DETROIT -- Joe Pavelski scored his ninth goal of the season, Martin Jones made 26 saves and the San Jose Sharks beat the Detroit Red Wings 3-2 on Friday night.
Melker Karlsson and Matt Nieto also scored for the Sharks, who improved to 7-1 in Detroit since the 2010-11 season.
Tomas Tatar and Teemu Pulkkinen scored for the Red Wings, and Jimmy Howard finished with 11 saves.
Pavel Datsyuk made his season debut for Detroit after missing the first 15 games due to off-season ankle surgery.