Nichushkin's three assists allowed Colorado to beat San Jose in the NHL match.

On February 5, the Colorado Avalanche Hockey Club defeated the San Jose Sharks HC in the National Hockey League (NHL) regular season match. The match, which took place at the Ball Arena stadium in Denver, USA, ended with a score of 4:2 in favor of the home team.

34-year-old Josh Manson (53rd minute) and Brock Nelson (59th minute) scored goals for the winners. In addition, 30-year-old striker Artturi Lehkonen scored a double (22nd and 36th), and his peer, Russian Valery Nichushkin, who made three scoring passes, was recognized as the third star of the meeting: he already has 12 goals and 22 assists on his professional account this season.

The losers scored goals from 26-year-old Swede Timothy Liljegren (41st) and his Swiss peer Philippe Kurashev (44th).

Currently, the Colorado Avalanche leads the Central Division of the Western Conference, while the San Jose Sharks occupy the sixth place in the Pacific Division in the West.

Now the winning team will play HC Utah Mammoth on February 26, and the losing team will face HC Calgary Flames the next day.

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HC Minnesota Wild defeated the Nashville Predators 6-5 in an away match of the National Hockey League (NHL) regular season on the same day. According to the results of this match, the winners took the second place in the Central Division standings, and the losers took the fifth place in the same place.

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