Coming off a strong 4-2 win against the Vegas Golden Knights, the Colorado Avalanche find themselves in a matchup against the San Jose Sharks coming off their own impressive win against the New Jersey Devils. Though what was a good start for the Avalanche, the Sharks and Yaroslav Askarov showed their resilience in this back-to-back matchup. 

Period 1

Action starts just 30 seconds into the period as Martin Necas’ shot from Cale Makar re-directs off defenseman Timothy Lilegren’s skate and in. Ilya Solovyov, in the defensive end, is called for high-sticking against Barclay Goodrow. No blood is drawn, so it's just a minor, but the Avalanche kill the penalty off. The Avalanche gets its own chance on the power play when John Klingberg is called for interference, but they can’t convert. With under two minutes left in the period, Celebrini streaks into the offensive zone and gets enough time to rifle a shot past Mackenzie Blackwood to make it 1-1 and end the first period.

Period 2

The Sharks came out to start the second period much better than the first, and they capitalized on it. Tye Dellandrea finds Philipp Kurashev able to get behind Makar and Devon Toews and receives a great pass, leading to a breakaway into the offensive zone, and beats Blackwood to take a 2-1 lead. Celebrini is called for slashing when battling for the puck against Brock Nelson, but the Avalanche can’t convert on the opportunity.

Artturi Lehkonen streaks into the offensive zone, finds MacKinnon to bat his pass in, but right as he shoots it, Jeff Skinner comes crashing into the net and dislodges it. Initially, the play was called dead, and MacKinnon was obviously frustrated. After review, the call is overturned: Skinner could have stopped before crashing into the net, and MacKinnon's goal will count, tying the game 2-2 and ending the second period.

Period 3

Toews is called for a delay of game, and Gabriel Landeskog is called for high-sticking, but they were able to continue their strong penalty kill and kill both of those penalties. The Avalanche looked tired in period three, and it showed. They were outshot 7-9 in the period, which isn’t that bad on paper, but after outshooting the Sharks 30-11 in the first two periods and it still being tied 2-2, it's a sign.

Though it's not fair to give credit where it's due to Yaroslav Askarov for how well he has performed, keeping this game tied 2-2 and forcing it into overtime despite how well the Avalanche bombarded him with pucks and chances. The period ends with him recording 35 saves and the score 2-2 heading into overtime.

Overtime

The overtime woes continue for the Avalanche as MacKinnon tries to find a streaking Necas heading into the offensive zone, but misses him, and the Sharks press on the attack. It's Kurashev once again with a shot that beats Blackwood's fair side to win the game. The shot looks as similar as the one he beat Blackwood with earlier in the game to take a 2-1 lead.

The Colorado Avalanche take three of four points on this back-to-back road trip and will head back home to host the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday, October 4.

Mackenzie Blackwood expected to start against former team Mackenzie Blackwood's first start following off-season surgery to repair a lower body injury could come against the team that traded him.

Taylor Makar could NHL debut alongside brother Cale on Saturday in San Jose The younger brother of Taylor Makar could step onto the ice for the Colorado Avalanche.