Brent Burns scored twice and Patrick Marleau got his 1,000th career point to lift the Sharks over the host Pittsburgh Penguins 3-1 on Saturday.
Marleau became the 83rd NHL player to reach 1,000 points with an assist on Burns’ first goal 7:54 into the game.
“You never know what it’s about until it’s done and over with,” Marleau said. “Just having everybody come up, congratulating me and throwing different numbers out there, it kind of takes shape how big this is.”
Burns has seven goals this season, and the Sharks have won the first five games of a six-game trip that ends Sunday in Columbus.