5–3

Final

🏔️ Home Avalanche 40-16-9 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
SJS	4	1	0	5
COL	2	0	1	3

Sharks at Avalanche

Sharks beat Avalanche 5–3 at Ball Arena on March 5, 1996.

🗓 Tue, Mar 5, 1996 · 20:00 CST 📍 Ball Arena, Denver 🏒 1995-96 🔁 Avalanche lead the season series 3–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🏔️ COL

Joe Sakic

1 G, 2 A

5 shots · +1

2nd star 🦈 SJS

Ray Sheppard

2 G

3 shots

3rd star 🦈 SJS

Jeff Friesen

2 A

3 shots · +2

🚨 Scoring

8 goals · in order

1st period

🦈 Ray Sheppard PP Go-ahead 1st · 02:35

Assists: Craig Janney, Jeff Friesen

1–0

🏔️ Sylvain Lefebvre Tying 1st · 05:42

Assists: Adam Deadmarsh, Joe Sakic

1–1

🏔️ Mike Ricci PP Go-ahead 1st · 07:01

Assists: Valeri Kamensky, Joe Sakic

1–2

🦈 Jeff Odgers Tying 1st · 11:09

Assists: Jamie Baker, Yves Racine

2–2

🦈 Chris Tancill Go-ahead 1st · 12:34

Assists: Kevin Miller, Craig Janney

3–2

🦈 Ray Sheppard 1st · 19:44

Assists: Ulf Dahlen, Marcus Ragnarsson

4–2

2nd period

🦈 Shean Donovan 2nd · 09:36

Assists: Jeff Friesen

5–2

3rd period

🏔️ Joe Sakic 3rd · 19:18

Assists: Adam Foote, Adam Deadmarsh

5–3

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🦈SJS COL🏔️

26 Shots on goal 57

1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5

10 Penalty minutes 8

SJS shooting 19.2% (5/26) COL shooting 5.3% (3/57)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🦈Sharks

Wade Flaherty

0/3

.000 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

🏔️Avalanche

Patrick Roy

0/0

.000 SV% · 0 GA · 29:20 TOI

Stephane Fiset

0/5

.000 SV% · 5 GA · 29:36 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 4–2

Sharks

Sharks: no games found in this situation this year.

Avalanche

Avalanche: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 5–2

Sharks

Sharks: no games found in this situation this year.

Avalanche

Avalanche: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Avalanche lead the season series 3–1 Full head-to-head →

Jan 27, 1996

🏔️COL @ 🦈SJS

4–3 (OT) · Avalanche won

❓ SJS vs COL, answered

Who won Sharks vs Avalanche on March 5, 1996?

Sharks won 5–3.

What was the final score of Sharks vs Avalanche?

The final score was Sharks 5, Avalanche 3.

Who scored for Sharks?

Ray Sheppard (2), Chris Tancill, Jeff Odgers, Shean Donovan.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Joe Sakic, Mike Ricci, Sylvain Lefebvre.

How did the Sharks goalie play?

Wade Flaherty made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Patrick Roy made 0 saves on 0 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Sharks vs Avalanche played?

At Ball Arena in Denver, the Avalanche home rink.

What is the Sharks vs Avalanche season series?

Avalanche lead the season series 3–1 after 4 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it

🦈Sharks

Previous game · Mar 3

🏔️Avalanche

Previous game · Mar 3

Also on March 5, 1996

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