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Marleau’s hot start something not seen since 1982

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SAN JOSE, CA - JANUARY 24: Patrick Marleau #12 congratulates Antti Niemi #31 of the San Jose Sharks after they beat the Phoenix Coyotes at HP Pavilion on January 24, 2013 in San Jose, California. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

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Patrick Marleau’s hot start to the season is something we haven’t seen in a long time. No, not for him but for anyone.

After scoring two more goals in San Jose’s 5-3 comeback victory over the Phoenix Coyotes, Marleau has multiple-goal games in each of their first three games. According to Elias, the last time a player has done that was in the 1982-83 season when Peter Stastny did it for the Quebec Nordiques.

Marleau now sits atop the NHL leaderboard for goals with six and is one point behind teammate Joe Thornton for the league lead there. After the way the Sharks bowed out not-so gracefully to the St. Louis Blues in the playoffs last year, and the way Marleau took plenty of heat for it, perhaps the former team captain has found motivation to silence his critics.

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