Avalanche beat Sharks, 4-3, to even series at one game apiece

SAN JOSE, CALIF. — Tyson Barrie scored the tiebreaking goal and assisted on two others, sending the Colorado Avalanche to a 4-3 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Sunday that tied the secondround National Hockey League playoff series at a game apiece.

The Avalanche were in danger of falling into a 2-0 series hole when coach Jared Bednar reunited his top line by moving Mikko Rantanen up to play with Nathan MacKinnon and Gabriel Landeskog with his team trailing 1-0 in the second period.

The move led to a goal by Landeskog on their first shift together and another by Barrie later in the period to help Colorado bounce back from a 5-2 loss in the series opener.

Former Shark Matt Nieto scored in the third period and MacKinnon added an emptynetter to give Colorado its third victory in its past 24 games in San Jose. Philipp Grubauer made 31 saves for Colorado.

Game 3 is Tuesday night in Denver.

Brent Burns scored twice and Evander Kane also scored for the Sharks, who had won four straight games. Goaltender Martin Jones made 28 saves for the Sharks.

The Avalanche turned the game around, thanks to their top line that has been so dangerous all year. Landeskog got to the front the net to deflect a point shot from Barrie past Jones for the equalizer midway through the second.

The ice was tilted Colorado’s way after that and the trio helped deliver again a couple of shifts later. Rantanen raced past MarcEdouard Vlasic to negate an icing and create a scoring chance for Colorado.

Jones made a good stop on Landeskog from in close but the puck went out to Barrie at the top of the faceoff circle and he beat Jones with a shot to the top corner to give Colorado a 2-1 lead.

The Sharks had a chance to tie it early in the third but Grubauer robbed Logan Couture from the slot with a glove save.