Milan Michalek's goal late in the second period put San Jose ahead Sunday and the Sharks went on to defeat the Colorado Avalanche 3-1. After a scoreless first period, Jamie McGinn got a power-play goal for San Jose and Colorado's Scott Hannan tied it less than two minutes later. Michalek broke the tie with 35 seconds left in the second and Devin Setoguchi got the Sharks' final goal, an empty-netter, with 22 seconds remaining in the third. Evgeni Nabokov turned in 31 saves for his 37th win this season.

Jonathan Cheechoo scored in the third round of the shootout Thursday night, giving the San Jose Sharks a 3-2 win over Nashville. Playing for the first time since they wrapped up a playoff spot Sunday, the struggling Sharks improved to 4-5-1 in their last 10 games. All four regulation goals came in the

Jonathan Cheechoo scored in the seventh round of the shootout Saturday night and the San Jose Sharks beat Los Angeles 2-1. Evgeni Nabokov finished with 23 saves for San Jose in his return to action after a layoff of almost 2 ½ weeks due to a lower body injury.

Milan Michalek and Patrick Marleau scored power-play goals in the second period Thursday night, rallying the San Jose Sharks to a 2-1 win over Ottawa. The Sharks won for the fifth time in six games.

Marc-Edouard Vlasic and Milan Michalek scored less than three minutes apart in the second period Thursday, boosting San Jose to a 4-2 win over Los Angeles. The game was tied at 2-2 when Vlasic scored on the power play with 9:09 to go in the second.