Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Game #36 - San Jose Sharks 5, Colorado Avalanche 4 (SO)

Goals:
COL - Nathan MacKinnon PPG (8) - from Ryan O'Reilly and Erik Johnson (11:05 1ST)
SJS - Jason Demers PPG (2) - from Joe Thornton and Brent Burns (13:59 1ST)
COL - Gabriel Landeskog (10) - from Paul Stastny and P.A. Parenteau (19:11 1ST)
SJS - Brent Burns (10) - from Joe Thornton and Matt Irwin (5:53 2ND)
SJS - Matt Irwin PPG (2) - from Dan Boyle and Tommy Wingels (13:02 2ND)
COL - Erik Johnson (6) - from Ryan O'Reilly and Matt Duchene (18:09 3RD)
COL - Jamie McGinn (6) - from John Mitchell and Max Talbot (18:21 3RD)
SJS - Joe Pavelski (15) - from Joe Thornton and Brent Burns (19:40 3RD)
Shootout winner - Joe Pavelski (SJS)
Goalies:
WG - Antti Niemi (29 saves on 33 shots: 19-7-6) LG - Semyon Varlamov (41 saves on 45 shots: 16-8-3)

Unfortunately I was without power from Saturday night until late Monday night, so I only caught the end of the 3rd and OT/SO. The Avs gained a huge point with a big 3rd period rally, including 2 goals in 12 seconds, but gave up a 4-3 lead with a Joe Pavelski goal with 20 seconds left. Overall a tough loss but another big point gained, as the Avs are 0-0-2 on the road trip against 3 of the best teams in the NHL (LA, SJS and CHI)

Three Stars:
3. Erik Johnson - EJ had 1 goal and 1 assist in the loss.
2. Brent Burns - Burns had 1 goal and added 2 assists in the win
1. Joe Thornton - Jumbo Joe was the best player on the ice, picking up 3 assists in the win

Play of the Game - Gabriel Landeskog's goal gets it tonight, a great 3-way passing play from Parenteau to Stastny and Landeskog.

Game #37 - The Avs conclude their 3-game road trip with a meeting with the defending Stanley Cup Champion Chicago Blackhawks on Friday night (@8PM ET)

-Joel Forman - Colorado Avalanche News

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