🦈 Away Sharks 42-24-6 before this game
1–4
Final
🏔️ Home Avalanche 51-13-8 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
SJS 1001
COL 0224

Sharks at Avalanche

Avalanche beat Sharks 4–1 at Ball Arena on March 20, 2001.

🗓 Tue, Mar 20, 2001 · 18:00 CST 📍 Ball Arena, Denver 🏒 2000-01 🔁 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 · 21:07 TOI · +2
2nd star 🏔️ COL
Alex Tanguay
2 A
2 shots · 17:16 TOI · +1
3rd star 🏔️ COL
Milan Hejduk
2 A
19:40 TOI · +2

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
🦈 Owen Nolan Go-ahead 1st · 07:39
Assists: Mike Rathje, Patrick Marleau · beat Patrick Roy
1–0
2nd period
🏔️ Ray Bourque SH Tying 2nd · 04:19
Assists: Joe Sakic, Milan Hejduk · beat Evgeni Nabokov
1–1
🏔️ Jon Klemm Go-ahead 2nd · 16:01
Assists: Alex Tanguay, Joe Sakic · beat Evgeni Nabokov
1–2
3rd period
🏔️ Greg De Vries 3rd · 02:53
Assists: Alex Tanguay · beat Evgeni Nabokov
1–3
🏔️ Joe Sakic Empty net 3rd · 18:50
Assists: Peter Forsberg, Milan Hejduk
1–4

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🦈SJS COL🏔️
25 Shots on goal 32
32 Hits 39
10 Blocked shots 15
16 Takeaways 13
9 Giveaways 9
8 Penalty minutes 8
SJS shooting 4.0% (1/25) COL shooting 12.5% (4/32)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦈Sharks
Evgeni Nabokov
28/31
.903 SV% · 3 GA · 59:40 TOI
🏔️Avalanche
Patrick Roy
15/16
.938 SV% · 1 GA · 44:15 TOI
David Aebischer Shutout
9/9
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 15:34 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Sharks
Sharks: no games found in this situation this year.
Avalanche
Avalanche: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 1–2
Sharks
Sharks: no games found in this situation this year.
Avalanche
Avalanche: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦈Sharks
L1 Ricci · Nolan · Selanne 19:49
L2 Thornton · Marleau · Sundstrom 16:20
L3 Sturm · Matteau · Harvey 12:31
L4 Lindsay · Smith · Granato 7:38
D1 Ragnarsson · Suter 22:52
D2 Rathje · Stuart 20:52
D3 Hannan · Marchment 16:18
🏔️Avalanche
L1 Sakic · Drury · Hejduk 20:31
L2 Tanguay · Nieminen · Forsberg 17:16
L3 Podein · Yelle · Reinprecht 14:25
L4 Dingman · Hinote · Parker 4:41
D1 Bourque · Klemm 26:20
D2 Skoula · De Vries 23:10
D3 Pratt · Blake 9:10

⚔️ Last meetings

Avalanche lead the season series 3–1 Full head-to-head →
Jan 30, 2001
🏔️COL @ 🦈SJS
3–1 · Avalanche won
Jan 20, 2001
🏔️COL @ 🦈SJS
2–1 · Avalanche won
Jan 4, 2001
🦈SJS @ 🏔️COL
2–2 (OT) · Sharks won
Feb 3, 2000
🦈SJS @ 🏔️COL
3–3 (OT) · Sharks won
Jan 25, 2000
🏔️COL @ 🦈SJS
4–3 · Avalanche won

❓ SJS vs COL, answered

Who won Sharks vs Avalanche on March 20, 2001?

Avalanche won 4–1.

What was the final score of Sharks vs Avalanche?

The final score was Sharks 1, Avalanche 4.

Who scored for Sharks?

Owen Nolan.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Greg De Vries, Joe Sakic, Jon Klemm, Ray Bourque.

How did the Sharks goalie play?

Evgeni Nabokov made 28 saves on 31 shots (.903 save percentage).

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Patrick Roy made 15 saves on 16 shots (.938 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 18
🐙DET @ 🦈SJS
6–4 · DET won
Next game · Mar 22
🏛️OTT @ 🦈SJS
2–1 · OTT won
🏔️Avalanche
Previous game · Mar 18
🌲MIN @ 🏔️COL
3–4 · COL won
Next game · Mar 22
🏔️COL @ 🎵STL
3–1 · COL won
Also on March 20, 2001
🍁TOR @ ⚔️BUF
0–3 final
🏝️NYI @ 🎵STL
4–3 final
🐆FLA @ 🇨🇦MTL
3–3 final
🐻BOS @ 🐧PIT
2–2 final
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