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SAN JOSE — The Sharks knew the Colorado Avalanche were going to make a big push Sunday to start Game 2 of their second round playoff series.

It didn’t happen until the second period, but it was no less effective in taking away home ice advantage.

The Sharks allowed second period goals to Gabriel Landeskog and Tyson Barrie and a third period goal to Matt Nieto in a 4-3 loss at SAP Center as the Avalanche leveled the series at one win apiece.

Colorado goalie Philipp Grubauer outdueled the Sharks’ Martin Jones, as he stopped 31 of 34 shots. Jones finished with 28 saves on 31 shots, as his and the Sharks’ four-game playoff win streak came to an end.

Brent Burns finished with two goals and an assist Sunday, and now has seven points in two games this series. Games 3 and 4 are at the Pepsi Center in Denver on Tuesday and Thursday, respectively.

“When we had a 1-0 lead, I thought we should’ve, not ended it, but poured it on and got the second and third one, and they would have been done,” Sharks defenseman Marc-Edouard Vlasic said. “We kept them in it.”

Evander Kane scored at the 7:57 mark of the first period to open the scoring, but the Sharks weren’t able to build on the lead despite having power play chances late in the first period and early in the second.

“You have to give them credit for pushing back in the second,” Sharks coach Pete DeBoer said. “I also think their goalie made a couple big saves where we didn’t extend the lead. We had some opportunities to make it two, which would have been a difference. A couple power plays to make it two, which would have made a difference.

“They got some saves at the right time to let them hang around.”

Grubauer, after he made 13 saves in the second period, made eight more in the third, including a nifty glove stop on Logan Couture’s shot from point blank range with 11:37 left.

“He made a good save. He came out quicker than I expected,” Couture said. “I’ve got to score there, though. He’s a smaller guy and I thought I could get it up high, but he flashed the glove on me. That’s one I’ve got to put in the net.”

The Avalanche took a 2-1 lead at the 16:31 mark of the second period.

Vlasic raced back to collect the puck after it was sent behind the Sharks’ net. The play was close to icing, but instead, Mikko Rantanen picked up the puck and sent it to the front of the Sharks’ net where Landeskog’s one-timer was blocked by Burns.

But the puck bounced right back to Barrie, who beat Jones with traffic in front with a shot to the blocker side for his first goal of the postseason.

Asked if he thought the play should have been whistled for icing, Vlasic said, “It was the right call. Absolutely, and I’ll take the high road and wait for the league’s apology tomorrow.”

DeBoer wasn’t faulting the officials as much he was his’ players’ reaction to the non-call.

“Whether I thought it was doesn’t matter. Our players did,” DeBoer said. “They let up. They relaxed for a minute and it obviously wasn’t.”

The series now has a familiar feel — for both the Sharks and the Avalanche.

The Sharks won their series opener against the Vegas Golden Knights only to lose Game 2 and home ice advantage. Vegas then won the next two games at home, forcing the Sharks to win three straight to advance to the second round.

The Avalanche lost Game 1 to the Calgary Flames in their first round series, but came back to win Game 2 in overtime and largely control the series from that point forward. Colorado lost Game 1 to Calgary 4-0, but outscored the Flames 17-7 over the next four games to win the series in five.

“It feels a little like last series,” DeBoer said. “You’ve got two really good, evenly matched teams. They found a way to get a split. We’ve got to go there and win at least a game.”

Nieto scored at the 10:10 mark of the third period to give Colorado a 3-1 lead. Burns drew the Sharks within one with 4:34 left in the third period, but Nathan MacKinnon scored an empty-net goal with 1:02 left in regulation. Burns added a second goal with 10 seconds to go.

“At this moment, pretty frustrated and disappointed,” Couture said. “Hopefully we move past it quickly and get ready for the next one.”

It was some nice work by Lukas Radil that helped the Sharks open the scoring.

Radil protected the puck in the Avalanche end and was in the corner to the right of Grubauer when he left it for Tomas Hertl. He passed it back to the point for Burns, who got a shot on net.

Kane was able to get position in front of the Avalanche net and collect the rebound before he put it past Grubauer for his second goal in nine playoff games.

The Avalanche, though, began to find a rhythm in the second period, and tied the game after they killed a holding penalty to Carl Soderberg.

Tyson was able to buy himself some room inside the Sharks’ blue line before he fired a shot on goal that was tipped by Landeskog past Jones at the 8:21 mark of the second period.