Sharks Beat Strugging Stars in SO

Rookie Devin Setoguchi and Patrick Marleau connected in the shootout after scoring regulation goals, and the San Jose Sharks beat Dallas 4-3 Wednesday night in the Stars' first game since a major front office shake-up.

Owner Tom Hicks made several management changes Tuesday and Wednesday, hoping to jump-start his struggling team. Dallas was able to rally from a two-goal third-period deficit to send the game to overtime before losing its fourth in a row at home.

Sergei Zubov missed on the Stars' first shootout attempt, then Setoguchi connected on San Jose's leadoff shot.

Jussi Jokinen shot wide in the second round for the Stars and Marleau beat goalie Marty Turco from the slot to give San Jose its third straight victory.

Hicks fired general manager Doug Armstrong on Tuesday, replacing him with former star Brett Hull and assistant GM Les Jackson as co-interim general managers. Hicks moved team president Jim Lites into a full-time role in his sports marketing firm Wednesday, giving the team president's job to Jeff Cogen, who had filled the same position for Hicks' baseball franchise, the Texas Rangers.

Setoguchi's first-period goal gave him six in his first eight NHL games, and Marleau added a goal 59 seconds later to help the Sharks build a 3-1 lead.

Torrey Mitchell also scored for San Jose.

Turco got a break with 2:45 left in overtime when Marc-Edouard Vlasic's attempt hit the goal post, the best scoring chance for either team in the extra session.

The Stars got third-period goals from Brenden Morrow and Niklas Hagman to tie it at 3.

Morrow's power-play rebound at 5:33 of the third pulled Dallas within 3-2. It was his eighth of the season and also extended his goal-scoring streak to three games.

Hagman connected for his eighth goal 58 seconds after Morrow's tally.

Jere Lehtinen also scored for Dallas, which has lost six of its last eight.

A puck-handling blunder by Turco handed the Sharks a 1-0 lead at 9:33 of the first period.

Turco went behind the net to play the puck, but his blind pass ended up on the stick of Jeremy Roenick, who passed to a wide-open Mitchell for his third goal.

Lehtinen's fifth goal on a rebound tied it at 1 at 15:49 of the first period. Mike Modano got an assist, extending his points record for U.S.-born players to 1,236.

San Jose went back in front 2-1 at 18:05 of the second on Setoguchi's shot from the right circle that got through Turco's pads.

A turnover by Dallas' Stu Barnes on an attempted clearing pass set up Marleau's fourth goal at 19:03 of the first period to extend the Sharks' lead to 3-1.

Notes:@ The Stars will honor Modano on Nov. 21 in ceremonies prior to a home game against Anaheim for breaking Phil Housley's points record of 1,232 for U.S.-born players. Modano set the mark during a four-game road trip. ... LW Milan Michalek was out of the Sharks lineup after missing most of Monday night's win over Phoenix with a strained elbow. ... San Jose also was without D Rob Davison (finger), FW Ryane Clowe (knee), D Brad Norton (back) and C Tomas Plihal (shoulder). ... LW Brad Winchester was back in Dallas' lineup after missing four games with an abdominal strain, but D Mattias Norstrom (facial laceration) remains out. ... The Stars recognized Roenick reaching the 500-goal mark with a video clip during a timeout in the first period.