DENVER — Brent Burns broke a tie with 1:39 left to help the San Jose Sharks beat the Colorado Avalanche 4-3 on Sunday.
Burns made it 3-2 when he came down the right boards and sent a snap shot through traffic and past goalie Semyon Varlamov. The goal was upheld under review.
Burns also had a short-handed goal in the second period, Joe Pavelski and Joel Ward added goals, and Martin Jones stopped 23 shots. Coming off a 5-3 loss in Dallas on Saturday, the Sharks won for the second time in seven games to improve to 6-5-0.