Sharks 4, Avalanche 3
DENVER -- Defenseman Brent Burns had two goals, including the game winner with 1:39 remaining, and the San Jose Sharks beat the Colorado Avalanche 4-3 on Sunday.
Goaltender Martin Jones stopped 23 shots and right winger Joel Ward also scored for the Sharks, who won for just the second time in the last seven games.
Burns got the tiebreaking goal when he took a shot from the right boards, close to where he scored his first one. It beat goalie Semyon Varlamov through a screen.
Center Joe Pavelski scored an empty-net goal 19 seconds after Burns' tally. It was his sixth of the season.
Right winger Dennis Everberg answered Pavelski's score with a goal at 18:55 but the Avalanche couldn't tie it with Varlamov off for an extra skater.
Defenseman Francois Beauchemin and right winger Jarome Iginla also scored for the Avalanche.
Varlamov finished with 29 saves for Colorado, which is 1-5-1 in its last seven games. Defenseman Tyson Barrie had two assists for the Avalanche.
The teams traded quick goals on Colorado's power play during the second period. Burns got a shorthanded goal at 12:03 that gave the Sharks a 2-1. It was his second goal of the season.
The Avalanche tied it 21 seconds later on Beauchemin's first goal of the season.
Iginla had given the Avalanche an early 1-0 lead with his fourth goal of the season. He got the puck on a deflection off Burns' stick and beat Jones just inside the left post at 5:17 of the first period. It was his 593rd goal of his career.
Iginla's turnover on the left boards 1:43 later led to the tying goal. Ward got the puck and stuffed in his own rebound with defenseman Tyson Barrie draped over him for Ward's seventh goal of the season, all coming in the last six games.
NOTES: Avalanche D Nikita Zadarov was a healthy scratch for the first time this season. The 20-year-old was one of the main figures in the summer trade that sent C Ryan O'Reilly to Buffalo. Veteran D Brad Stuart took his spot in the lineup. ... Sharks LW Bryan Lerg was in the lineup after being scratched Saturday. He and D Dylan DeMelo, who was a healthy scratch Sunday, were recalled Friday. ... The Avalanche entered Sunday's game with one goal in their last 20 power plays. They converted on 5 of 10 to start the season. ... The Sharks played in back-to-back afternoon games. They have seven matinee games this season.