2009–10 San Jose Sharks season

2009–10 San Jose Sharks
Pacific Division Champions
2009–10 record
Team information
General Manager	Doug Wilson
Coach	Todd McLellan
Captain	Rob Blake
Alternate captains	Dan Boyle Joe Thornton
Arena	HP Pavilion at San Jose
Team leaders

<2008–09	2010–11>

The 2009–10 San Jose Sharks season is the Sharks' 19th season in the National Hockey League.

Off-season

At the Entry Draft, the Sharks picked William Wrenn in the second round with their first choice. The Sharks had traded the first-round pick to the Tampa Bay Lightning as part of the trade for Dan Boyle.

Season events

Pre-season

2009 Pre-season Game Log: 3–3–1 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 1–2–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Record	Recap
1	September 17 (in Ontario, CA)	San Jose Sharks	2-1	Los Angeles Kings	SO	Greiss	1-0-0	[2]
2	September 18	Vancouver Canucks	6-2	San Jose Sharks		Greiss	1-1-0	[3]
3	September 19	Phoenix Coyotes	4-5	San Jose Sharks	OT	Nabokov	2-1-0	[4]
4	September 21	San Jose Sharks	2-3	Anaheim Ducks		Nabokov	2-2-0	[5]
5	September 23	San Jose Sharks	3-4	Vancouver Canucks	SO	Nabokov	2-2-1	[6]
6	September 25	Anaheim Ducks	0-6	San Jose Sharks		Nabokov	3-2-1	[7]
7	September 26	San Jose Sharks	0-2	Phoenix Coyotes		Greiss	3-3-1	[8]

Standings

Divisional standings

**Pacific Division^[1]**
No.	CR		GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	PTS
1	1	y–San Jose Sharks	82	51	20	11	264	215	113
2	4	Phoenix Coyotes	82	50	25	7	225	202	107
3	6	Los Angeles Kings	82	46	27	9	241	219	101
4	11	Anaheim Ducks	82	39	32	11	238	251	89
5	12	Dallas Stars	82	37	31	14	237	254	88

Conference standings

**Western Conference^[2]**
R		GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	z–San Jose Sharks	82	51	20	11	264	215	113
2	y–Chicago Blackhawks	82	52	22	8	271	209	112
3	y–Vancouver Canucks	82	49	28	5	272	222	103
4	Phoenix Coyotes	82	50	25	7	225	202	107
5	Detroit Red Wings	82	44	24	14	229	216	102
6	Los Angeles Kings	82	46	27	9	241	219	101
7	Nashville Predators	82	47	29	6	225	225	100
8	Colorado Avalanche	82	43	30	9	244	233	95
8.5
9	St. Louis Blues	82	40	32	10	225	223	90
10	Calgary Flames	82	40	32	10	204	210	90
11	Anaheim Ducks	82	39	32	11	238	251	89
12	Dallas Stars	82	37	31	14	237	254	88
13	Minnesota Wild	82	38	36	8	219	246	84
14	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	32	35	15	216	259	79
15	Edmonton Oilers	82	27	47	8	214	284	62

bold – Qualified for playoffs; y – Won division; z – Won conference (and division)

Schedule and results

Green background indicates win (2 points).
Red background indicates regulation loss (0 points).
White background indicates overtime/shootout loss (1 point).

