Just 15 minutes in the Rockies, and the San Jose Sharks were gasping for air.
The Colorado Avalanche had rolled to a 9-2 shots advantage at 5-on-5. The score was tied, but it appeared to just be a matter of time before the visitors would get buried.
Erik Johnson (6) eluded the forechecking Evander Kane (9). Donskoi, however, pressured Johnson to drop the puck back to a hard-charging Samuel Girard (49).
Girard entered with speed, but Erik Karlsson (65) had him ticketed.