EDMONTON -- Joe Pavelski scored the shootout winner and Patrick Marleau had a hat trick and added an assist for San Jose as the Sharks downed the Edmonton Oilers 5-4 on Friday.
Ryan Clowe also scored for the Sharks (17-6-4), who have won three of four and lead the league with 38 points. San Jose responded nicely after being embarrassed 7-2 at home to Chicago on Wednesday.
Ryan Potulny had two goals and Dustin Penner and Gilbert Brule also responded for the Oilers (10-12-4), who have lost two in a row and have just four wins in their last 17 games.
San Jose forward Dany Heatley played his first game in Edmonton since spurning a trade to the Oilers last summer that would have seen him dealt from Ottawa for Penner, Andrew Cogliano and Ladislav Smid.
Booed throughout the contest, Heatley recorded an assist on Marleau's first-period goal.
Tied 3-3 late in the third, Edmonton went ahead with five minutes left as Smid circled deep into the San Jose zone before sending a pass to Potulny in front for his second of the night.
The game looked to be over as the Oilers went to the power play with less than two minutes left. But they lost control of the puck off a faceoff in their own zone and Marleau pounced to score his third of the night with just 1:26 left to tie the game 4-4.
The Oilers got some bad news before the game as the team announced that forward Ales Hemsky requires season-ending shoulder surgery. Hemsky is second in team scoring with 22 points in 22 games.
The Sharks drew first blood five minutes into the first as Joe Thornton spun around to send a nice pass from behind the net to Marleau, who beat Oilers starter Jeff Deslauriers cleanly for his 15th goal of the season.
The first period ended with a bit of a tussle as the Sharks' Jed Ortmeyer bowled Potulny over while the Oiler forward was on his knees, prompting Cogliano to tackle Ortmeyer.
Edmonton had 10 first-period shots on Sharks goalie Evgeni Nabokov to the Sharks' nine.
The Oilers tied the game 1-1 midway through the second period as Potulny stripped a puck form Thornton and went in on a breakaway, stuffing a backhand shot through Nabokov's legs.
Edmonton took the lead just two minutes into the third as Brule made a nice move to gain the zone and fired a bullet on Nabokov with Penner trailing on the play to chip home the rebound.
The Oilers made it 3-1 just two minutes later as the scoring roles were reversed with Penner dishing a puck from behind the net to Brule, who deposited his seventh of the season.
But just two minutes after that, the Sharks made it a one-goal game again as Thornton sent a puck through the crease to Marleau, who buried his second of the night.
The Sharks were able to tie the game 3-3 with an extra attacker on for a delayed Oiler penalty. Ryane Clowe spun around in front of the net and slipped in a shot that had Deslauriers going the other way.
The Oilers start a six-game road trip in Vancouver on Saturday night. The Sharks follow them into Vancouver to play the Canucks on Sunday night.
Notes: Deslauriers got his fifth consecutive start in the Edmonton net with usual starter Nikolai Khabibulin out with back spasms. ... With the Oilers continuing to lead the league in man-games lost to injury, the team called up a pair of players from Springfield to play against the Sharks in forwards Ryan O'Marra and Colin McDonald. It was McDonald's first NHL game. ... Sharks centre Torrey Mitchell was activated by the club for the game after a conditioning stint in the AHL. The Sharks shipped Joe Callahan to Worcester to create roster room. ... San Jose captain Rob Blake has returned to practice, but is still sidelined with an upper body injury suffered in a Nov. 4 game at Columbus. Forward Devin Setoguchi also remains on injured reserve list with a lower body injury. ... The Sharks won three of four against the Oilers last season and came into the game as winners of three straight in Edmonton.