COLORADO AVALANCHE NOTES:
TONIGHT’S GAME
COLORADO AVALANCHE (46-24-6, 98 PTS) at SAN JOSE SHARKS (22-40-15, 59 PTS)
8:40 p.m. MT / 7:40 p.m. PT – SAP Center, San Jose, California
Altitude / 92.5 FM
The Colorado Avalanche continue their four-game California road trip with the second of two straight matchups here at SAP Center against the San Jose Sharks … Colorado beat San Jose 4-3 in overtime on Tuesday … The Avalanche will finish the trip with a back-to-back in Southern California on Saturday (Los Angeles) and Sunday (Anaheim) … The Avs are 11-2-0 in their last 13 games, 18-5-1 in their last 24 contests and 26-7-3 in their last 36 games … The Avalanche have won seven consecutive road games, tied for the second-longest road winning streak in franchise history … Colorado is 11-1-0 in its last 12 road contests and 14-2-1 in its last 17 away from the Mile High City .. Colorado is 12-5-2 in its last 19 home dates.
ON THE CALL
Altitude: Marc Moser (play-by-play), Mark Rycroft (analyst), Kyle Keefe (reporter) Altitude Radio: Conor McGahey
LAST GAME
April 4 – Colorado 4, San Jose 3 in overtime
Nathan MacKinnon scored in overtime to reach the 100-point mark for the first time in his career and lift the Avalanche to a 4-3 victory over the San Jose Sharks at SAP Center … MacKinnon’s OT goal capped off a three-point night (1g/2a) for the Avs forward as Colorado won its seventh consecutive road game, clinched a playoff berth and moved into first place in the Central Division … Jack Johnson had the other goal for the Avs and Mikko Rantanen and Devon Toews each added two assists … Alexandar Georgiev made 28 saves for his franchise record 19th road victory of the season.
SF: 42 SA: 31 PP: 0-3 PK: 0-1
The Avalanche clinched a playoff berth for the sixth consecutive year The Avs moved into first place in the Central Division for just the second day all season (Nov. 12) The Avalanche won their seventh consecutive road game, tied for the second longest streak in franchise history … The Avs are 11-1-0 in last 12 road contests and 14-2-1 in last 17 … Colorado is tied for third in the NHL with 25 road wins this season, one shy of the franchise record (26) set in 2013-14 MacKinnon reached the 100-point mark for the first time in his career … He became the first Avalanche player to reach 100 points in a season since Joe Sakic in 2006-07 MacKinnon’s overtime winner was his 10th career overtime goal, a franchise record … He was tied with Milan Hejduk (9) The Avs are 11-2-0 in their last 13 games, 18-5-1 in their last 24 contests and 26-7-3 in their last 36 games Logan O’Connor appeared in his 200th career NHL game Rantanen’s two assists gave him 94 points for the season, a new career high .. He had 92 last year Georgiev set a franchise record with his 19th road win of the season, topping the previous mark of 18 away wins set by David Aebischer in 2003-04
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Apr. 3 – Ben Meyers recalled from the Colorado Eagles (AHL)
Apr. 1 – Ben Meyers reassigned to the Colorado Eagles (AHL) … Brad Hunt cleared waivers
Mar. 31 – Brad Hunt placed on waivers … Ben Meyers recalled from the Colorado Eagles (AHL)
CURRENT INJURIES
Pavel Francouz – lower body (Feb. 14 – present)
Darren Helm – lower body (April 4 – present)
Gabriel Landeskog – knee (Oct. 12 – present)
Artturi Lehkonen – finger (March 15 – present)
Cale Makar – lower body (April 4 – present)
Josh Manson – lower body (March 4 – present)
Total Man-Game Lost: 429
TONIGHT’S OPPONENT – SAN JOSE SHARKS
The Avalanche and Sharks wrap up the season series tonight with the third and final meeting of 2022-23 … Colorado won the first two matchups and will look to sweep the season series for the second straight year … Colorado won all three games a year ago, sweeping the season series for just the third time (2-0-0 in 2019-20 and 4-0-0 in 2002-03) … Colorado is 13-2-0 versus San Jose since the start of the 2019-20 campaign … The Avs have won the last eight meetings in Denver and are 10-1-0 in their last 11 home games versus the Sharks.
SCHEDULE vs. SHARKS
Mar. 7 vs. SAN JOSE (W, 6-0)
Apr. 4 @ SAN JOSE (W, 4-3 OT)
Apr. 6 @ SAN JOSE
RECORD vs. SHARKS
THIS SEASON 2021-22 ALL-TIME SINCE 1995-96 PLAYOFFS
Overall: 2-0-0 Overall: 3-0-0 Overall: 59-40-12 Overall: 54-38-12 Series (record): 5 series (2-3)
Home: 1-0-0 Home: 2-0-0 Home: 35-14-6 Home: 32-14-6 Record Overall: 15-17
Road: 1-0-0 Road: 1-0-0 Road: 24-26-6 Road: 22-24-6 Last: 2019 R2 (L, 3-4)
SAN JOSE SHARKS NOTES:
LAST GAME:
Game 77 – 4/4 – SJS 3 vs COL 4 OT…San Jose climbed out of an 0-2 hole to tie the game at 3-3 in the third period thanks to goals from Kevin Labanc (2g, 0a) and Jacob Peterson (1g, 0a). For Peterson, that marks power-play goals in back-to-back games. Danil Gushchin (0g, 1a) recorded his first NHL assist with a primary helper on Peterson’s goal. Erik Karlsson (0g, 1a) recorded his 74th assist and 96th point of the season, marking the most assists in a season by a defenseman since Sergei Zubov (77) in 1993-94. Karlsson tied Joe Thornton for the second-most points by a player in a season in franchise history. Kaapo Kahkonen saved 38 of 42 shots in his 100th NHL appearance.
SJ Goals: Labanc (14), Peterson (2 pp), Labanc (15)
SF: 31
SA: 42
SJ PP: 1/1
SJ PK: 3/3
W: Georgiev
OTL: Kahkonen
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
4/5 Reassigned F Danil Gushchin to the San Jose Barracuda
4/4 Recalled F Danil Gushchin from the San Jose Barracuda
4/3 Reassigned F Kyle Criscuolo and F Danil Gushchin to the San Jose Barracuda
4/1 Recalled F Kyle Criscuolo and F Danil Gushchin from the San Jose Barracuda
TONIGHT’S OPPONENTS
Tonight, San Jose and Colorado will close out their two-game series at SAP Center at San Jose, with Colorado taking a 4-3 decision on April 4. The NHL’s reigning champs are on a four-game California swing, with back-to-back games against Los Angeles and Anaheim, respectively, scheduled for April 8 and 9.
APRIL 6, 7:30 p.m.
SAN JOSE SHARKS vs. COLORADO AVALANCHE
22-39-16 (60 pts), 7th in Pacific 2022-23 RECORD/STANDING 46-24-6 (98 pts), 1st in Central3-1-1 LAST 5 GAMES 4-1-0 0-1-1 SEASON SERIES 2-0-0
47-51-5-7 ALL-TIME RECORD AGAINST OPPONENT 59-40-5-8
2022-23 PLAYER STATS
Logan Couture and Erik Karlsson (77) GAMES PLAYED LEADER 4 players (76)
Timo Meier (31) GOALS LEADER Mikko Rantanen (49)
Erik Karlsson (74) ASSISTS LEADER Nathan MacKinnon (64)
Erik Karlsson (96) POINTS LEADER Nathan MacKinnon (100)
