National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
San Jose 5, Colorado 4
Thursday, December 15, 2011 10:30 PM
When: 10:30 PM ET, Thursday, December 15, 2011
Where: HP Pavillion at San Jose, San Jose, California
Referees: Steve Kozari, Tim Peel
Linesmen: Scott Cherrey, Derek Amell
Attendance: 17562
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Colorado 2204
San Jose 1135
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
2:30 - Sharks Ryane Clowe (EV) Assists: Logan Couture
5:51 - Avalanche Paul Stastny (PP) Assists: Erik Johnson
19:49 - Avalanche Ryan O'Reilly (PP) Assists: Stefan Elliott , Milan Hejduk
Penalties
2:09 - Avalanche Cody McLeod (5) Fighting
 2:09 - Sharks Brad Winchester (5) Fighting
 5:18 - Sharks Patrick Marleau (2) Holding
 9:32 - Avalanche Kyle Quincey (2) Closing hand on puck
 18:50 - Sharks Brent Burns (2) High sticking
2nd Period
Scoring
1:12 - Sharks Michal Handzus (EV) Assists: Martin Havlat , Jamie McGinn
3:01 - Avalanche Paul Stastny (EV) Assists: Daniel Winnik , Matt Duchene
18:21 - Avalanche Daniel Winnik (EV) Assists: Paul Stastny , David Van der Gulik
Penalties
4:20 - Avalanche David Van der Gulik (2) Tripping
 7:25 - Avalanche Daniel Winnik (5) Fighting
 7:25 - Sharks Ryane Clowe (5) Fighting
3rd Period
Scoring
7:00 - Sharks Brent Burns (EV) Assists: Martin Havlat
8:29 - Sharks Joe Pavelski (EV) Assists: Jason Demers , Joe Thornton
11:29 - Sharks Logan Couture (EV) Assists: Patrick Marleau , Marc-Edouard Vlasic
Penalties
8:54 - Sharks Justin Braun (2) Boarding
 14:54 - Avalanche Bench (2) Too many men on ice
Colorado Avalanche
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG TOI
Semyon Varlamov G 0 0 0 0 0 59:01
Jean-Sebastien Giguere G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
Ryan O'Byrne D 0 0 0 -3 0 0 18:09
Shane O'Brien D 0 0 0 E 0 2 20:38
Erik Johnson D 0 1 1 E 0 1 22:07
David Van der Gulik LW 0 1 1 E 2 1 10:46
Jan Hejda D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 18:58
Matt Duchene C 0 1 1 -1 0 1 20:57
Jay McClement C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 14:56
Milan Hejduk RW 0 1 1 -2 0 2 19:16
Paul Stastny C 2 1 3 E 0 4 20:21
Kyle Quincey D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 19:10
Daniel Winnik LW 1 1 2 +1 5 3 20:23
Ryan O'Reilly C 1 0 1 -1 0 3 20:22
T.J. Galiardi LW 0 0 0 -2 0 1 14:34
Brad Malone C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 7:27
Stefan Elliott D 0 1 1 E 0 4 18:44
Evan Brophey C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4:03
Cody McLeod LW 0 0 0 E 5 0 4:10
Gabriel Landeskog LW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 19:58
San Jose Sharks
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG TOI
Thomas Greiss G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
Antti Niemi G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00
Colin White D 0 0 0 +2 0 1 16:26
Joe Pavelski C 1 0 1 E 0 4 19:16
Martin Havlat RW 0 2 2 +1 0 0 17:50
Brad Winchester LW 0 0 0 E 5 1 6:54
Patrick Marleau LW 0 1 1 +3 2 4 19:01
Torrey Mitchell C 0 0 0 E 0 1 15:06
Joe Thornton C 0 1 1 E 0 3 21:17
Dan Boyle D 0 0 0 E 0 3 26:23
Michal Handzus C 1 0 1 E 0 1 16:50
Andrew Murray C 0 0 0 E 0 0 4:26
Ryane Clowe LW 1 0 1 +2 5 1 17:00
Logan Couture C 1 1 2 +3 0 4 18:22
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D 0 1 1 E 0 0 24:24
Jason Demers D 0 1 1 +1 0 2 17:05
Justin Braun D 0 0 0 E 2 3 16:40
Jamie McGinn LW 0 1 1 E 0 2 15:36
Andrew Desjardins C 0 0 0 E 0 0 4:46
Brent Burns D 1 0 1 +3 2 4 19:06
Goaltending
Colorado
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Semyon Varlamov L (10-13-1) 34 29 5 .853 0 59:01
San Jose
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Antti Niemi W (12-6-3) 27 23 4 .852 0 60:00