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~ALH
San Jose will try to salvage their short three game road trip as they face the Colorado Avalanche tonight. Â The Sharks and Avalanche have just two wins in December and hope the national spotlight will jumpstart their season. Â Tonight also begins a home and home series, concluding Thursday at the Shark Tank.While Team Teal had a better effort Sunday in Chicago, a 40 minute effort was obvious as the Blackhawks dominated and wore down San Jose to tie and eventually win in overtime. Â As the Sharks are still in the top eight in the Western Conference, Colorado has lost three in a row and are currently sitting in 13th spot. Â While youth is still reigning in the Rocky Mountains, patience might be getting thin for Avalanche fans and management who hoped to improve on their 2010 playoff run, a six-game series loss to San Jose.
LAST TIME
These teams met on November 20th, resulting in a 4-1 Sharks victory. Â Thomas Greiss had a great game with 36 saves, but Patrick Marleau stole the show with his fourth career regular season hat trick.
SIDE NOTES
> Tonight is the last Sharks game on Versus; it will become NBC Sports Network on January 2nd.
> Colorado will be wearing their blue third jerseys tonight.
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