Colorado Avalanche at San Jose Sharks

Fri, Mar 18, 2022 · SAP Center at San Jose · 2021–22 Regular Season

Colorado Avalanche

5 – 3

Final

San Jose Sharks

The Colorado Avalanche beat the San Jose Sharks 5–3 on Fri, Mar 18, 2022 at SAP Center at San Jose. Valeri Nichushkin scored twice. Pavel Francouz made 25 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 29–28.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
COL	2	2	1	5	29
SJS	0	1	2	3	28

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	10:18	COL	PP	Nazem Kadri (23) · tip-in	Mikko Rantanen (43), Cale Makar (46)	1–0
1st	14:14	COL	EV	Darren Helm (5) · wrist	Andre Burakovsky (28)	2–0
2nd	00:34	COL	EV	Cale Makar (22) · snap	Nathan MacKinnon (43), Devon Toews (34)	3–0
2nd	15:29	COL	EV	Valeri Nichushkin (16) · wrist	Cale Makar (47), Nathan MacKinnon (44)	4–0
2nd	19:19	SJS	EV	Jeffrey Viel (3) · tip-in	Marc-Edouard Vlasic (11), Nicolas Meloche (4)	4–1
3rd	13:02	SJS	EV	Rudolfs Balcers (7) · wrist	Alexander Barabanov (22), Tomas Hertl (24)	4–2
3rd	18:35	SJS	PP	Erik Karlsson (9) · snap	Logan Couture (25)	4–3
3rd	19:45	COL	SH EN	Valeri Nichushkin (17) · wrist	Nathan MacKinnon (45), Mikko Rantanen (44)	5–3

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	06:20	COL	Josh Manson	tripping	2
1st	09:12	SJS	Jeffrey Viel	hooking	2
1st	11:41	COL	Kurtis MacDermid	fighting	5
1st	11:41	SJS	Jake Middleton	fighting	5
1st	19:49	COL	J.T. Compher	roughing	2
1st	19:49	SJS	Marc-Edouard Vlasic	roughing	2
2nd	04:33	COL	Nathan MacKinnon	hooking	2
2nd	11:13	COL	Devon Toews	hooking	2
2nd	15:39	COL	Jack Johnson	holding	2
3rd	03:55	COL	Andre Burakovsky	slashing	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: COL 4.65 · SJS 3.25 · xG% COL 58.9

Colorado Avalanche

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
8	Cale Makar	D	1	2	3	+1	0	3	1	1		27:34	30
29	Nathan MacKinnon	C	0	3	3	+2	2	0	0	1	40.0	18:43	26
13	Valeri Nichushkin	R	2	0	2	0	0	4	1	1		21:10	30
96	Mikko Rantanen	R	0	2	2	+1	0	0	0	0		17:47	25
7	Devon Toews	D	0	1	1	+1	2	3	0	0		27:31	30
91	Nazem Kadri	C	1	0	1	-2	0	3	0	1	46.2	14:29	20
43	Darren Helm	C	1	0	1	+1	0	2	0	1	57.1	12:55	20
95	Andre Burakovsky	L	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	0		12:42	19
28	Ryan Murray	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	3		17:27	23
42	Josh Manson	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0		16:30	25
37	J.T. Compher	L	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	42.9	16:16	22
3	Jack Johnson	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0		15:15	23
78	Nico Sturm	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	75.0	15:07	23
6	Erik Johnson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	3		15:02	22
25	Logan O'Connor	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		14:49	25
18	Alex Newhook	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0		12:40	15
16	Nicolas Aube-Kubel	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		7:06	10
56	Kurtis MacDermid	L	0	0	0	0	5	0	2	0		4:56	7

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
39	Pavel Francouz	W	28	25	3	.893	60:00

San Jose Sharks

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
65	Erik Karlsson	D	1	0	1	-2	0	1	0	0		26:09	20
48	Tomas Hertl	C	0	1	1	+2	0	2	2	0	57.9	21:52	25
39	Logan Couture	C	0	1	1	-2	0	3	1	0	55.0	21:28	27
94	Alexander Barabanov	L	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1		18:18	22
53	Nicolas Meloche	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	6	0		15:06	22
92	Rudolfs Balcers	L	1	0	1	+1	0	3	2	1		14:10	19
44	Marc-Edouard Vlasic	D	0	1	1	+2	2	0	1	1		13:46	19
63	Jeffrey Viel	L	1	0	1	0	2	3	2	0	100.0	9:56	15
88	Brent Burns	D	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	3		29:12	31
28	Timo Meier	R	0	0	0	-3	0	5	0	1		21:28	24
24	Jaycob Megna	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	2		17:42	22
54	Scott Reedy	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	50.0	17:03	23
21	Jake Middleton	D	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	1		14:44	20
13	Nick Bonino	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	40.0	14:07	22
76	Jonathan Dahlen	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		13:28	20
83	Matt Nieto	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		11:39	16
11	Andrew Cogliano	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0		10:41	18
42	Jonah Gadjovich	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1		8:57	15

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
36	Zach Sawchenko	L	28	24	4	.857	57:08