Schedule and 2009-10 Results
Regular Season Records: San Jose 51-20-11=113pts, Colorado 43-30-9=95pts
Game 1 on Wednesday, 14 April: Colorado wins at San Jose, 2-goals-1
Game 2 on Friday, 16 April: Colorado loses at San Jose, 6-goals-5 (OT)
Game 3 on Sunday, 18 April: San Jose loses at Colorado, 1-goal-nil (OT)
Game 4 on Tuesday, 20 April: San Jose wins at Colorado, 2-goals-1 (OT)
Game 5 on Thursday, 22 April: Colorado loses at San Jose, 5-goals-nil
Game 6 on Saturday, 24 April: San Jose wins at Colorado, 5-goals-2

SERIES NOTES:

Post-series assessment: The San Jose Sharks defeated the Colorado Avalanche 4-games-2 in MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1093. The victorious San Jose Sharks thus improve their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record to 10-12 (all rounds) and 9-4 (Preliminary round), while the Colorado Avalanche see their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record fall to 19-10 (all rounds) and 9-3 (Preliminary round). The win order posted by the victorious San Jose Sharks in series 1093 was LWLWWW: Series 1093 thus becomes the sixth NHL Preliminary-round series, the 15th NHL series (all rounds), and the 28th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. Trailing series 1093 Game 2 against the Colorado Avalanche by one goal with as little as 33 seconds left in regulation, the San Jose Sharks managed to emerge from Game 2 with a victory: In the history of best-of-7 NHL playoff series from 1939 through 2009, teams such as San Jose that trailed by one goal with only 33 seconds left in regulation irrespective of site had only a 13-806 (.016) game record. The Colorado Avalanche hosted and defeated the San Jose Sharks 1-goal-nil with an overtime goal in Game 3 of series 1093. The 1-goal-nil overtime victory was the 29th in best-of-7 NHL playoff history, and the second for the Colorado Avalanche on home ice. The first for Colorado? In series 917 (2004 NHL Quarterfinals) Game 4 ... over the San Jose Sharks. The San Jose Sharks won series 1093 Game 4 against the Colorado Avalanche in overtime, marking the third consecutive game in this series to last beyond regulation. Series 1093 thus became the first best-of-7 NHL playoff series to feature three consecutive overtime games since series 1029 (in the 2008 NHL Preliminary round), when Colorado also accomplished this feat (that time with the Minnesota Wild). In series 1093 Game 6, the San Jose Sharks trailed the Avalanche in Colorado by a goal as late as 7:32 into the third period but won the game: In the history of best-of-7 NHL playoff series from 1939 through 2009, road teams down a goal as late as 7:32 into the third had a game record of only 91-481 (.159).