San Jose Sharks vs Colorado Avalanche
Regular season · Sunday, December 17, 2023 · Ball Arena
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Game summary
The Colorado Avalanche beat the San Jose Sharks 6-2 on Sunday, December 17, 2023 at Ball Arena. The Avalanche outshot the Sharks 29-27.
Nathan MacKinnon scored twice and Tomas Hertl scored twice. Valeri Nichushkin, Mikko Rantanen, Miles Wood and Ryan Johansen also scored.
Alexandar Georgiev made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Mackenzie Blackwood stopped 23 of 28.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Valeri Nichushkin (13)Jonathan Drouin (7), Nathan MacKinnon (32)0–107:18 COL · PPG
Mikko Rantanen (15)Nathan MacKinnon (33), Devon Toews (12)0–212:15 COL · PPG
Miles Wood (6)Ross Colton (7), Jonathan Drouin (8)0–318:20 COL
2nd period
Nathan MacKinnon (13)Unassisted0–403:44 COL
Tomas Hertl (10)Mikael Granlund (17), Alexander Barabanov (4)1–409:01 SJS · PPG
3rd period
Ryan Johansen (10)Andrew Cogliano (6), Caleb Jones (3)1–509:01 COL- Tomas Hertl (11)William Eklund (8), Mikael Granlund (18)2–510:45 SJS · PPG
- Nathan MacKinnon (14)Unassisted2–615:11 COL · EN
Team stats
SJSCOL
27Shots on goal29
38%Faceoff %62%
2/4Power play2/4
31Penalty minutes30
29Hits20
15Blocked shots21
7Giveaways11
6Takeaways5
Penalties
- 1st 02:47
Jacob MacDonald · boarding5 min - 1st 02:47Jacob MacDonald · game misconduct10 min
- 1st 10:37Mario Ferraro · roughing2 min
- 1st 10:37Mario Ferraro · roughing2 min
- 1st 10:37
Kurtis MacDermid · roughing2 min - 1st 13:53Miles Wood · tripping2 min
- 1st 15:20Calen Addison · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 08:13Miles Wood · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 17:47Caleb Jones · tripping2 min
- 3rd 10:38Nathan MacKinnon · slashing2 min
- 3rd 19:33Jack Johnson · misconduct10 min
- 3rd 19:33Ryan Johansen · misconduct10 min
- 3rd 19:33Nikita Okhotiuk · misconduct10 min
Season series
San Jose Sharks
| 48Tomas HertlC | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 5 | 18:40 |
| 64Mikael GranlundC | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 3 | 20:08 |
| 72William EklundL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 20:21 |
| 94Alexander BarabanovL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 20:18 |
| 11Luke KuninC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:41 |
| 16Jack StudnickaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:18 |
| 18Filip ZadinaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 12:50 |
| 20Fabian ZetterlundL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 19:37 |
| 62Kevin LabancR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:14 |
| 68Mike HoffmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:41 |
| 90Justin BaileyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:40 |
| 3Henry ThrunD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:55 |
| 4Kyle BurroughsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 22:52 |
| 9Jacob MacDonaldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00:43 |
| 33Calen AddisonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 08:46 |
| 38Mario FerraroD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 23:35 |
| 83Nikita OkhotiukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 16:29 |
| 84Jan RuttaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:53 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mackenzie BlackwoodG | L | 28 | 23 | 5 | .821 | 59:41 |
| 36Kaapo KahkonenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Colorado Avalanche
| 29Nathan MacKinnonC | 2 | 2 | 4 | +2 | 4 | 21:07 |
| 27Jonathan DrouinL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 18:18 |
| 11Andrew CoglianoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 11:52 |
| 12Ryan JohansenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 12:36 |
| 13Valeri NichushkinR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 23:52 |
| 20Ross ColtonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:47 |
| 28Miles WoodL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:45 |
| 96Mikko RantanenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 22:52 |
| 7Devon ToewsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 23:42 |
| 82Caleb JonesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:24 |
| 22Fredrik OlofssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:21 |
| 25Logan O'ConnorR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:44 |
| 94Joel KivirantaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:53 |
| 3Jack JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:21 |
| 4Bowen ByramD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 22:02 |
| 42Josh MansonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | 19:39 |
| 56Kurtis MacDermidD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 09:09 |
| 70Sam MalinskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:41 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40Alexandar GeorgievG | W | 27 | 25 | 2 | .926 | 60:00 |
| 50Ivan ProsvetovG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |