There are many reasons to like the Colorado Avalanche (championship rings for sale) in this series. They have distinct advantages in overall team speed and in goaltending. They're healthier, and they're rested in comparison to the San Jose Sharks. And yet, it's difficult to ignore the supernatural forces that propelled the Sharks through the first round. The double-overtime win on the road in Game 6, a career night from the previously leaky Martin Jones in goal and a winning goal from Tomas Hertl, who had vowed there would be a Game 7. Then, in Game 7, being gifted a five-minute major penalty by the referees after Cody Eakin's cross-check led to a Joe Pavelski injury, and erasing a three-goal deficit with four power-play goals before eventually winning in overtime. Brent Burns added the fourth goal late in the period when his shot from the boards deflected past Philipp Grubauer with Sorensen in front of the net. Thornton got an assist on that goal, giving him 100 career helpers in the postseason. Gustav Nyquist scored the first goal for San Jose, Timo Meier added an empty-netter and Martin Jones made 26 saves to send the Sharks to their fourth straight win. Burns also had three assists. Game 2 is Sunday in San Jose. Gabriel Bourque and Colin Wilson scored for the Avalanche (Colorado Avalanche championship rings for sale), who were unable to carry over the momentum from a dominant first-round series win against Pacific Division champion Calgary. Grubauer made 22 saves. The intensity in the Shark Tank had dropped a bit from Tuesday night, when San Jose rallied from three goals down in the third period before winning Game 7 in overtime against Vegas. While the Sharks needed back-to-back overtime games to knock off the Golden Knights, Colorado was resting with six days off after a five-game win over the Flames that sent the Avalanche into the second round for the first time since 2008. The impact of the reduced rest was felt as captain Joe Pavelski remained sidelined from his concussion in Game 7 and fellow forward Joonas Donskoi remained sidelined from a hard hit in Game 6. The Avalanche had the edge early and capitalized with Bourque's goal on a rebound of Cale Makar's shot just 2:10 into the game. Jones kept the deficit at one with a brilliant pad save against Carl Soderberg. The Sharks then got the equalizer when Logan Couture won an offensive zone draw to Burns, who maneuvered into the slot and put a shot on net. Grubauer stopped it but Nyquist knocked in the rebound. 
Colorado (nhl championship rings for sale) had a goal wiped off later in the period when replays showed Rantanen kicked the puck into the net, and Jones robbed Soderberg again on a breakaway late in the first. Rantanen helped the Avalanche get on the scoreboard early in the second when he fed Wilson in the slot for a goal on the power play. But the Sharks took over from there.
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