Midnight hockey at its finest was on display in this contest as the Colorado Avalanche traveled west to San Jose in a meeting with the Sharks. The Avalanche were hoping to build on their shootout win against Vancouver to place themselves back to a playoff spot.
The first period was controlled by the Sharks for the most part with a 9-6 advantage in shots and one goal in their favor on the scoreboard. Marcus Sorensen buried a loose puck off of a faceoff to give San Jose the lead at 4:18 in the period.
Timo Meier extended the lead just 2:35 into the second frame on a long range shot that got through goaltender Semyon Varlamov.