Colorado Avalanche @ San Jose Sharks

13-29-2, 8-13-1 Away

Final/OT

	1	2	3	OT	T
Avalanche COL	0	1	1	0	2
Sharks SJ	1	1	0	1	3

San Jose SharksSharksSJ

29-16-2, 17-6-1 Home

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Regular Season Series

SJ leads 1-0

Avalanche
2
Sharks
3

Game 1

22/1

Sharks
5
Avalanche
2

Game 2

24/1

SAP Center at San Jose

11:30 AM, 22 January 2017

San Jose, CA

Attendance: 17,562

Referees:
Ian Walsh
Mike Leggo

Linesmen:
Brian Murphy
Mark Wheler

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Colorado	55	16	11	121
Dallas	50	20	12	112
Minnesota	46	24	12	104
Utah	43	33	6	92
St. Louis	37	33	12	86
Nashville	38	34	10	86
Winnipeg	35	35	12	82
Chicago	29	39	14	72

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Vegas	39	26	17	95
Edmonton	41	30	11	93
Anaheim	43	33	6	92
Los Angeles	35	27	20	90
San Jose	39	35	8	86
Seattle	34	37	11	79
Calgary	34	39	9	77
Vancouver	25	49	8	58

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Colorado Avalanche @ San Jose Sharks

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