Mobile UPI  |   About UPI  |   UPI en Español  |   UPI Arabic  |   UPIU  |   My Account
Search:
Go

Sports News

NHL: San Jose 5, Colorado 4

|
|
 
  
Published: Dec. 16, 2011 at 1:19 AM

SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 16 (UPI) -- Brent Burns started a third-period rally and Logan Couture finished it Thursday, sending the San Jose Sharks to a 5-4 triumph over Colorado.

The Sharks overcame a two-goal deficit with three goals in the final period to snap a three-game losing streak. The Avalanche lost for the fourth time in five games.

Daniel Winnik scored with 1:39 left in the second period and Colorado took a 4-2 advantage into the third.

Burns began the comeback with 13 minutes to go and Joe Pavelski tied it 1:29 later. Couture produced the game-winning goal on a tip-in of a shot by Patrick Marleau.

The Sharks came within one goal of equaling their largest one-game total of the year, which occurred in a 6-3 victory over Phoenix to open the season.

Antti Niemi shut out the Avalanche over the final period and made 23 saves in the victory.

Semyon Varlamov allowed all five San Jose goals on 35 shots.

Topics: Logan Couture, Brent Burns, Daniel Winnik, Joe Pavelski, Patrick Marleau, Antti Niemi, Semyon Varlamov
Recommended Stories
© 2011 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Any reproduction, republication, redistribution and/or modification of any UPI content is expressly prohibited without UPI's prior written consent.

Order reprints
  
Join the conversation
Most Popular Collections
Linsanity The Daytona 500 Cheerleaders of 2012
Additional Sports News Stories
1 of 21
Singer Janelle Monae arrives at the 2012 MTV Movie Awards in Universal City, California
View Caption
Singer Janelle Monae arrives for the MTV Movie Awards at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, California. UPI/Jim Ruymen
fark
Barnes and Noble tell a 73-year-old patron that men can't be by themselves in the children's area...
While the Chinese are fiddling with an outdated Russian aircraft carrier, the U.S. has something...
Trololo no mo
The bar for spelling has never been lowre
Turns out men cheat way more than women after all
Famous last words: "The notion that it's too late to do anything is comical. It's hilarious. We're...