nhl Game Recap
Colorado Avalanche vs San Jose Sharks Recap - Avalanche Win 5-4
The Avalanche earned a 5-4 victory over the Sharks on Monday at SAP Center at San Jose.
The Avalanche were a -263 favorite in the win. The combined score went OVER the total, which closed at 6.0.
Colorado got goals from Andre Burakovsky, Nazem Kadri, Gabriel Landeskog, Mikko Rantanen, and Valeri Nichushkin in the victory. Rantanen opened the scoring at 5:38 of the first period.
Philipp Grubauer turned in a 23-save effort for the Avalanche.
San Jose got goals from Evander Kane(2), Tomas Hertl, and Timo Meier in the loss, but it wasn't enough.
San Jose got a 26-stop effort from Martin Jones in the loss.
On the power play, Colorado went 0-for-3, while the Sharks were 0-for-1 with the man advantage.
San Jose lost the shots on goal battle to Colorado by a margin of 31-27.