Joel Kiviranta scored twice, including the go-ahead goal late in the third period, as the Colorado Avalanche defeated Alexandar Georgiev and the San Jose Sharks 4-2. The two teams were meeting for the first time since Georgiev and Mackenzie Blackwood were traded for each other 10 days prior.
The puck went off Alexandar Georgiev and into the net behind him. Instead of sunken shoulders from the Colorado Avalanche , there were celebrations. Joel Kiviranta scored twice, including the go-ahead goal with 6:54 left Thursday night, and the Avs defeated Georgiev and the San Jose Sharks , 4-2, at SAP Center. Georgiev and Colorado’s new starting goaltender, Mackenzie Blackwood, were traded for each other 10 days before being pitted against each other with their new clubs Thursday night.
The Avs scored early on their old pal, but needed a comeback late to defeat him. Kiviranta scored on a rush shortly after the Avs killed off back-to-back penalties, then potted his second of the night with 4:02 remaining to give his club some breathing room. Colorado’s power play was 5 of 48 with two shorthanded goals allowed in the past 18 games, but the Avs scored twice with the extra man in four tries against Georgiev. The second one was vintage work from this core of Avalanche players. Mikko Rantanen started the passing sequence, as the puck went around the perimeter to Cale Makar and then to Nathan MacKinnon. The reigning league MVP found Rantanen through the heart of the defense for a one-timer and his team-leading 19th goal of the season to even the score with 11:34 remaining in the third. San Jose went ahead during a weird, sloppy and ultimately not very good second period for the visitors. The Sharks scored twice, and both came after miscommunications/turnovers by Colorado’s best forwards.
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