Avs' big 3rd-period beats Sharks
Posted October 07, 2007 11:00 pm
DENVER -- Paul Stastny had a goal and 4 assists and Milan Hejduk scored twice and set up another tally as the Colorado Avalanche broke open a tight game with 4 third-period goals and beat the San Jose Sharks 6-2 Sunday night.
Avalanche captain Joe Sakic had a goal and assist to move past Phil Esposito into eighth on the NHL career points list with 1,591.
Stastny, the runner-up to Pittsburgh's Evgeni Malkin for rookie of the year honors last season, has 4 goals and 4 assists in Colorado's first three games. He had a hat trick in the Avalanche's season-opening win against Dallas on Wednesday.
Hejduk scored late in the first period, less than three minutes after Sakic notched the 611th goal of his 19-year career.
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