Rapid Recap: Avalanche 4, Sharks 0

Mikko Rantanen and Gabriel Landeskog each had four-point performances and Philipp Grubauer denied each shot sent his way to help the Colorado Avalanche earn a 4-0 victory at the San Jose Sharks on Wednesday.
Rantanen had two goals and two assists while Landeskog had a marker with three helpers. Landeskog's tally came on the power play, the 55th man-advantage goal of his career. Nazem Kadri had two helpers while Samuel Girard found the back of the net and Nathan MacKinnon collected an assist.
Grubauer made all 26 saves and recorded his third shutout of the season, the 14th of his career.

Colorado concludes its four-game road trip with a 3-1-0 record.

THE GOALS

1st Period
No Scoring
2nd Period
14:24 COL (1-0) - Mikko Rantanen one-timed the puck into the net after receiving a pass from Nathan MacKinnon.
3rd Period
5:29 COL (2-0) - Gabriel Landeskog won a faceoff in the offensive zone, and Samuel Girard scored his fourth of the year from the high slot.
8:23 COL (3-0) - PPG, Gabriel Landeskog cleaned up a rebound to extend the lead on the power play.
14:34 COL (4-0) - Mikko Rantanen stuffed the puck past Martin Jones from the side of the net to score his second of the night.
Final: Avalanche - 4 | Sharks - 0

POWER PLAYS

Colorado: 1 for 4
San Jose: 0 for 3

GOALTENDING BATTLE

Colorado:Philipp Grubauer stopped all 26 shots he faced to register his league-leading third shutout (tied).
San Jose: Martin Jones allowed four goals on 38 shots.

STAT OF THE NIGHT

Gabriel Landeskog scored the 55th power-play goal of his career, passing Peter Forsberg (54) for sole possession of fourth place in Avalanche history (since 1995). The contest also marked his 651st career game, passing Anton Stastny (650) for sole possession of eighth place in Colorado/Quebec franchise history.
Landeskog's four-point performance extended his point streak to three games (three goals, three assists).

NOTEBOOK

Philipp Grubauer stopped all 26 shots he faced to record the 14th shutout of his career and third of the season, tied for the most in the league... Nathan MacKinnon assisted on Mikko Rantanen's second period tally to record the 322nd helper of his career, passing Alex Tanguay (321) for sole possession of eighth place in franchise history and fourth in Avalanche history... Rantanen has nine points (three goals, six assists) in his last five outings… Samuel Girard had an assist in the contest and now has 99 points (15 goals, 84 assists) in his career... Nazem Kadri had two helpers in the outing to register his fourth multi-point game of the season... Colorado and San Jose will meet again from April 30-May 5 when they face each other in four consecutive outings.

BIG HIGHLIGHT

IMAGE OF THE GAME

Eyes on the puck.

ROSTER REPORT

Colorado utilized the same personnel as it did in its last outing on Monday in San Jose. Goaltender Philipp Grubauer started his 17th game of the year.

INJURY UPDATE

Nathan MacKinnon left the game 8:08 into the third period after a collision in the neutral zone. Defensemen Bowen Byram and Cale Makar are each day-to-day with upper body injuries, while veteran forward Matt Calvert is also day-to-day with an upper-body ailment. Pavel Francouz (lower body), Dennis Gilbert (upper body) and Erik Johnson (upper body) are all out long term with their injuries.

UP NEXT

The Avalanche returns to the Mile High City to begin a nine-game homestand on Friday at Ball Arena. Colorado opens the homestay with a back-to-back against the Anaheim Ducks.

LINE COMBINATIONS

Based on start of the game
Forwards
92 Gabriel Landeskog - 29 Nathan MacKinnon - 96 Mikko Rantanen
20 Brandon Saad - 91 Nazem Kadri - 95 Andre Burakovsky
13 Valeri Nichushkin - 37 J.T. Compher - 72 Joonas Donskoi
17 Tyson Jost - 41 Pierre-Edouard Bellemare - 25 Logan O'Connor
Defensemen
7 Devon Toews - 27 Ryan Graves
34 Jacob MacDonald - 49 Samuel Girard
2 Dan Renouf - 22 Conor Timmins
Goaltenders
31 Philipp Grubauer
32 Hunter Miska