2009–10 Game Log

October: 9–4–1 (Home: 4–0–1 ; Road: 5–4–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
1	October 1	San Jose Sharks	2-5	Colorado Avalanche		Nabokov	18,007	0-1-0	0	[9]
2	October 3	San Jose Sharks	4-1	Anaheim Ducks		Nabokov	17,281	1-1-0	2	[10]
3	October 6	San Jose Sharks	4-6	Los Angeles Kings		Nabokov	15,053	1-2-0	2	[11]
4	October 8	Columbus Blue Jackets	3-6	San Jose Sharks		Nabokov	17,562	2-2-0	4	[12]
5	October 10	Minnesota Wild	2-4	San Jose Sharks		Nabokov	17,562	3-2-0	6	[13]
6	October 12	Phoenix Coyotes	1-0	San Jose Sharks	SO	Nabokov	17,562	3-2-1	7	[14]
7	October 15	San Jose Sharks	1-4	Washington Capitals		Nabokov	18,277	3-3-1	7	[15]
8	October 17	San Jose Sharks	4-1	New York Islanders		Nabokov	11,287	4-3-1	9	[16]
9	October 19	San Jose Sharks	7-3	New York Rangers		Nabokov	18,200	5-3-1	11	[17]
10	October 22	San Jose Sharks	2-5	Tampa Bay Lightning		Nabokov	13,343	5-4-1	11	[18]
11	October 24	San Jose Sharks	4-3	Atlanta Thrashers		Nabokov	14,945	6-4-1	13	[19]
12	October 25	San Jose Sharks	4-1	Philadelphia Flyers		Greiss	19,126	7-4-1	15	[20]
13	October 28	Los Angeles Kings	1-2	San Jose Sharks	SO	Nabokov	17,562	8-4-1	17	[21]
14	October 30	Colorado Avalanche	1-3	San Jose Sharks		Nabokov	17,562	9-4-1	19	[22]

November: 8–3–3 (Home: 2–2–1 ; Road: 6–1–2)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
15	November 1	San Jose Sharks	5-1	Carolina Hurricanes		Nabokov	15,089	10-4-1	21	[23]
16	November 4	San Jose Sharks	3-2	Columbus Blue Jackets	SO	Nabokov	13,401	11-4-1	23	[24]
17	November 5	San Jose Sharks	1-2	Detroit Red Wings	SO	Nabokov	19,558	11-4-2	24	[25]
18	November 7	Pittsburgh Penguins	0-5	San Jose Sharks		Nabokov	17,562	12-4-2	26	[26]
19	November 10	Nashville Predators	3-4	San Jose Sharks		Greiss	17,562	13-4-2	28	[27]
20	November 12	Dallas Stars	3-2	San Jose Sharks	SO	Nabokov	17,562	13-4-3	29	[28]
21	November 14	San Jose Sharks	3-1	St. Louis Blues		Nabokov	19,150	14-4-3	31	[29]
22	November 15	San Jose Sharks	3-4	Chicago Blackhawks	OT	Nabokov	21,130	14-4-4	32	[30]
23	November 17	San Jose Sharks	3-4	Nashville Predators		Greiss	13,324	14-5-4	32	[31]
24	November 20	Philadelphia Flyers	3-6	San Jose Sharks		Nabokov	17,562	15-5-4	34	[32]
25	November 21	San Jose Sharks	3-2	Anaheim Ducks		Nabokov	15,066	16-5-4	36	[33]
26	November 25	Chicago Blackhawks	7-2	San Jose Sharks		Nabokov	17,562	16-6-4	36	[34]
27	November 27	San Jose Sharks	5-4	Edmonton Oilers	SO	Nabokov	16,839	17-6-4	38	[35]
28	November 29	San Jose Sharks	4-2	Vancouver Canucks		Nabokov	18,810	18-6-4	40	[36]

December: 8–2–3 (Home: 5–1–3 ; Road: 3–1–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
29	December 1	Ottawa Senators	2-5	San Jose Sharks		Greiss	17,562	19-6-4	42	[37]
30	December 3	St. Louis Blues	3-2	San Jose Sharks	SO	Nabokov	17,424	19-6-5	43	[38]
31	December 5	Calgary Flames	2-1	San Jose Sharks		Nabokov	17,562	19-7-5	43	[39]
32	December 9	Los Angeles Kings	5-4	San Jose Sharks	OT	Nabokov	17,562	19-7-6	44	[40]
33	December 11	Dallas Stars	3-2	San Jose Sharks	SO	Nabokov	17,562	19-7-7	45	[41]
34	December 12	San Jose Sharks	1-2	Phoenix Coyotes		Greiss	10,650	19-8-7	45	[42]
35	December 17	Anaheim Ducks	1-4	San Jose Sharks		Nabokov	17,562	20-8-7	47	[43]
36	December 21	San Jose Sharks	4-2	Dallas Stars		Nabokov	18,532	21-8-7	49	[44]
37	December 22	San Jose Sharks	3-2	Chicago Blackhawks		Nabokov	21,614	22-8-7	51	[45]
38	December 26	Anaheim Ducks	2-5	San Jose Sharks		Nabokov	17,562	23-8-7	53	[46]
39	December 28	Phoenix Coyotes	2-3	San Jose Sharks	SO	Nabokov	17,562	24-8-7	55	[47]
40	December 30	Washington Capitals	2-5	San Jose Sharks		Nabokov	17,562	25-8-7	57	[48]
41	December 31	San Jose Sharks	3-2	Phoenix Coyotes	SO	Greiss	12,472	26-8-7	59	[49]

