🏔️ Away Avalanche 14-16-1
4–5
Final
🦈 Home Sharks 15-10-3
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🏔️ COL 2204
🦈 SJS 1135

Avalanche at Sharks

Sharks beat Avalanche 5–4 at SAP Center at San Jose on December 15, 2011.

🗓 📍 SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose 🏒 2011-12 🔁 Sharks lead the season series 2–1
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🏔️ COL
Paul Stastny
2 G, 1 A
4 shots · 20:21 TOI
2nd star 🦈 SJS
Logan Couture
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · 18:22 TOI
3rd star 🦈 SJS
Martin Havlat
2 A
17:50 TOI

🚨 Scoring

9 goals · in order
1st period
🦈 Ryane Clowe Go-ahead 1st · 02:30
Assists: Logan Couture · beat Semyon Varlamov
0–1
🏔️ Paul Stastny PP Tying 1st · 05:51
Assists: Erik Johnson · beat Antti Niemi
1–1
🏔️ Ryan O'Reilly PP Go-ahead 1st · 19:49
Assists: Stefan Elliott, Milan Hejduk · beat Antti Niemi
2–1
2nd period
🦈 Michal Handzus Tying 2nd · 01:12
Assists: Martin Havlat, Jamie McGinn · beat Semyon Varlamov
2–2
🏔️ Paul Stastny Go-ahead 2nd · 03:01
Assists: Daniel Winnik, Matt Duchene · beat Antti Niemi
3–2
🏔️ Daniel Winnik 2nd · 18:21
Assists: Paul Stastny, David Van Der Gulik · beat Antti Niemi
4–2
3rd period
🦈 Brent Burns 3rd · 07:00
Assists: Martin Havlat · beat Semyon Varlamov
4–3
🦈 Joe Pavelski Tying 3rd · 08:29
Assists: Jason Demers, Joe Thornton · beat Semyon Varlamov
4–4
🦈 Logan Couture Go-ahead 3rd · 11:29
Assists: Patrick Marleau, Marc-Edouard Vlasic · beat Semyon Varlamov
4–5

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🏔️Avalanche
L1 Winnik · Duchene · O'Reilly 20:23
L2 Landeskog · Stastny · Hejduk 19:58
L3 Galiardi · Van Der Gulik · McClement 14:34
L4 McLeod · Malone · Brophey 4:10
D1 Johnson · O'Brien 21:22
D2 Quincey · Hejda 19:04
D3 Elliott · O'Byrne 18:26
🦈Sharks
L1 Thornton · Pavelski · Marleau 19:16
L2 Clowe · Couture · Havlat 17:50
L3 McGinn · Handzus · Mitchell 15:36
L4 Winchester · Desjardins · Murray 4:46
D1 Boyle · Vlasic 25:24
D2 Burns · Demers 18:06
D3 Braun · White 16:33

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🏔️COL SJS🦈
27 Shots on goal 34
2/3 Power play (goals / chances) 0/3
27 Hits 11
24 Blocked shots 12
5 Takeaways 10
9 Giveaways 19
16 Penalty minutes 16
COL shooting 14.8% (4/27) SJS shooting 14.7% (5/34)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🏔️Avalanche
Semyon Varlamov
29/34
.853 SV% · 5 GA · 59:01 TOI
🦈Sharks
Antti Niemi
23/27
.852 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

9 of 9 goals located
Ryane Clowe · 1st 02:30 · 0–1 Paul Stastny · 1st 05:51 · 1–1 Ryan O'Reilly · 1st 19:49 · 2–1 Michal Handzus · 2nd 01:12 · 2–2 Paul Stastny · 2nd 03:01 · 3–2 Daniel Winnik · 2nd 18:21 · 4–2 Brent Burns · 3rd 07:00 · 4–3 Joe Pavelski · 3rd 08:29 · 4–4 Logan Couture · 3rd 11:29 · 4–5
COL SJS
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–1
Avalanche
Avalanche — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 5-0 (100% win rate, 5 games)
Sharks
Sharks — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 2-5-1 (25% win rate, 8 games)
After 2nd — 4–2
Avalanche
Avalanche — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 2-0 (100% win rate, 2 games)
Sharks
Sharks — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 1-4 (20% win rate, 5 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Sharks lead the season series 2–1
Dec 132011 🦈SJS @ 🏔️COL 3–4 SO Nov 202011 🦈SJS @ 🏔️COL 4–1 Mar 12011 🏔️COL @ 🦈SJS 1–2 SO Feb 192011 🏔️COL @ 🦈SJS 0–4 Nov 172010 🦈SJS @ 🏔️COL 3–4 OT
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Who won Avalanche vs Sharks on December 15, 2011?

Sharks won 5–4. The final score was Avalanche 4, Sharks 5.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Paul Stastny (2), Daniel Winnik, Ryan O'Reilly.

Who scored for Sharks?

Brent Burns, Joe Pavelski, Logan Couture, Michal Handzus, Ryane Clowe.

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Semyon Varlamov made 29 saves on 34 shots (.853 save percentage).

How did the Sharks goalie play?

Antti Niemi made 23 saves on 27 shots (.852 save percentage).

Where is Avalanche vs Sharks played?

At SAP Center at San Jose in San Jose, the Sharks home rink.

What is the Avalanche vs Sharks season series?

Sharks lead the season series 2–1 after 3 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🏔️ Avalanche
BeforeDec 13 🦈SJS @ 🏔️COL 3–4 AfterDec 17 🦅WSH @ 🏔️COL 1–2
🦈 Sharks
BeforeDec 13 🦈SJS @ 🏔️COL 3–4 AfterDec 17 🛢️EDM @ 🦈SJS 2–3
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