Nov 21, 2015 3 min read

PITTSBURGH – Brent Burns scored twice and Patrick Marleau got his 1,000th career point to lift the San Jose Sharks over the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-1 Saturday night.

Marleau became the 83rd NHL player to reach 1,000 points with an assist on Burns’ first goal 7:54 into the game.

Burns has seven goals this year, and the Sharks have won the first five games of a season-high six-game trip that ends Sunday night against Columbus. San Jose lost three of four at home before the trip but won its sixth straight overall on the road for the first time since a nine-game run during the 2009-10 season.

Sharks defenseman Paul Martin scored his first goal of the season and had an assist against his old team. Martin spent five years with Pittsburgh and was one of the Pens’ most reliable defensemen last season.

Martin Jones stopped 38 shots and tied for the league lead with his 11th win.

Phil Kessel scored his seventh of the season for Pittsburgh.

Marc-Andre Fleury made 26 saves. The Penguins were coming off back-to-back victories after dropping three of four.

Sharks coach Peter DeBoer missed Saturday’s game to deal with an undisclosed personal matter. Assistants Steve Spott, Bob Boughner and Johan Hedberg guided the team.

Marleau hit his milestone on the game’s first goal. He started the play with a chip from the corner to Joel Ward, who put a shot on Fleury. The rebound kicked out to Burns, and he put it into a partially open net.

Marleau reached the mark in the same city where he was drafted — he went second overall to the Sharks in the 1997 draft held at the Civic Arena in Pittsburgh. Teammate Joe Thornton went first overall to the Bruins that year.

Kessel tied it in the second period, converting on the power play when Joe Pavelski was issued a double-minor for high sticking. Pittsburgh scored three power-play goals during its first 10 games, but now has eight in the last 10, operating at a 20 percent clip.

Burns helped the Sharks regain the lead less than 5 minutes later on a shot the deflected off Penguins’ D Rob Scuderi and past Fleury.

Marleau became the third in Sharks’ history to record 1,000 career points. The only other player to register their 1,000th career point against Pittsburgh was New Jersey’s Joe Nieuwendyk in 2003. … Sharks F Logan Couture skated in full gear Saturday for the first time since having surgery to repair a fractured fibula on Oct. 17. Couture was expected to miss four-to-six weeks. He scored 27 goals and 62 points in 82 games last season. … Pittsburgh closes a four-game homestand Wednesday night against St. Louis.