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SAN JOSE, Calif. – Devin Setoguchi transcribed his prototypal career hat gimmick and Ian White transcribed a point in his prototypal mettlesome with San Jose as the Sharks vex river 4-0, handing the Avalanche their 10th straightforward loss Saturday night.

Ryane Clowe also scored for the Sharks, who hit worked themselves back into the playoff picture by winning their ordinal in 10 games. The Sharks touched into the ordinal blot in the Western Conference.

White, the new acquired defenseman from Carolina and playing for his ordinal team this season, aided on Setoguchi's ordinal goal.

Antii Niemi prefabricated 25 saves to record his fifth licking of the flavour and the 12th of his career. Colorado's Peter Budaj was under blockade all night, fastening 29 of 33 shots.

San Jose scored threesome nowadays in the prototypal period, digit on noesis plays.

The Avalanche are 0-9-1 over their time 10 games, their long winless color since relocating to Denver from Quebec for the 1994-95 season.

Setoguchi scored his prototypal content 6:29 into the mettlesome after attractive a transfer from Jason Demers and splitting digit defenders for an unhindered effort at the net.

Setoguchi scored a power-play content about eight transactions later, redirecting a rebounded effort from White soured the boards with Budaj caught hunting the criminal way.

He completed the hat gimmick with inferior than 2 transactions remaining to play after winning a effort for the disc along the boards and sprinting, without any interference, straightforward to the net.

Notes: Sharks C Scott Nichol mitt with an injury in the prototypal period. ... D Doug philologue transcribed his ordinal support in 24 games for the Sharks. ... The Avalanche were 0 for 3 on noesis plays and are 1 for 25 in their time 10 games.

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