Looking for a team effort to squash the the Avalanche pulled off that and more Thursday night at Pepsi Center.

This wasn’t just a solid triumph. It had been near-perfect in front of a crowd.

The Avs cruised to a 4-0 triumph over the San Jose Sharks in Game 3 of a five-game homestand, moving back to second place in the Western Conference supporting the defending Stanley Cup champion St. Louis Blues.

Colorado, which lost in up to Dallas on Tuesday after having a defensive-end faceoff, scored twice off draws — one apiece from defensemen Cale Makar and Ryan Graves — obtained a shorthanded goal from Matt Calvert plus a fine performance from goaltender Philipp Grubauer in attaining 58 points, 10 behind the Blues.

“Great goaltending — right from the internet out I believed we had been good and hard,” said Avs coach Jared Bednar, whose group upped its unbeaten streak to 3 matches (1-0-2). “I believed the D did an excellent job on their rush coverage plus they moved the puck really effectively from the zone … And then real excellent commitment by our forward, return, putting back-pressure on these, getting over pucks so the D could stand up in a great deal of scenarios. ”

He included: “We had some crucial plays in the sport, too. A few off O-zone faceoffs. They had plays setup and they were implemented on by them. ”

Ryan Graves later #Avs’ 4-0 triumph over San Jose pic.twitter.com/4X2R2qtIkF

— Mike Chambers (@MikeChambers) January 17, 2020

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The only thing the Avs didn’t receive was a stage out of their top line and a power-play goal — which accentuates their group perform. Superstar center Nathan MacKinnon and wingers Gabe Landeskog and J.T. Compher were abandoned off the scoresheet and Colorado had been 0-for-1 using the man-advantage during two phases and 0-for-3 at the night.

“It’s OK — as they didn ’ t receive any opportunities, it ’ s not,” Bednar said of the line. “I thought they did a great deal of things. They had a good deal of good O-zone possessions … I wish they had three aims but it’s going to happen. I’m OK with it as long as ’re enjoying with the right way and doing the correct things. ”

The second period was dominant as the first to the Avs, who got goals from Graves and Calvert in the second. They were 28-16 on faceoffs during two phases, together with Makar and Graves’ goals coming directly off the wins by the circle.

Colorado outshot the Sharks 38-27 as well as the visitors were 0-for-2 on the power play.

“It makes my job really easy if the guys play such as this,” ” Grubauer said. “It was unbelievable. Among the best matches I’ve seen this team play. ”

The Avs got goals from Valeri Nichushkin and Makar at the ends of the first period. Nichushkin utilized a power transfer to the net 45 seconds to the game for his eighth goal of the year and Makar scored his 10th with a long wrist shot through traffic with just 2.8 seconds to perform in the period.

Nichushkin’s goal — a five-hole tap-in from the doorstep — arrived on the game’s shot. Makar tied John-Michael Liles using the Avs’ single-season listing for goals by a rookie defenseman. Liles had 10 in 2003-04; Makar is on pace to shatter the document.

“We played with a good game. We came out strong and lasted the whole time,” Graves said. “We were on and played good defensively pucks tough. All night, we played with the way. ”

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— Mike Chambers (@MikeChambers) January 17, 2020

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