🦈 Away Sharks 44-25-3
3–4
Final / OT
🏔️ Home Avalanche 36-29-6
Goals 1st2nd3rdOTF
🦈 SJS 12003
🏔️ COL 11114

Sharks at Avalanche

Avalanche beat Sharks 4–3 in overtime at Ball Arena on March 18, 2007.

🗓 📍 Ball Arena, Denver 🏒 2006-07 🔁 Season series tied 2–2
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🏔️ COL
Joe Sakic
4 A
6 shots · 21:22 TOI
2nd star 🏔️ COL
Andrew Brunette
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 18:32 TOI
3rd star 🦈 SJS
Joe Thornton
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 18:30 TOI

🚨 Scoring

7 goals · in order
1st period
🦈 Joe Thornton PP Go-ahead 1st · 08:14
Assists: Matt Carle, Milan Michalek · beat Peter Budaj
1–0
🏔️ Tyler Arnason PP Tying 1st · 11:55
Assists: Brett Clark, Joe Sakic · beat Evgeni Nabokov
1–1
2nd period
🦈 Milan Michalek Go-ahead 2nd · 00:27
Assists: Joe Thornton, Scott Hannan · beat Peter Budaj
2–1
🦈 Bill Guerin 2nd · 04:09
Assists: Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Patrick Marleau · beat Peter Budaj
3–1
🏔️ John-Michael Liles 2nd · 08:25
Assists: Andrew Brunette, Joe Sakic · beat Evgeni Nabokov
3–2
3rd period
🏔️ Andrew Brunette Tying 3rd · 13:14
Assists: Ken Klee, Joe Sakic · beat Evgeni Nabokov
3–3
Overtime
🏔️ Milan Hejduk PP Go-ahead OT · 00:19
Assists: Joe Sakic, Peter Budaj · beat Evgeni Nabokov
3–4

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦈Sharks
L1 Michalek · Thornton · Cheechoo 18:30
L2 Marleau · Bell · Guerin 16:08
L3 Brown · Goc · Grier 13:25
L4 Clowe · Rissmiller · Bernier 10:36
D1 Hannan · Vlasic 25:12
D2 Rivet · McLaren 22:28
D3 Carle · Ehrhoff 12:38
🏔️Avalanche
L1 Sakic · Stastny · Hejduk 21:09
L2 Brunette · Wolski · McLean 16:59
L3 Arnason · Richardson · Guite 11:38
L4 Laperriere · Svatos · Rycroft 9:49
D1 Klee · Clark 21:52
D2 Sauer · Liles 19:14
D3 Finger · Vaananen 14:28

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🦈SJS COL🏔️
24 Shots on goal 40
1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 2/5
17 Hits 15
12 Blocked shots 8
7 Takeaways 11
10 Giveaways 9
10 Penalty minutes 8
SJS shooting 12.5% (3/24) COL shooting 10.0% (4/40)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦈Sharks
Evgeni Nabokov
36/40
.900 SV% · 4 GA · 60:19 TOI
🏔️Avalanche
Peter Budaj
21/24
.875 SV% · 3 GA · 60:08 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–1
Sharks
Sharks — tied after 1st: 10-6-1 (59% win rate, 17 games)
Avalanche
Avalanche — tied after 1st: 13-11-3 (48% win rate, 27 games)
After 2nd — 3–2
Sharks
Sharks — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 11-1-1 (85% win rate, 13 games)
Avalanche
Avalanche — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 0-8-1 (0% win rate, 9 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Season series tied 2–2
Jan 152007 🏔️COL @ 🦈SJS 1–3 Dec 72006 🏔️COL @ 🦈SJS 5–2 Nov 152006 🦈SJS @ 🏔️COL 4–3 Apr 52006 🦈SJS @ 🏔️COL 2–1 Mar 192006 🏔️COL @ 🦈SJS 5–6
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❓ SJS vs COL, answered

Who won Sharks vs Avalanche on March 18, 2007?

Avalanche won 4–3 in overtime. The final score was Sharks 3, Avalanche 4.

Who scored for Sharks?

Bill Guerin, Joe Thornton, Milan Michalek.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Andrew Brunette, John-Michael Liles, Milan Hejduk, Tyler Arnason.

How did the Sharks goalie play?

Evgeni Nabokov made 36 saves on 40 shots (.900 save percentage).

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Peter Budaj made 21 saves on 24 shots (.875 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?

Season series tied 2–2 after 4 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🦈 Sharks
BeforeMar 16 🧥CBJ @ 🦈SJS 0–3 AfterMar 21 🦈SJS @ 🪶CHI 4–1
🏔️ Avalanche
BeforeMar 17 🏔️COL @ 🌵PHX 6–3 AfterMar 21 🏔️COL @ 🛢️EDM 5–1
Also on March 18
⚡TBL 1–7 🦅WSH ⚔️BUF 3–4 🐦ATL 🏛️OTT 3–4 🐧PIT 🌵PHX 4–5 ⭐DAL 👑LAK 5–3 🦆ANA
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