Thursday’s late summary

Avalanche 7, Sharks 3

Sharks 1 0 2 — 3 Colorado 3 2 2 — 7

First Period: 1, Colorado, Kiviranta 12 (Makar), 4:19 (sh). 2, Colorado, Makar 23 (Drouin, MacKinnon), 6:43 (pp). 3, Sharks, Zetterlund 17 (Graf), 10:08 (pp). 4, Colorado, Drouin 8 (Necas, Lehkonen), 19:57 (pp). Penalties: Necas, COL (Hooking), 3:26. Dellandrea, SJ (Slashing), 5:30. Toews, COL (Tripping), 8:27. Kiviranta, COL (Tripping), 15:39. Dellandrea, SJ (Roughing), 18:38.

Second Period: 5, Colorado, Necas 21 (MacKinnon, Makar), 0:40 (pp). 6, Colorado, MacKinnon 24 (Makar, Manson), 10:54. Penalties: Ferraro, SJ (High Sticking), 0:37. Celebrini, SJ (Hooking), 8:27. Manson, COL (Holding), 11:31.

Third Period: 7, Colorado, MacKinnon 25 (Makar, Lehkonen), 5:21. 8, Sharks, Celebrini 20 (Smith, Eklund), 8:10 (pp). 9, Colorado, Makar 24 (Toews, MacKinnon), 9:00. 10, Sharks, Eklund 14 (Toffoli, Wennberg), 17:24. Penalties: Middleton, COL (Holding), 6:13.

Shots on goal: Sharks 9-6-20: 35. Colorado 13-13-6: 32; Power-play opportunities: Sharks 2 of 5. Colorado 3 of 4; Goalies: Sharks, Georgiev 12-20-1 (32 shots-25 saves). Colorado, Blackwood 23-16-5 (35-32); A: 18,077 (18,007); T: 2:35.