Avalanche 4, Sharks 1

Colorado 2 0 2 — 4 Sharks 1 0 0 — 1

First Period: 1, Colorado, Colton 5 (MacKinnon, Makar), 6:23 (pp). 2, Colorado, Colton 6 (Makar, Rantanen), 16:37. 3, Sharks, Eklund 1 (Toffoli, Granlund), 18:25 (pp). Penalties: San Jose bench, served by W.Smith (Too Many Men on the Ice), 6:00. Granlund, SJ (Hooking), 7:38. Manson, COL (Roughing), 18:07. Kunin, SJ (Roughing), 18:07. Colorado bench, served by Ritchie (Roughing), 18:07.

Second Period: None. Penalties: Rutta, SJ (Tripping), 2:09. Granlund, SJ (Slashing), 3:29. Colorado bench, served by Ritchie (Tripping), 7:13. Thrun, SJ (Fighting), 7:13. O’Connor, COL (Fighting), 7:13. Wood, COL (Interference), 11:30. de Haan, COL (Holding), 12:20. Manson, COL (Tripping), 15:17.

Third Period: 4, Colorado, Kiviranta 1 (Ludvig, Manson), 9:57. 5, Colorado, Makar 2 (MacKinnon, Girard), 18:23 (en). Penalties: None.

Shots on goal: Colorado 12-6-4: 22. Sharks 6-13-7: 26; Power-play opportunities: Colorado 1 of 4. Sharks 1 of 5; Goalies: Colorado, Annunen 1-1-0 (26 shots-25 saves). Sharks, Vanecek 0-3-0 (21-18); A: 14,125 (17,562); T: 2:32.