nhl Game Recap
Recap - Avalanche Defeat San Jose 7-3
Colorado earned a 7-3 victory over San Jose behind a 2-goal performance from Brandon Saad on Tuesday at Ball Arena.
The Avalanche were a -198 favorite in the win. The combined score went OVER the total, which closed at 6.0.
Colorado got goals from Brandon Saad(2), Samuel Girard, Valeri Nichushkin, Mikko Rantanen, Joonas Donskoi, and Devon Toews in the victory. Donskoi opened the scoring at 16:15 of the first period.
Philipp Grubauer turned in a 27-save effort for the Avalanche.
San Jose got goals from Noah Gregor, Logan Couture, and Ryan Donato in the loss, but it wasn't enough.
Martin Jones stopped 14 of 19 shots for the Sharks, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
On the power play, Colorado went 1-for-5, while the Sharks were 0-for-5 with the man advantage.
San Jose lost the shots on goal battle to Colorado by a margin of 42-30.