Sharks defeat the Red Wings, 3-2

Patrick Marleau scored the lone goal in a shootout to give the San Jose Sharks a 3-2 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday night.

Evgeni Nabokov made a career-high 50 saves, and Joe Thornton and Dwight Helminen scored in regulation for the Sharks. It was San Jose’s first win over Detroit this season after three losses.

Marleau ended it in the third round of the shootout.

Johan Franzen and Jason Williams scored for Detroit, and Jimmy Howard made 24 saves.

Detroit forward Tomas Holmstrom returned after missing a game because of a sore left knee. Holmstrom is a member of the defending champion Swedish Olympic team. If he has a setback, he could be replaced by Franzen.

Williams tied it at 2-2, with 7:05 left. He beat Nabokov with a wrist shot from the right faceoff dot. It wasn’t originally called a goal. But after play was halted 12 seconds later, video review showed the puck went in and out under the crossbar. It was Williams’ fourth goal.

-- associated press