By London Marq

San Jose Sharks’ Joe Pavelski, left, celebrates his goal with teammates Dylan DeMelo, center, and Brent Burns (88) during the third period of an NHL hockey game against the Detroit Red Wings Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017, in San Jose, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

SAN JOSE–It was just another day at the office for the San Jose Sharks as they looked to bounce back against the Atlantic Division bottom seed Detroit Red Wings. After the disappointing loss to Minnesota this past Thursday, San Jose held the number two seed in the Pacific Division entering play.

It was a scoring frenzy at the SAP Center with four goals scored on the first period, favoring the Sharks 3-1. Detroit seemed to be a fraction slower than the home team and while they were able to create chances, never had a grip on the game. The Sharks had goal help from Mirco Muller, Joonas Donskoi, Patrick Marleau, and Joe Pavelski who had two goals. “That’s how you get to that number, scoring a little bit more, is you get a lot of contributions from a lot of different guys,” Pavelski said of the season-high goal total.

Mueller who scored early with his first goal of the season and who had been in the Sharks minor league AHL San Jose Barracuda and called up recently said that he’s kept the passing simple and quick and that he’s had success thanks to linemate Dylan DeMelo, “I think we’ve kept things simple for the most part,” Mueller said. “Try and play quick, give the puck to the forwards. Try and get our shots through if we get a chance. I think that’s what we did tonight.”

The Sharks were not their usual selves on defense. This was especially true from the goalkeeping position, where Martin Jones allowed three goals. All things considered he still had a solid night that ended with him tallying 32 saves. Detroit would end up using two goalies (Petr Mrázek and Jered Coreau) allowed three goals apiece.

It was a lopsided shootout that ended with the Sharks on top, but left them asking questions about themselves defensively.

San Jose def. Detroit 6 – 3

Goal scorers: Detroit – Vanek, Mantha, Athanasiou; San Jose – Müller, Donskoi, Marleau, Bødker, Pavelski (2)