San Jose Sharks vs Colorado Avalanche

Regular season · Thursday, March 6, 2025 · Ball Arena

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Final

SOG 34–32

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Game summary

The Colorado Avalanche beat the San Jose Sharks 7-3 on Thursday, March 6, 2025 at Ball Arena. The Sharks outshot the Avalanche 34-32.

Cale Makar scored twice and Nathan MacKinnon scored twice. Joel Kiviranta, Fabian Zetterlund, Jonathan Drouin, Martin Necas, Macklin Celebrini and William Eklund also scored.

Mackenzie Blackwood made 31 saves on 34 shots for the win; Alexandar Georgiev stopped 25 of 32.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
SJS	1	0	2	3	34
COL	3	2	2	7	32

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Joel Kiviranta (12)Cale Makar (47)Toffoli 1:20 into shift0–104:19 COL · SHG
Cale Makar (23)Jonathan Drouin (19), Nathan MacKinnon (71)Ferraro 1:39 into shift0–206:43 COL · PPG
Fabian Zetterlund (17)Collin Graf (5)Lindgren 1:11 into shift1–210:08 SJS · PPG
Jonathan Drouin (8)Martin Necas (49), Artturi Lehkonen (12)Ferraro 2:37 into shift1–319:57 COL · PPG

2nd period

Martin Necas (21)Cale Makar (48), Nathan MacKinnon (72)1–400:40 COL · PPG
Nathan MacKinnon (24)Cale Makar (49), Josh Manson (13)Ferraro 1:18 into shift1–510:54 COL

3rd period

Nathan MacKinnon (25)Artturi Lehkonen (13), Cale Makar (50)Vlasic 1:33 into shift1–605:21 COL
Macklin Celebrini (20)Will Smith (20), William Eklund (34)2–608:10 SJS · PPG
Cale Makar (24)Nathan MacKinnon (73), Devon Toews (23)2–709:00 COL
William Eklund (14)Tyler Toffoli (19), Alexander Wennberg (21)3–717:24 SJS

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

2:37

1–3 · 1st 19:57 · Drouin. Ferraro was 2:37 into his shift when it went in.

GoalSJS on iceCOL on iceDefenders’ longest

0–1 COL

1st 4:19 · SH · Kiviranta

Long shift: Toffoli 1:20

Long shiftToffoli 1:20

0–2 COL

1st 6:43 · PP · Makar

Stuck out there: Ferraro 1:39

Stuck out thereFerraro 1:39

1–2 SJS

1st 10:08 · PP · Zetterlund

Long shift: Lindgren 1:11

Long shiftLindgren 1:11

1–3 COL

1st 19:57 · PP · Drouin

Stuck out there: Ferraro 2:37

Stuck out thereFerraro 2:37

1–4 COL

2nd 0:40 · PP · Necas

Vlasic 0:03

Fresh legsVlasic 0:03

1–5 COL

2nd 10:54 · MacKinnon

Long shift: Ferraro 1:18

Long shiftFerraro 1:18

1–6 COL

3rd 5:21 · MacKinnon

Stuck out there: Vlasic 1:33

Stuck out thereVlasic 1:33

2–6 SJS

3rd 8:10 · PP · Celebrini

Vesey 0:42

NormalVesey 0:42

2–7 COL

3rd 9:00 · Makar

Goodrow 0:50

NormalGoodrow 0:50

3–7 SJS

3rd 17:24 · Eklund

Vesey 0:53

NormalVesey 0:53

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2024–25).

4.2%

5.7%

5.9%

6.9%

6.6%

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.6×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.6 times as often as against fresh legs (6.6% vs 4.2%).

29%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

SJSCOL

34Shots on goal32

46%Faceoff %54%

2/5Power play3/4

8Penalty minutes10

20Hits11

13Blocked shots9

17Giveaways14

3Takeaways5

Penalties

1st 03:26Martin Necas · hooking2 min
1st 05:30Ty Dellandrea · slashing2 min
1st 08:27Devon Toews · tripping2 min
1st 15:39Joel Kiviranta · tripping2 min
1st 18:38Ty Dellandrea · roughing2 min
2nd 00:37Mario Ferraro · high sticking2 min
2nd 08:27Macklin Celebrini · hooking2 min
2nd 11:31Josh Manson · holding2 min
3rd 06:13Keaton Middleton · holding2 min

Season series

San Jose Sharks

San Jose Sharks skaters

72William EklundL	1	1	2	0	5	1	0	0	–	17:26
2Will SmithC	0	1	1	-2	2	0	0	0	–	19:50
20Fabian ZetterlundL	1	0	1	-1	7	4	1	0	50	18:57
21Alexander WennbergC	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0	35	18:03
51Collin GrafR	0	1	1	-1	1	0	2	0	100	18:42
71Macklin CelebriniC	1	0	1	-3	5	0	0	2	50	19:23
73Tyler ToffoliC	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	100	15:00
10Klim KostinC	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	0	50	13:43
15Nikolai KovalenkoR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	12:19
23Barclay GoodrowC	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	0	42	12:32
53Ty DellandreaC	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	4	43	12:27
91Carl GrundstromR	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	0	–	11:05
26Jack ThompsonD	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	14:53
37Timothy LiljegrenD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	2	0	–	20:30
38Mario FerraroD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	3	2	–	20:22
44Marc-Edouard VlasicD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	–	15:48
59Jimmy SchuldtD	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	–	14:15
85Shakir MukhamadullinD	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	0	–	20:25

San Jose Sharks goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Georgi RomanovG		0	0	0	–	00:00
40Alexandar GeorgievG	L	32	25	7	.781	59:45

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters

8Cale MakarD	2	4	6	+3	3	0	0	0	–	19:10
29Nathan MacKinnonC	2	3	5	+3	8	0	0	0	38	18:03
27Jonathan DrouinL	1	1	2	+1	2	0	0	0	100	13:49
62Artturi LehkonenL	0	2	2	+2	2	1	0	0	–	16:36
88Martin NecasC	1	1	2	+3	3	0	0	2	–	16:38
94Joel KivirantaL	1	0	1	+1	1	1	0	2	–	13:42
7Devon ToewsD	0	1	1	+2	1	1	1	2	–	20:59
42Josh MansonD	0	1	1	+2	1	1	0	2	–	19:33
13Valeri NichushkinR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	16:34
17Parker KellyC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	50	13:17
18Jack DruryC	0	0	0	+1	0	0	3	0	63	14:13
20Ross ColtonC	0	0	0	0	4	4	1	0	–	11:54
25Logan O'ConnorR	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	13:14
26Jimmy VeseyL	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	–	13:09
37Casey MittelstadtC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	75	12:36
49Samuel GirardD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	–	21:19
55Ryan LindgrenD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	–	21:37
67Keaton MiddletonD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	2	2	–	14:18

Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
39Mackenzie BlackwoodG	W	34	31	3	.912	59:41
41Scott WedgewoodG		0	0	0	–	00:00