January: 10–2–2 (Home: 7–2–2 ; Road: 3–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
42	January 2	Edmonton Oilers	1-4	San Jose Sharks		Nabokov	17,562	27-8-7	61	[50]
43	January 4	Los Angeles Kings	6-2	San Jose Sharks		Nabokov	17,562	27-9-7	61	[51]
44	January 6	St. Louis Blues	1-2	San Jose Sharks	OT	Nabokov	17,562	28-9-7	63	[52]
45	January 9	Detroit Red Wings	4-1	San Jose Sharks		Nabokov	17,562	28-10-7	63	[53]
46	January 11	San Jose Sharks	2-1	Los Angeles Kings		Nabokov	17,821	29-10-7	65	[54]
47	January 12	San Jose Sharks	3-1	Phoenix Coyotes		Nabokov	9,248	30-10-7	67	[55]
48	January 14	Boston Bruins	2-1	San Jose Sharks	SO	Nabokov	17,562	30-10-8	68	[56]
49	January 16	Edmonton Oilers	2-4	San Jose Sharks		Greiss	17,562	31-10-8	70	[57]
50	January 18	Calgary Flames	1-9	San Jose Sharks		Nabokov	17,562	32-10-8	72	[58]
51	January 19	San Jose Sharks	5-1	Los Angeles Kings		Nabokov	16,212	33-10-8	74	[59]
52	January 21	Anaheim Ducks	1-3	San Jose Sharks		Nabokov	17,562	34-10-8	76	[60]
53	January 23	Buffalo Sabres	2-5	San Jose Sharks		Nabokov	17,562	35-10-8	78	[61]
54	January 28	Chicago Blackhawks	4-3	San Jose Sharks	OT	Nabokov	17,562	35-10-9	79	[62]
55	January 30	Minnesota Wild	2-5	San Jose Sharks		Nabokov	17,562	36-10-9	81	[63]

February: 4–3–0 (Home: 0–1–0 ; Road: 4–2–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
56	February 2	Detroit Red Wings	4-2	San Jose Sharks		Nabokov	17,562	36-11-9	81	[64]
57	February 4	San Jose Sharks	4-2	St. Louis Blues		Greiss	19,150	37-11-9	83	[65]
58	February 6	San Jose Sharks	4-3	Nashville Predators		Nabokov	16,007	38-11-9	85	[66]
59	February 8	San Jose Sharks	3-2	Toronto Maple Leafs		Nabokov	19,460	39-11-9	87	[67]
60	February 10	San Jose Sharks	0-3	Columbus Blue Jackets		Greiss	15,234	39-12-9	87	[68]
61	February 11	San Jose Sharks	3-2	Detroit Red Wings	SO	Nabokov	20,066	40-12-9	89	[69]
62	February 13	San Jose Sharks	1-3	Buffalo Sabres		Nabokov	18,690	40-13-9	89	[70]

