Marleau becomes 2nd player to start season with 4 multigoal games as Sharks beat Avalanche 4-0

San Jose Sharks center Patrick Marleau (12) celebrates with teammates Joe Pavelski (8) and Joe Thornton (19) after scoring past Colorado Avalanche defenseman Ryan Wilson (44) during the first period of an NHL hockey game in San Jose, Calif., Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) (The Associated Press)

San Jose Sharks center Patrick Marleau, right, scores past Colorado Avalanche goalie Semyon Varlamov, center, of Russia, for his second goal of the first period of an NHL hockey game in San Jose, Calif., Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) (The Associated Press)

Patrick Marleau became the second player in NHL history to open a season with four straight multigoal games, striking twice on the power play in the first period in the San Jose Sharks' 4-0 victory against the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday.

Marleau has scored exactly two goals in each game this season, joining Ottawa's Cy Denneny in 1917-18 as the only players to open a campaign with four multigoal games, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

Both of Marleau's goals came after Ryan O'Byrne took two additional minor penalties for retaliating after San Jose's Brad Stuart flattened Colorado captain Gabriel Landeskog with a vicious hit.