 17:35 |
| 65Erik KarlssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 21:27 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Kaapo KahkonenG | L | 46 | 42 | 4 | .913 | 59:51 |
| 47James ReimerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Colorado Avalanche
| 91Nazem KadriC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 8 | 17:40 |
| 6Erik JohnsonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 15:42 |
| 13Valeri NichushkinR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 21:49 |
| 18Alex NewhookC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 12:12 |
| 43Darren HelmC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 08:38 |
| 95Andre BurakovskyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 15:46 |
| 96Mikko RantanenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 23:09 |
| 8Cale MakarD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 26:45 |
| 56Kurtis MacDermidD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 09:16 |
| 11Andrew CoglianoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:09 |
| 25Logan O'ConnorR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 09:38 |
| 29Nathan MacKinnonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:38 |
| 37J.T. CompherL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:51 |
| 62Artturi LehkonenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:59 |
| 78Nico SturmC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 10:56 |
| 3Jack JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:37 |
| 7Devon ToewsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 27:36 |
| 42Josh MansonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 15:39 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Darcy KuemperG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 39Pavel FrancouzG | W | 27 | 25 | 2 | .926 | 60:00 |