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Colorado Avalanche at San Jose Sharks

HP Pavilion at San Jose, San Jose Regular Season Final

Final score

The San Jose Sharks beat the Colorado Avalanche 5–4 on Thursday, December 15, 2011 at home.

Team Goals 2011-2012 record
Colorado Avalanche 4 41-35-6
at San Jose Sharks 5 43-29-10

Goals by period

Team Total
Colorado Avalanche 2 2 0 4
San Jose Sharks 1 1 3 5

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Colorado Avalanche 11 9 7 27
San Jose Sharks 11 12 11 34

Three stars

  1. L. Couture, San Jose Sharks (1 goal, 1 assist)
  2. P. Stastny, Colorado Avalanche (2 goals, 1 assist)
  3. R. Clowe, San Jose Sharks (1 goal)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 02:30 San Jose Sharks Ryane Clowe (1) Logan Couture (1) Even strength COL 0, SJS 1
1st 05:51 Colorado Avalanche Paul Stastny (1) Erik Johnson (1) Power play COL 1, SJS 1
1st 19:49 Colorado Avalanche Ryan O'Reilly (1) Stefan Elliott (1), Milan Hejduk (1) Power play COL 2, SJS 1
2nd 01:12 San Jose Sharks Michal Handzus (1) Martin Havlat (1), Jamie McGinn (1) Even strength COL 2, SJS 2
2nd 03:01 Colorado Avalanche Paul Stastny (2) Daniel Winnik (1), Matt Duchene (1) Even strength COL 3, SJS 2
2nd 18:21 Colorado Avalanche Daniel Winnik (1) Paul Stastny (1), David Van Der Gulik (1) Even strength COL 4, SJS 2
3rd 07:00 San Jose Sharks Brent Burns (1) Martin Havlat (2) Even strength COL 4, SJS 3
3rd 08:29 San Jose Sharks Joe Pavelski (1) Jason Demers (1), Joe Thornton (1) Even strength COL 4, SJS 4
3rd 11:29 San Jose Sharks Logan Couture (1) Patrick Marleau (1), Marc-Edouard Vlasic (1) Even strength COL 4, SJS 5

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Stat Colorado Avalanche San Jose Sharks
Shots on goal 27 34
Power play 2 of 3 0 of 3
Penalty minutes 16 16
Hits 27 11
Blocked shots 24 12
Giveaways 9 19
Takeaways 5 10
Faceoffs won 30/66 (45.5%) 36/66 (54.5%)

Box score

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters
Player
7 D. Van Der Gulik L 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 10:46
9 M. Duchene C 0 1 1 -1 0 1 2 2 0 50% 20:57
16 J. McClement C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 1 0 46.2% 14:56
23 M. Hejduk R 0 1 1 -2 0 2 2 2 0 19:16
26 P. Stastny C 2 1 3 0 0 4 0 1 1 48% 20:21
34 D. Winnik L 1 1 2 +1 5 3 2 2 0 20:23
37 R. O'Reilly C 1 0 1 -1 0 3 1 1 1 41.7% 20:22
39 T. Galiardi L 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 0 0 50% 14:34
42 B. Malone C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 0 0 07:27
47 E. Brophey C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 0 0 04:03
55 C. McLeod L 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 04:10
92 G. Landeskog L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 2 0 19:58
3 R. O'Byrne D 0 0 0 -3 0 0 3 5 0 18:09
5 S. O'Brien D 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 0 20:38
6 E. Johnson D 0 1 1 0 0 1 4 2 0 22:07
8 J. Hejda D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 2 0 18:58
27 K. Quincey D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 2 0 19:10
46 S. Elliott D 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 18:44
Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie
1 S. Varlamov 34 29 5 .853 59:01 Loss

San Jose Sharks

San Jose Sharks skaters
Player
8 J. Pavelski C 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 72.7% 19:16
9 M. Havlat R 0 2 2 +1 0 0 0 1 0 17:50
10 B. Winchester L 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 0 0 06:54
12 P. Marleau C 0 1 1 +3 2 4 1 0 0 100% 19:01
17 T. Mitchell C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 15:06
19 J. Thornton C 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 44.4% 21:17
26 M. Handzus C 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 40% 16:50
28 A. Murray C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 04:26
29 R. Clowe L 1 0 1 +2 5 1 1 0 0 17:00
39 L. Couture C 1 1 2 +3 0 4 0 0 0 60% 18:22
64 J. McGinn L 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 15:36
69 A. Desjardins L 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 100% 04:46
5 C. White D 0 0 0 +2 0 1 2 0 0 16:26
22 D. Boyle D 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 26:23
44 M. Vlasic D 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 24:24
60 J. Demers D 0 1 1 +1 0 2 0 0 0 17:05
61 J. Braun D 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 0 0 16:40
88 B. Burns D 1 0 1 +3 2 4 0 1 0 19:06
San Jose Sharks goalies
Goalie
31 A. Niemi 27 23 4 .852 60:00 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 02:09 San Jose Sharks Brad Winchester Fighting (major) 5
1st 02:09 Colorado Avalanche Cody McLeod Fighting (major) 5
1st 05:18 San Jose Sharks Patrick Marleau Holding 2
1st 09:32 Colorado Avalanche Kyle Quincey Closing hand on puck 2
1st 18:50 San Jose Sharks Brent Burns High sticking 2
2nd 04:20 Colorado Avalanche David Van Der Gulik Tripping 2
2nd 07:25 Colorado Avalanche Daniel Winnik Fighting (major) 5
2nd 07:25 San Jose Sharks Ryane Clowe Fighting (major) 5
3rd 08:54 San Jose Sharks Justin Braun Boarding 2
3rd 14:54 Colorado Avalanche Bench Too many men on the ice (bench minor) 2

Game information

Colorado Avalanche head coach
Joe Sacco
San Jose Sharks head coach
Todd McLellan
Referees
Tim Peel, Steve Kozari
Linesmen
Scott Cherrey, Derek Amell
Colorado Avalanche scratches
David Jones, Kevin Porter, Matt Hunwick
San Jose Sharks scratches
Antero Niittymaki, Frazer McLaren, Matt Irwin

2011-2012 season series

Matchup Status Details
San Jose Sharks 4 at Colorado Avalanche 1 Final Game page
San Jose Sharks 3 at Colorado Avalanche 4 Final/SO Game page
Colorado Avalanche 4 at San Jose Sharks 5 Final Game page
Colorado Avalanche 1 at San Jose Sharks 5 Final Game page

Other NHL games on Dec 15

Matchup Status Details
Dallas Stars 3 at New York Islanders 2 Final Game page
Vancouver Canucks 3 at Carolina Hurricanes 4 Final Game page
Los Angeles Kings 2 at Columbus Blue Jackets 1 Final Game page
Philadelphia Flyers 4 at Montreal Canadiens 3 Final Game page
Calgary Flames 4 at Tampa Bay Lightning 5 Final/OT Game page
New York Rangers 1 at St. Louis Blues 4 Final Game page
Detroit Red Wings 3 at Nashville Predators 4 Final Game page
Washington Capitals 1 at Winnipeg Jets 0 Final Game page
Edmonton Oilers 2 at Phoenix Coyotes 4 Final Game page

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