The Avs wrapped up their eighth back-to-back of the season with the team now 7-1-0 in the first game and is now 5-0-3 in the second. It was the third-straight sweep of a back-to-back, matching a franchise record... Patrik Nemeth scored his first goal of the season with the Avalanche… Conor Timmins (two assists) recorded his first-ever multi-point outing and now has three assists in his NHL career... Pierre-Edouard Bellemare played in his 500th career NHL game, becoming the second French player to reach the mark... The Avalanche franchise played its second ever regular-season game in the month of May, as the Quebec Nordiques finished the shortened 1994-95 campaign at home with a win vs. Hartford on May 3, 1995... Valeri Nichushkin scored at 7:14 of the second period but it was waved off as the San Jose goaltender's mask came off before, causing an immediate stoppage of play. The Avalanche held the Sharks to four shots on goal in the second period... The Avalanche used a coach's challenge for goaltender interference on Evander Kane's goal at 9:55 of the third period, but the call on the ice was upheld. It was the first lost coach's challenge of the season for the Avs (3-for-4)… Colorado improved to 6-1-2 on Saturdays this season… The Avalanche has now won three straight games against San Jose and owns a 5-1-0 record and finished with a 4-0-0 mark at home in the season series.