Avalanche 5-3 Sharks (19 Mar, 2022) Final Score

Colorado Avalanche

44-13-5, 20-10-2 away

	1	2	3	T
COL	2	2	1	5
SJ	0	1	2	3

Nichushkin scores twice, Avalanche hold off Sharks 5-3

— Valeri Nichushkin scored two goals and the Colorado Avalanche withstood a late San Jose rally to beat the Sharks 5-3 on Friday night for their third victory in a row.

Mar 19, 2022, 06:20 am - AP

		1	2	3	T
	Avalanche	2	2	1	5
	Sharks	0	1	2	3

1st Period			COL	SJ
10:18		Nazem Kadri (23) (Power Play) Assists: Mikko Rantanen (43), Cale Makar (46)	1	0
14:14		Darren Helm (5) Assists: Andre Burakovsky (28)	2	0

2nd Period		COL	SJ
0:34	Cale Makar (22) Assists: Nathan MacKinnon (43), Devon Toews (34)	3	0
15:29	Valeri Nichushkin (16) Assists: Nathan MacKinnon (44), Cale Makar (47)	4	0
19:19	Jeffrey Viel (3) Assists: Marc-Edouard Vlasic (11), Nicolas Meloche (4)	4	1

3rd Period		COL	SJ
13:02	Rudolfs Balcers (7) Assists: Tomas Hertl (24), Alexander Barabanov (22)	4	2
18:35	Erik Karlsson (9) Assists: Logan Couture (25)	4	3
19:45	Valeri Nichushkin (17) (Empty Net) Assists: Mikko Rantanen (44), Nathan MacKinnon (45)	5	3

AVALANCHE

SHARKS

Regular Season Series

COL leads 2-0

Sharks
2
Avalanche
6

Game 1

14/11

Avalanche
5
Sharks
3

Game 2

19/3

Sharks
2
Avalanche
4

Game 3

1/4

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Dallas	52	21	9	113
Winnipeg	52	24	6	110
Colorado	50	25	7	107
Nashville	47	30	5	99
St. Louis	43	33	6	92
Minnesota	39	33	10	87
Arizona	36	41	5	77
Chicago	23	53	6	52

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Vancouver	50	23	9	109
Edmonton	49	27	6	104
Los Angeles	44	27	11	99
Vegas	45	29	8	98
Calgary	38	39	5	81
Seattle	34	35	13	81
Anaheim	27	50	5	59
San Jose	19	54	9	47

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Colorado Avalanche

San Jose Sharks

Stars of the Game

Cale MakarD - COL

Ryan MurrayD - COL

Erik KarlssonD - SJ

Game Information

Nichushkin scores twice, Avalanche hold off Sharks 5-3

Shot Chart

Regular Season Series

COL leads 2-0

2023-24 Central Division Standings

2023-24 Pacific Division Standings

NHL News

Oilers oust Kings in 5 games, advance to West semifinals

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