San Jose, Oct. 11 -- Patrick Marleau scored two goals and had an assist and Evgeni Nabokov made 38 saves Saturday in San Jose's 4-2 victory over Minnesota.
Dany Heatley and Jed Ortmeyer also scored for the Sharks, who came back after falling behind 2-0 and improved their record to 3-2-0.
Owen Nolan and Andrew Brunette each scored a goal for Minnesota, which dropped to 1-3-0, and Niklas Backstrom stopped 25-of-29 shots.
Brunette took Shane Hnidy's shot from above the right circle and slapped it into the net at 6:59 in the first period. Nolan's goal, nine minutes into the second period, deflected off Sharks defenseman Dan Boyle and into the goal to make the score 2-0.