POSTGAME NOTES & QUOTES SAN JOSE SHARKS 5, COLORADO AVALANCHE 4 JANUARY 2, 2019
First Star TEAM NOTES Brent Burns (1g, 3a) The Avalanche scored twice in the third period and now has 58 goals in the final frame of regulation, the second most third-period goals of any Second Star team in the league (Calgary, 60). Tyson Jost (2g) The Avalanche was 1-for-4 on the power play and is now 39-for-147 Third Star (26.5%) this season. Joe Pavelski (1g, 3a)
INDIVIDUAL NOTES TEAM STATS Tyson Barrie scored to record his 275th career point, moving him into a Avalanche tie with John-Michael Liles for the most career points by a defenseman in franchise history. Barrie is two goals shy of tying Liles (68) for second Shots: 35 place on the franchise’s all-time list of goals by a blueliner.
Power Play: 1-4 With an assist on Matt Calvert’s first-period goal, Nathan MacKinnon registered his 60th point of the season, becoming the third player to Penalty Kill: 1-3 reach the 60-point threshold in 2018-19 (Nikita Kucherov, Mikko Ran- tanen). The Avalanche is the only team in the NHL to have two players Faceoffs: 57% record 60 points through 41 games played this season.
San Jose Only one other team has had multiple players reach at least 60 points through 41 games played in a campaign since teams began playing an Shots: 27 82-game schedule (Pittsburgh: Ron Francis, Jaromir Jagr and Mario Lemieux in 1995-96 and Jaromir Jagr, Mario Lemieux in 1996-97). Power Play: 2-3 Tyson Jost recorded his second career two-goal game (also: April 1, Penalty Kill: 3-4 2018 at Anaheim).
Faceoffs: 43% Alexander Kerfoot notched his seventh multi-point game of the season
Brent Burns (1g, 3a) and Joe Pavelski (1g, 3a) are the first San Jose teammates to each record 4+ points since Joe Thornton (3-2—5), Pat- Avalanche Schedule rick Marleau (1-3—4) and Dany Heatley (1-3—4) all did on Oct. 27, Thursday 2010 vs. New Jersey. Jan. 3, 2019 No practice POSTGAME NOTES & QUOTES SAN JOSE SHARKS 5, COLORADO AVALANCHE 4 JANUARY 2, 2019
QUOTES Colorado LW Gabriel Landeskog On Tonight’s Game: “For whatever reason it didn’t go our way and instead of stopping the bleeding at one or two goals, we let them get five tonight which is, for a win, that’s tough.”
On Secondary Scoring: “It’s kind of, again, that’s expected. I don’t think anyone in this room is sitting back and hoping that somebody else is going to do it. So, I think everybody wants to contribute and everybody wants to score and we’re going to need scoring from everybody if we’re going to get our- selves out of this.”
Colorado G Pavel Francouz On Playing In The NHL: “I’m happy for having experience, every minute on the ice, and playing with these players. It’s a big pleasure and it’s a dream come true to me.”
On Playing Relief: “It’s really fast, you don’t really have time to think. Just go from the bench and that’s your job as a backup goalie so you got to be ready every minute and try to be your best.”
San Jose C Joe Pavelski On Special Teams: “For sure, we got production out of them I would say. You’re going to have that throughout the year, I wouldn’t necessarily say our 5-on-5 game was not good. We had that lead built up 4-1 at one point and we weren’t giving a ton, but they had their chances. They’re a dangerous team, that top line’s good. They work well together, and they’ve got the speed and at the end of the night, a few pucks started going in and we were just trying to hold on in a way.”
On The 5-on-3: “It got us going, I think it backed them off. Kind of said we were going to be alright, we can move the puck against this team and we had some chances and drawing some penalties in those situations is encouraging. So, it’s just good to see the guys ready to execute on the power play early and move the puck around and create some momentum that way.”
San Jose D Brent Burns On His Teammates: “I’ve always said it but since I came here, I think my game’s grown a lot and a lot of that is because of those two guys (former San Jose C Patrick Marleau and San Jose C Joe Thorn- ton) and getting to sit next to Jumbo (Thornton) and just hear what he says and the way he thinks the game. The way he plays the game, even if a little bit of that stuff can rub off, it’s going to help you in your individual game. So, I just think we’re blessed to play with a lot of great players.”
On San Jose C Joe Pavelski’s Play: “He’s a guy that works on his craft every day and very cerebral, extremely smart on the ice, knows where to go. But, I’ve seen him shoot that puck 20-30 times a day and I don’t know how many goals he’s scored off that same spot. But, it’s a lot so I can’t say enough about him off the ice or on the ice, he’s elite in both areas.”