The Colorado Avalanche hosts the San Jose Sharks on Saturday in the second game of a back-to-back set between the clubs and the second of four straight matchups.Colorado shut out San Jose 3-0 on Friday to extend its season-long home point streak to 14 games and improve to 32-12-4 on the season. Mikko Rantanen notched a goal and two assists for his fourth three-point night of the campaign and has points in his last seven games. Cale Makar registered a goal and an assist on the power play, while Gabriel Landeskog (one goal, one assist) put together a multi-point effort as well. Netminder Philipp Grubauer earned his sixth shutout of the year tied for the most in the NHL stopping all 21 shots he faced.
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Sharks beat Coyotes to snap eight-game losing streak
Alexander Barabanov scored his first NHL goal to help the San Jose Sharks beat the Arizona Coyotes 6-4 on Monday in the Sharks’ first home game with fans in attendance in 13 months.
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SAN JOSE, Calif. Alexander Barabanov scored his first NHL goal to help the San Jose Sharks beat the Arizona Coyotes 6-4 on Monday night in the Sharks’ first home game with fans in attendance in 13 months.
Rookie goalie Josef Korenar made 21 saves and earned his first NHL victory as San Jose snapped an eight-game losing streak, its longest since 2005.