DENVER — Gabriel Bourque and Tyson Jost scored 2:14 apart in the second period, Jonathan Bernier stopped 39 shots and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Sharks 3-1 on Tuesday night.
Colorado returned from a six-game road trip and won its ninth straight at the Pepsi Center, the club’s longest home winning streak since moving to Denver in 1995. The Avalanche are 19-7-1 at home this season.
Bernier has played “well the last two times we played them, but there’s things you can do better,” Sharks forward Joe Pavelski told NHL.com. “You get that many shots, maybe not get enough second chance rebounds.