March: 7–7–1 (Home: 6–1–1 ; Road: 1–6–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
63	March 2	New Jersey Devils	4-3	San Jose Sharks		Nabokov	17,562	40-14-9	89	[71]
64	March 4	Montreal Canadiens	2-3	San Jose Sharks		Nabokov	17,562	41-14-9	91	[72]
65	March 6	Columbus Blue Jackets	1-2	San Jose Sharks		Nabokov	17,562	42-14-9	93	[73]
66	March 11	Nashville Predators	5-8	San Jose Sharks		Nabokov	17,562	43-14-9	95	[74]
67	March 13	Florida Panthers	3-2	San Jose Sharks	OT	Greiss	17,562	43-14-10	96	[75]
68	March 14	San Jose Sharks	2-4	Anaheim Ducks		Nabokov	16,317	43-15-10	96	[76]
69	March 16	San Jose Sharks	2-8	Dallas Stars		Nabokov	18,532	43-16-10	96	[77]
70	March 18	San Jose Sharks	2-3	Vancouver Canucks		Nabokov	18,810	43-17-10	96	[78]
71	March 19	San Jose Sharks	3-4	Calgary Flames		Nabokov	19,289	43-18-10	96	[79]
72	March 21	San Jose Sharks	1-5	Edmonton Oilers		Nabokov	16,839	43-19-10	96	[80]
73	March 23	San Jose Sharks	4-1	Minnesota Wild		Nabokov	18,551	44-19-10	98	[81]
74	March 25	Dallas Stars	0-3	San Jose Sharks		Nabokov	17,562	45-19-10	100	[82]
75	March 27	Vancouver Canucks	2-4	San Jose Sharks		Nabokov	17,562	46-19-10	102	[83]
76	March 28	Colorado Avalanche	3-4	San Jose Sharks		Greiss	17,562	47-19-10	104	[84]
77	March 31	San Jose Sharks	1-5	Dallas Stars		Nabokov	17,263	47-20-10	104	[85]

April: 4–0–1 (Home: 2–0–0 ; Road: 2–0–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
78	April 2	San Jose Sharks	3-2	Minnesota Wild		Nabokov	18,584	48-20-10	106	[86]
79	April 4	San Jose Sharks	4-5	Colorado Avalanche	OT	Nabokov	12,893	48-20-11	107	[87]
80	April 6	San Jose Sharks	2-1	Calgary Flames		Nabokov	19,289	49-20-11	109	[88]
81	April 8	Vancouver Canucks	2-4	San Jose Sharks		Nabokov	17,562	50-20-11	111	[89]
82	April 10	Phoenix Coyotes	2-3	San Jose Sharks	SO	Nabokov	17,562	51-20-11	113	[90]

Playoffs

Main article: 2010 Stanley Cup playoffs

2010 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Western Conference Quarter-finals: vs. (8) Colorado Avalanche
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Series	Recap
1	April 14	Colorado Avalanche	2 - 1	San Jose Sharks		Nabokov	17,562	Avalanche lead 1-0	[91]
2	April 16	Colorado Avalanche	5 - 6	San Jose Sharks	OT	Nabokov	17,562	Series tied 1-1	[92]
3	April 18	San Jose Sharks	0 - 1	Colorado Avalanche	OT	Nabokov	18,007	Avalanche lead 2-1	[93]
4	April 20	San Jose Sharks	2 - 1	Colorado Avalanche	OT	Nabokov	18,007	Series tied 2-2	[94]
5	April 22	Colorado Avalanche	0 - 5	San Jose Sharks		Nabokov	17,562	Sharks lead 3-2	[95]
6	April 24	San Jose Sharks	5 - 2	Colorado Avalanche		Nabokov	18,007	Sharks win 4-2	[96]

Western Conference Semi-finals: vs. (5) Detroit Red Wings
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Series	Recap
1	April 29	Detroit Red Wings	3 - 4	San Jose Sharks		Nabokov	17,562	Sharks lead 1-0	[97]
2	May 2	Detroit Red Wings	3 - 4	San Jose Sharks		Nabokov	17,562	Sharks lead 2-0	[98]
3	May 4	San Jose Sharks	4 - 3	Detroit Red Wings	OT	Nabokov	20,066	Sharks lead 3-0	[99]
4	May 6	San Jose Sharks	1 - 7	Detroit Red Wings		Nabokov	20,066	Sharks lead 3-1	[100]
5	May 8	Detroit Red Wings	2 - 1	San Jose Sharks		Nabokov	17,562	Sharks win 4-1	[101]

Western Conference Finals: vs. (2) Chicago Blackhawks
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Series	Recap
1	May 16	Chicago Blackhawks	2 - 1	San Jose Sharks		Nabokov	17,562	Blackhawks lead 1-0	[102]
2	May 18	Chicago Blackhawks	4 - 2	San Jose Sharks		Nabokov	17,562	Blackhawks lead 2-0	[103]
3	May 21	San Jose Sharks	2 - 3	Chicago Blackhawks	OT	Nabokov	22,311	Blackhawks lead 3-0	[104]
4	May 23	San Jose Sharks	2 - 4	Chicago Blackhawks		Nabokov	22,224	Blackhawks won 4-0	[105]

