SAN JOSE — Brent Burns already has established a career high for points in a season with 62. Now he’s on the cusp of setting two franchise marks for offensive production from a defenseman.

Burns, 31, is one goal away from tying the Sharks’ franchise mark of 26 goals in a season and is two points away from equaling the record of 64 for points in a year. Both records were set by Sandis Ozolinsh in 1993-94, his second of four seasons with the Sharks.

“I’ve been lucky playing with a lot of great players,” Burns said. “Every time (Paul Martin) gets it, he’s looking over. Don’t change anything, really. Just shooting and trying to put myself in spots that you can get rewarded. Playing with great players, they get you the puck. We’ll try to keep it going.”

The record speaks to the Sharks’ greater emphasis on defensemen joining the rush, and to Burns’ improvement in both creating and capitalizing on his chances.

Going into Tuesday’s game against the Boston Bruins, Burns has 288 shots on goal to lead all NHL blueliners and has a shooting percentage of 8.7, up from 6.9 last season. He has six goals in his last seven games.

Only four defensemen have scored 25 goals in a season since 2000. The last to do it was Mike Green, then with the Washington Capitals, who had 31 in 2008-09.

“He’s done a great job of finding the balance of when to go, when not to go. Picking his spots,” Sharks coach Pete DeBoer said of Burns. “He has the elite shot to put up the kind of numbers he’s putting up. But for me, the great part has been the ability to find that line without it being a liability defensively.”

James Reimer will get his third start in goal Tuesday as the Sharks coaching staff continues to try to keep both Reimer and Martin Jones crisp for the final month of the regular season and beyond. Reimer is 1-1 with the Sharks since he was acquired Feb. 27 from the Toronto Maple Leafs, with his last start being a 31-save shutout March 8 in a 3-0 win over the Edmonton Oilers at Rexall Place. That was one night after Jones made 47 saves in the Sharks’ 2-1 overtime win over the Calgary Flames. Jones also made 23 saves in Saturday’s 5-2 win over the Washington Capitals. “One, he deserves to play. He had an outstanding game against Edmonton,” DeBoer said Monday of the reasons for starting Reimer. “Two, that’s the plan with having these two guys here, is being able to keep both guys fresh down the stretch so we have two healthy starting goalies come playoff time.” The Sharks begin a week where they play four games in six nights. After Tuesday, they play in Arizona on Thursday and begin a six-game homestand over the weekend with games against the New York Rangers on Saturday and Arizona on Sunday.