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2021-22 regular season

Avalanche at Sharks

🗓 📍 SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose 🔁 Avalanche lead the season series 2–0

Avalanche beat Sharks 5–3 at SAP Center at San Jose on March 18, 2022.

COL – SJS
29–28
Shots on goal
1/1–0/5
Power play
11–20
Hits
11–12
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🏔️ COL
Cale Makar
1 G, 2 A
3 shots · 27:34 TOI
2nd star 🏔️ COL
Nathan MacKinnon
3 A
18:43 TOI
3rd star 🏔️ COL
Valeri Nichushkin
2 G
4 shots · 21:10 TOI

Scoring

8 goals · in order
1st period
🏔️ Nazem Kadri PP Go-ahead 1st · 10:18
Assists: Mikko Rantanen, Cale Makar · beat Zach Sawchenko
1–0
🏔️ Darren Helm 1st · 14:14
Assists: Andre Burakovsky · beat Zach Sawchenko
2–0
2nd period
🏔️ Cale Makar 2nd · 00:34
Assists: Nathan MacKinnon, Devon Toews · beat Zach Sawchenko
3–0
🏔️ Valeri Nichushkin 2nd · 15:29
Assists: Cale Makar, Nathan MacKinnon · beat Zach Sawchenko
4–0
🦈 Jeffrey Viel 2nd · 19:19
Assists: Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Nicolas Meloche · beat Pavel Francouz
4–1
3rd period
🦈 Rudolfs Balcers 3rd · 13:02
Assists: Alexander Barabanov, Tomas Hertl · beat Pavel Francouz
4–2
🦈 Erik Karlsson 3rd · 18:35
Assists: Logan Couture · beat Pavel Francouz
4–3
🏔️ Valeri Nichushkin Empty net 3rd · 19:45
Assists: Nathan MacKinnon, Mikko Rantanen
5–3

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🏔️Avalanche
L1 MacKinnon · Nichushkin · Rantanen 18:43
L2 Compher · Sturm · O'Connor 15:07
L3 Burakovsky · Kadri · Helm 12:55
L4 MacDermid · Newhook · Aube-Kubel 7:06
D1 Makar · Toews 27:32
D2 Murray · Manson 16:58
D3 Johnson · Johnson 15:08
🦈Sharks
L1 Hertl · Couture · Meier 21:28
L2 Barabanov · Balcers · Reedy 17:03
L3 Nieto · Bonino · Dahlen 13:28
L4 Viel · Gadjovich · Cogliano 9:56
D1 Burns · Karlsson 27:40
D2 Megna · Meloche 16:24
D3 Middleton · Vlasic 14:15

Team stats

Away left · home right
🏔️COL SJS🦈
29 Shots on goal 28
1/1 Power play (goals / chances) 0/5
11 Hits 20
11 Blocked shots 12
11 Takeaways 13
7 Giveaways 8
17 Penalty minutes 9
COL shooting 17.2% (5/29) SJS shooting 10.7% (3/28)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🏔️Avalanche
Pavel Francouz
25/28
.893 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI
🦈Sharks
Zach Sawchenko
24/28
.857 SV% · 4 GA · 57:08 TOI

Where the goals came from

8 of 8 goals located
Nazem Kadri · 1st 10:18 · 1–0 Darren Helm · 1st 14:14 · 2–0 Cale Makar · 2nd 00:34 · 3–0 Valeri Nichushkin · 2nd 15:29 · 4–0 Jeffrey Viel · 2nd 19:19 · 4–1 Rudolfs Balcers · 3rd 13:02 · 4–2 Erik Karlsson · 3rd 18:35 · 4–3 Valeri Nichushkin · 3rd 19:45 · 5–3
COL SJS
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–0
Avalanche
Avalanche — leading by 2 goals after 1st: 9-1 (90% win rate, 10 games)
Sharks
Sharks — trailing by 2 goals after 1st: 0-5-1 (0% win rate, 6 games)
After 2nd — 4–1
Avalanche
Avalanche — leading by 3 goals after 2nd: 4-0 (100% win rate, 4 games)
Sharks
Sharks — trailing by 3 goals after 2nd: 0-7 (0% win rate, 7 games)

Last meetings

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Avalanche lead the season series 2–0
Nov 132021 🦈SJS @ 🏔️COL 2–6 May 52021 🏔️COL @ 🦈SJS 2–3 May 32021 🏔️COL @ 🦈SJS 5–4 OT May 12021 🦈SJS @ 🏔️COL 3–4 Apr 302021 🦈SJS @ 🏔️COL 0–3
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Who won Avalanche vs Sharks on March 18, 2022?

Avalanche won 5–3. The final score was Avalanche 5, Sharks 3.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Valeri Nichushkin (2), Cale Makar, Darren Helm, Nazem Kadri.

Who scored for Sharks?

Erik Karlsson, Jeffrey Viel, Rudolfs Balcers.

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Pavel Francouz made 25 saves on 28 shots (.893 save percentage).

How did the Sharks goalie play?

Zach Sawchenko made 24 saves on 28 shots (.857 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?

Avalanche lead the season series 2–0 after 2 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🏔️ Avalanche
BeforeMar 15 🏔️COL @ 👑LAK 3–0 AfterMar 21 🛢️EDM @ 🏔️COL 2–3
🦈 Sharks
BeforeMar 17 🦈SJS @ 👑LAK 0–3 AfterMar 20 🌵ARI @ 🦈SJS 2–4
Also on March 18
🔔PHI 1–3 🏛️OTT 🦅WSH 4–3 🌪️CAR 🐻BOS 4–2 ✈️WPG ⚔️BUF 1–0 🔥CGY 🐆FLA 3–0 🦆ANA
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