San Jose Sharks vs Colorado Avalanche
Regular season · Sunday, December 31, 2023 · Ball Arena
ALT · NBCSCA
Game summary
The Colorado Avalanche beat the San Jose Sharks 3-1 on Sunday, December 31, 2023 at Ball Arena. The Avalanche outshot the Sharks 33-11.
Goals came from Mikko Rantanen, Tomas Hertl, Valeri Nichushkin and Josh Manson.
Alexandar Georgiev made 10 saves on 11 shots for the win; Kaapo Kahkonen stopped 30 of 32.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Mikko Rantanen (19)Nathan MacKinnon (38), Valeri Nichushkin (19)0–106:58 COL · PPG
2nd period
Tomas Hertl (13)Mikael Granlund (20), Calen Addison (11)1–116:53 SJS · PPG
3rd period
Valeri Nichushkin (17)Jack Johnson (5), Nathan MacKinnon (39)1–216:31 COL
Josh Manson (4)Devon Toews (16), Ryan Johansen (4)1–318:53 COL · SHG · EN
Team stats
SJSCOL
11Shots on goal33
55%Faceoff %45%
1/3Power play1/6
24Penalty minutes8
21Hits24
28Blocked shots10
0Giveaways4
3Takeaways8
Penalties
- 1st 05:55
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 2nd 00:51
Miles Wood · interference2 min - 2nd 02:40Anthony Duclair · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 11:28Josh Manson · roughing2 min
- 2nd 11:28Luke Kunin · roughing2 min
- 2nd 12:10Fabian Zetterlund · slashing2 min
- 2nd 16:45Jonathan Drouin · hooking2 min
- 3rd 03:07Calen Addison · holding the stick2 min
- 3rd 04:21Mikael Granlund · tripping2 min
- 3rd 16:44Anthony Duclair · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 16:58Cale Makar · tripping2 min
- 3rd 18:53Tomas Hertl · misconduct10 min
Season series
San Jose Sharks
| 48Tomas HertlC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 18:25 |
| 64Mikael GranlundC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 20:53 |
| 33Calen AddisonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:11 |
| 10Anthony DuclairL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:21 |
| 11Luke KuninC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:04 |
| 16Jack StudnickaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 10:59 |
| 18Filip ZadinaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:33 |
| 20Fabian ZetterlundL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:40 |
| 22Ryan CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:06 |
| 68Mike HoffmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:06 |
| 72William EklundL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:54 |
| 90Justin BaileyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:37 |
| 94Alexander BarabanovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 13:35 |
| 3Henry ThrunD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 25:07 |
| 6Ty EmbersonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24:21 |
| 38Mario FerraroD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:09 |
| 83Nikita OkhotiukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:51 |
| 84Jan RuttaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24:10 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mackenzie BlackwoodG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 36Kaapo KahkonenG | L | 32 | 30 | 2 | .938 | 58:55 |
Colorado Avalanche
| 13Valeri NichushkinR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 22:59 |
| 29Nathan MacKinnonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 25:50 |
| 12Ryan JohansenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 14:12 |
| 96Mikko RantanenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 24:49 |
| 3Jack JohnsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:58 |
| 7Devon ToewsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 24:15 |
| 42Josh MansonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:25 |
| 11Andrew CoglianoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:51 |
| 22Fredrik OlofssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:09 |
| 25Logan O'ConnorR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:26 |
| 27Jonathan DrouinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:52 |
| 28Miles WoodL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 13:48 |
| 59Ben MeyersC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:51 |
| 94Joel KivirantaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:56 |
| 4Bowen ByramD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:50 |
| 8Cale MakarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 25:12 |
| 49Samuel GirardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 16:18 |
| 56Kurtis MacDermidD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:23 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40Alexandar GeorgievG | W | 11 | 10 | 1 | .909 | 59:48 |
| 50Ivan ProsvetovG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |