Colorado Avalanche vs San Jose Sharks

NHL

Avalanche

44-13-5, 93 PTS

5-3

Final

Sharks

26-27-8, 60 PTS

SAP Center at San Jose

TV: Sportsnet+

On the ice

COL shoots leftSJ shoots right

Shots on goal

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
COL	10	10	9	29
SJ	7	10	11	28

In net

Pavel Francouz25/28 SV, .893

Zach Sawchenko24/28 SV, .857

Team	1	2	3	T
COL	2	2	1	5
SJ	0	1	2	3

Who won: Avalanche 5-3

The Colorado Avalanche beat the San Jose Sharks 5-3 on Friday, March 18, 2022 at SAP Center at San Jose. The Avalanche lead the series 2-0. The Avalanche outscored the Sharks 2-0 in the 1st period. Valeri Nichushkin led the Avalanche in goals (2). Rudolfs Balcers led the Sharks in goals (1).

Recap · Mar 19

Nichushkin scores twice, Avalanche hold off Sharks 5-3

Valeri Nichushkin scored two goals and the Colorado Avalanche withstood a late San Jose rally to beat the Sharks 5-3 on Friday night for their third victory in a row.

What it means

Season series: COL leads series 2-0.
Avalanche 20-10-2 on the road; Sharks 14-14-4 at home.

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Injuries and inactives

Avalanche3rd in Western Conference

Nicolas Roy C
Lower Body
Out
Zachary L'Heureux LW
Upper Body
Out
Georgii Merkulov C
Undisclosed
Injured Reserve
Logan O'Connor RW
Lower Body
Injured Reserve

Sharks8th in Western Conference

Darnell Nurse D
Upper Body
Day-To-Day
Kyle Keyser G
Upper Body
Injured Reserve
Quentin Musty LW
Upper Body
Injured Reserve

Starting goalies

Avalanche3rd in Western Conference

Pavel Francouz G

Starting goalie, confirmed

Sharks8th in Western Conference

Zach Sawchenko G

Starting goalie, confirmed

Head to head

COL leads series 2-0

Last meeting: Avalanche 6, Sharks 2 (Nov 13)

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Game info

Venue: SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose, CA · Attendance 13,022
Officials: Kyle Rehman (Referee), Dan O'Rourke (Referee), Kory Nagy (Linesman), Mitch Hunt (Linesman)