MOSCOW, Mar 19 Colorado Avalanche beat San Jose Sharks «in the regular season match of the National Hockey League (NHL). The meeting, held in San Jose, ended with a score of 5:3 in favor of the guests. Valery Nichushkin (36th and 60th minutes) scored a double as part of the winners, Nazem Kadri (11), Darren Helm (15) and Cale Makar (21) also scored goals. The “San Jose” scored Jeffrey Viel (40), Rudolf Balzers (54) and Eric Karlsson (59). Nichushkin scored 16th and 17th goals this season. In total, he played 44 matches in which he scored 35 (17 goals + 18 assists) points. Russian forward “San Jose” Alexander Barabanov spent 18 minutes and 18 seconds on the ice and scored one assist. “Colorado” leads the Western Conference standings with 93 points in 62 games. “San Jose” with 60 points after 61 games is in 13th place. In the next match, the Avalanche will host the Edmonton Oilers on March 21, the Sharks will play at home against the Arizona Coyotes the day before. In another match of the day, the Florida Panthers beat the Anaheim Ducks 3-0 on the road. Russian forward Maksim Mamin scored no points, goalkeeper Sergei Bobrovsky remained on the bench.
