And so it was, in a game that will likely go down as a meaningless one between two teams that won’t qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs, that the man who has been primarily associated with the San Jose Sharks for more than two decades cemented his place as a future Hockey Hall of Famer.



Yes, if it wasn’t already, it’s probably time to start referring to Patrick Marleau as such, considering where the 40-year-old now stands on some of the NHL’s all-time lists.



Marleau scored two goals in the Sharks’ 4-2 win over the Anaheim Ducks on Monday night at SAP Center, a feat that in and of itself isn’t all that remarkable for the franchise’s scoring leader (it was his 69th career multi-goal game).



But in a fairly extraordinary confluence of events, those two goals moved him past Guy Lafleur and into a tie with Mike Modano for 25th all-time in the NHL in goals (561) and vaulted him over Rod Brind’Amour into sole...