DENVER \u2014 The San Jose Sharks visit Ball Arena to take on the Colorado Avalanche.<\/p>\n
The Avs touched up the seemingly invincible in November Yaroslav Askarov, shutting out the Sharks 6-0.<\/p>\n
Period 1<\/p>\n
Celebrini and Orlov turnovers to start, Orlov intercepted pass leads to extended Avs OZ shift. San Jose Sharks need to be more responsible to have a chance here.<\/p>\n
1 in: Askarov makes a smart puckhandling decision, puck in no man\u2019s land, he comes out aggressively, rims it up past Avs F1, to waiting high forward for exit.<\/p>\n
Colton goal: Toews flip, Dickinson in the vicinity but doesn\u2019t get it, Landeskog to Colton, who shoots it upstairs.<\/p>\n
6 in: Liljegren cuts off attacking MacKinnon one-on-one, good work. Sharks generating nothing on forecheck though.<\/p>\n
7 in: Eklund NZ hope pass picked off. Earlier, Ostapchuk was stripped coming up with puck through his slot. Dangerous areas. Sharks not playing smart so far.<\/p>\n
8 in: Sharks generate some OZ possession finally, but a couple shot attempts blocked. Gotta give the Avs credit for some hard defense too. Feels like Sharks giving Avs too much respect.<\/p>\n
9 left: Mukhamadullin with a shot, he\u2019s been active offensively tonight. Might be the only Shark who isn\u2019t just defending.<\/p>\n
5 left: Sharks get a sliver of space, Celebrini leaks out, makes a gorgeous spin pass to Dickinson attacking the slot. That\u2019s been a Dickinson strength, attacking the high-danger area. But Blackwood! Only high-quality San Jose chance in this period.<\/p>\n
Eklund penalty: I thought Olofsson sold it, but Remenda said it was a trip.<\/p>\n
MacKinnon goal: That hurts, less than a minute left, almost escape this period down just 1-0, a minor miracle. But MacKinnon pounds it, Lehkonen screen, don\u2019t think Askarov has a chance, doesn\u2019t see it.<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s see if the San Jose Sharks have any substantial pushback or if this is one of those that\u2019s going to get away from them. Recent years, we know how this goes. This season? Pretty simple, but they\u2019ve got to win some pucks, to start.<\/p>\n
Period 2<\/p>\n
1 in: Nifty by Dickinson, evades F1 who thought he had him pinned, then makes a move on F2 and out.<\/p>\n
Malinski goal: San Jose Sharks fail to get it out. By that\u2019s also one, Askarov will probably want back. Scheduled loss, baby.<\/p>\n
4 in: Dickinson makes a move, Burns take a spill in NZ.<\/p>\n
Manson goal: Lots of traffic. After Dickinson aforementioned move, it\u2019s a one-and-done for Sharks.<\/p>\n
Askarov pulled for Nedeljkovic.<\/p>\n
Kiviranta goal: Sharks try to restore order with fourth line, but soft overall play, Kiviranta just goes to net pretty much untouched.<\/p>\n
Warsofsky giving it to the Sharks during timeout.<\/p>\n
He goes back to the fourth line to set the identity, and this time, they get an OZ faceoff.<\/p>\n
8 in: San Jose Sharks\u2019 power play does show a pulse, at least. See if they can continue it.<\/p>\n
Tonight felt like the Sharks just got off on the wrong foot, be it altitude or tentativeness or whatever. And literally, pun intended, snowballed.<\/p>\n
1 in: Sharks, mainly because of their power play, have almost equaled up shots. Think it was like 20-7 Avs at one pointm now 27-23. Nedeljkovic also just made a highlight-reel save on MacKinnon, too bad it\u2019s wasted. But he\u2019s been solid in relief.<\/p>\n
Period 3<\/p>\n
Not much to say about this period, at least the Sharks aren\u2019t completely sleepwalking through it, they\u2019re not leaving Nedeljkovic completely in the wind.<\/p>\n
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