The San Jose Sharks held off the Detroit Red Wings last week to keep theirwin streak going. The Sharks have since extended that run to a season-high seven games, butwill next face a Red Wings team thats won three straight at HP Pavilion onThursday night. San Jose has surged to the Pacific Division lead by winning 16 of 19 andwill try to add to that total by matching its season-best eight consecutivevictories from 2009-10. The Sharks (37-21-6) earned one of their latest victories in Detroit on Feb.22. had a key third-period goal in that 4-3 win among his twoscores, and stopped 35 shots. Niemi has a 1.85 goals-against average over 19 consecutive starts and a 1.64GAA during the win streak. For his efforts in place of an injured he was rewarded with a $15.2 million, four-year contract extensionTuesday before recording a 2-1 shootout win over visiting Colorado. It wasnt pretty. It was a greasy win, said who tallied theonly goal in the tiebreaker. It was nice to get the win, but it wasnt our bestgame by any means. scored the tying goal with 2:58 remaining in regulation andhelped his team open a season-high, six-game homestand with its sixthconsecutive victory at HP Pavilion. You want to play good for the fans, but we have to stick with our game andto whats working, Setoguchi said. If we can do that at home, well continuegetting wins. The Sharks havent won at home over the Central Division-leading Red Wings(39-18-7) since Jan. 17, 2009, and fell 5-3 there Nov. 30. hadtwo goals and two assists, and added a goal and two assists in therematch of last seasons Western Conference semifinals. The Red Wings enter this meeting having won six of seven on the road, butsuffered that lone defeat Wednesday as Anaheims converted anovertime penalty shot. They did a good job and put some pressure on us, coach Mike Bab**** said.Their goalie made some saves, and we missed a couple of open nets. The game wasset up for us to find a way to get a win, and we didnt. Detroit will try to bounce back by avoiding their second three-game losingstreak to San Jose and first since Dec. 16, 1997-March 5, 1998. scored twice in a 5-2 win over the Red Wings on Dec. 6 andThornton added a goal. He has five goals and three assists during a five-gamepoint streak against Detroit. Zetterberg doesnt have a point streak versus San Jose, but he has totaled13 goals and 10 assists in his last 17 matchups with the Sharks. Niemi, though, might have a good chance to limit the Detroit winger as hes4-1-1 with a 2.15 GAA in six career appearances against the Red Wings. Detroits meanwhile, has allowed nine goals in his past twomeetings with the Sharks after giving up eight in his previous four. Backup hasnt fared much better, going 0-2-0 with a 3.28 GAA in three careermatchups.