Game

Sharks at Avalanche

Avalanche 4, Sharks 2 · first star Artturi Lehkonen (2 G, 0 A).

2025-26 regular season · Preseason. The 2026-27 regular season starts Sep 29. Data as of September 28, 2026, source NHL.

San Jose Sharks 2 at Colorado Avalanche 4

Sharks SJS

2 FINAL 4

Avalanche COL

Wednesday, February 4, 2026 · 9:00 PM ET · Ball Arena, Denver

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Sharks	0	0	2	2	25
Avalanche	0	2	2	4	42

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Sharks attack left, Avalanche attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 3 marks in a team's own end are attempts logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net; 1 empty-net goal is drawn as a diamond. Boxscore shots on goal: SJS 25, COL 42.

SJS in red COL in blue goal empty-net goal shot on goal missed blocked Sharks 25 shots on goal (2 goals, 11 missed, 7 blocked) attacking left; Avalanche 42 shots on goal (4 goals, 15 missed, 21 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	SJS SOG	SJS G	SJS ATT	COL SOG	COL G	COL ATT
1st	5	0	12	14	0	27
2nd	8	0	13	17	2	27
3rd	12	2	18	11	2	24
Total	25	2	43	42	4	78

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	SJS SOG	SJS G	COL SOG	COL G
Even strength	24	2	37	4
Power play	1	0	5	0
Short-handed	0	0	0	0
Into an empty net	0	0	1	1

Attempt share by period

Avalanche took 64.5% of the shot attempts, and 64.7% of the 99 attempts taken at 5-on-5. An attempt is a goal, a shot on goal, a miss or a blocked shot; CF% is the share of them belonging to the Avalanche and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Sharks hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Sharks at Avalanche
Period	COL CF%	COL FF%
1st	69.2	70.0
2nd	67.5	66.7
3rd	57.1	46.7
Game	64.5	61.3

Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.

Scoring summary

2nd period

01:05 Artturi Lehkonen (18) Valeri Nichushkin (20), Cale Makar (42) · deflected 0–1
15:47 Artturi Lehkonen (19) Nathan MacKinnon (52), Valeri Nichushkin (21) · snap 0–2

3rd period

00:43 Timothy Liljegren (1) Alexander Wennberg (27), John Klingberg (10) · slap 1–2
03:34 Philipp Kurashev (7) Unassisted · wrist 2–2
12:44 Josh Manson (5) Valeri Nichushkin (22), Nathan MacKinnon (53) · slap 2–3
18:43 Brock Nelson (29) EN Unassisted · backhand 2–4

Three stars

Artturi Lehkonen COL · L #62 · 2 G, 0 A
Josh Manson COL · D #42 · 1 G, 0 A
Valeri Nichushkin COL · R #13 · 0 G, 3 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	03:57	COL	Parker Kelly	slashing	2	John Klingberg
1st	10:09	COL	Brock Nelson	hooking	2	Philipp Kurashev
1st	11:29	SJS	Alexander Wennberg	hooking	2	Cale Makar
1st	17:38	SJS	Kiefer Sherwood	holding	2	Brent Burns
2nd	04:08	SJS	Philipp Kurashev	high sticking	2	Cale Makar
2nd	10:41	COL	Zakhar Bardakov	hooking	2	Mario Ferraro
3rd	11:50	COL	Brent Burns	tripping	2	Collin Graf
3rd	11:50	SJS	Macklin Celebrini	slashing	2	Brent Burns

Boxscore

San Jose Sharks

Sharks skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Philipp Kurashev #96	C	1	0	1	+2	2	0	0	2	40.0	17:09
Timothy Liljegren #37	D	1	0	1	+1	2	1	2	0	0.0	20:08
Alexander Wennberg #21	C	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	46.2	20:12
John Klingberg #3	D	0	1	1	-3	0	3	3	0	0.0	19:13
Barclay Goodrow #23	C	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	0	0.0	09:42
Macklin Celebrini #71	C	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	2	40.0	20:14
Michael Misa #77	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	0.0	11:30
Tyler Toffoli #73	C	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0	0	0.0	14:59
Will Smith #2	C	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	0.0	17:41
Zack Ostapchuk #63	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	28.6	10:16
Kiefer Sherwood #44	L	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	2	0.0	17:39
William Eklund #72	L	0	0	0	-3	2	2	1	0	0.0	19:26
Adam Gaudette #81	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50.0	08:39
Collin Graf #51	R	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	100.0	14:22
Dmitry Orlov #9	D	0	0	0	-1	3	3	1	0	0.0	19:29
Mario Ferraro #38	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0.0	20:12
Shakir Mukhamadullin #85	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0.0	15:09
Vincent Desharnais #5	D	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	0.0	16:48

Sharks goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Yaroslav Askarov #30	L	41	38	3	.927	33/36	5/5	59:12

Colorado Avalanche

Avalanche skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Valeri Nichushkin #13	R	0	3	3	+4	2	3	1	0	0.0	20:44
Artturi Lehkonen #62	L	2	0	2	+2	5	1	0	0	0.0	17:35
Nathan MacKinnon #29	C	0	2	2	+4	4	1	0	0	46.2	23:01
Brock Nelson #11	C	1	0	1	+1	5	1	0	2	78.9	21:43
Josh Manson #42	D	1	0	1	+2	4	0	1	0	0.0	18:28
Cale Makar #8	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0	0.0	24:51
Gavin Brindley #54	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	09:49
Jack Drury #18	C	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	61.1	17:20
Parker Kelly #17	C	0	0	0	-2	3	2	0	2	0.0	16:11
Ross Colton #20	C	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	100.0	14:33
Zakhar Bardakov #93	C	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	50.0	04:18
Joel Kiviranta #94	L	0	0	0	-2	1	3	2	0	0.0	13:11
Taylor Makar #16	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	03:25
Victor Olofsson #95	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	13:06
Brent Burns #84	D	0	0	0	+1	4	1	1	2	0.0	18:35
Devon Toews #7	D	0	0	0	+2	2	0	0	0	0.0	25:56
Sam Malinski #70	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0.0	14:42
Samuel Girard #49	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0.0	14:32

Avalanche goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood #39	W	25	23	2	.920	22/24	1/1	60:00

SOG shots on goal · BLK blocked shots · FO% faceoff win percentage · EV / PP saves over shots by strength. Skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Source NHL (boxscore, play-by-play, game summary). Shot locations are the league's tracked coordinates; the chart and the situation tables are computed by Play-Pause Hockey. Data as of 2026-09-28.