Red Wings 3 at Sharks 4

SAN JOSE, Calif. - NHL Thursday night:

First Period

1. San Jose, Pavelski 6 (Boyle, Demers) 9:05 (pp)

2. San Jose, Heatley 1 (Thornton, Demers) 10:01

3. San Jose, Setoguchi 4 (Pavelski, Boyle) 10:24

4. Detroit, Cleary 1 (Ericsson, Abdelkader) 11:40

Penalties - Holmstrom Det, Mitchell SJ (roughing) 7:00, Filppula Det (slashing) 8:47, Murray SJ (interference) 12:18, Boyle SJ (interference) 16:53.

Second Period

5. Detroit, Franzen 2 (Datsyuk) 4:45

Penalties - Heatley SJ (slashing) 5:25, Bertuzzi Det (slashing) 6:39, Heatley SJ (tripping) 8:06, Lilja Det (high-sticking), Ericsson Det, Couture SJ (roughing) 10:32, Franzen Det (tripping) 18:57, Filppula Det (high-sticking) 19:53.

Third Period

6. San Jose, Pavelski 7 (Boyle, Heatley) 0:50 (pp)

7. Detroit, Rafalski 1 (Datsyuk, Franzen) 2:57

Penalties - Kronwall Det (hooking) 8:17, Nichol SJ (delay of game) 10:47.

Shots on goal by

Detroit 10 8 5-23

San Jose 10 5?12-27

Goal - Detroit: Howard (L,4-4-0); San Jose: Nabokov (W,5-2-0).

Power plays (goals-chances) - Detroit: 0-5; San Jose: 2-6.

Referees - Paul Devorski, Eric Furlatt. Linesmen - Steve Miller, Jonny Murray.

Attendance - 17,562 (17,496).