Legend: Win Loss

Player stats

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes
Updated September 18, 2010.^[3]

Regular season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Thornton, JoeJoe Thornton	79	20	69	89	17	54
Marleau, PatrickPatrick Marleau	82	44	39	83	21	22
Heatley, DanyDany Heatley	82	39	43	82	14	54
Boyle, DanDan Boyle	76	15	43	58	6	70
Clowe, RyaneRyane Clowe	82	19	38	57	0	131
Pavelski, JoeJoe Pavelski	67	25	26	51	1	26
Setoguchi, DevinDevin Setoguchi	70	20	16	36	0	19
Malhotra, MannyManny Malhotra	71	14	19	33	17	41
Blake, RobRob Blake	70	7	23	30	14	60
Huskins, KentKent Huskins	82	3	19	22	6	47
Demers, JasonJason Demers	51	4	17	21	5	21
Nichol, ScottScott Nichol	79	4	15	19	0	72
Ortmeyer, JedJed Ortmeyer	76	8	11	19	4	37
Murray, DouglasDouglas Murray	79	4	13	17	3	66
Vlasic, Marc-EdouardMarc-Edouard Vlasic	64	3	13	16	21	33
McGinn, JamieJamie McGinn	59	10	3	13	-3	38
Mitchell, TorreyTorrey Mitchell	56	2	9	11	6	27
Couture, LoganLogan Couture	25	5	4	9	4	6
McLaren, FrazerFrazer McLaren	23	1	5	6	6	54
Staubitz, BradBrad Staubitz	47	3	3	6	0	110
Vesce, RyanRyan Vesce	9	3	2	5	-1	0
Ferriero, BennBenn Ferriero	24	2	3	5	4	8
Joslin, DerekDerek Joslin	24	0	3	3	1	12
Shelley, JodyJody Shelley^‡	36	0	3	3	1	78
Wallin, NiclasNiclas Wallin^†	23	0	2	2	0	23
Leach, JayJay Leach^†	28	1	1	2	3	20
Callahan, JoeJoe Callahan	1	0	1	1	1	0
Helminen, DwightDwight Helminen	4	1	0	1	-1	0
Zalewski, StevenSteven Zalewski	3	0	0	0	-2	0
McCarthy, JohnJohn McCarthy	4	0	0	0	-3	0

Playoffs

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Pavelski, JoeJoe Pavelski	15	9	8	17	6	6
Boyle, DanDan Boyle	15	2	12	14	-1	8
Marleau, PatrickPatrick Marleau	14	8	5	13	-3	8
Heatley, DanyDany Heatley	14	2	11	13	-7	16
Thornton, JoeJoe Thornton	15	3	9	12	-11	18
Clowe, RyaneRyane Clowe	15	2	8	10	4	28
Setoguchi, DevinDevin Setoguchi	15	5	4	9	3	6
Murray, DouglasDouglas Murray	15	1	6	7	-1	8
Demers, JasonJason Demers	15	1	4	5	0	8
Couture, LoganLogan Couture	15	4	0	4	1	4
Vlasic, Marc-EdouardMarc-Edouard Vlasic	15	0	3	3	0	4
Blake, RobRob Blake	15	1	1	2	0	10
Nichol, ScottScott Nichol	15	1	1	2	-1	17
Mitchell, TorreyTorrey Mitchell	15	0	2	2	-5	2
Malhotra, MannyManny Malhotra	15	1	0	1	-1	0
Helminen, DwightDwight Helminen	7	1	0	1	0	4
Ortmeyer, JedJed Ortmeyer	4	0	1	1	-1	0
Huskins, KentKent Huskins	15	0	0	0	-5	6
Wallin, NiclasNiclas Wallin	6	0	0	0	-3	2
McGinn, JamieJamie McGinn	15	0	0	0	1	8

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime Losses; GA = Goals Against; GAA= Goals Against Average; SA= Shots Against; SV= Saves; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO= Shutouts

Regular season

Player	GP	Min	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	Sv%	SO	G	A	PIM
Nabokov, EvgeniEvgeni Nabokov	71	4194	44	16	10	170	2.43	2168	.922	3	0	0	6
Greiss, ThomasThomas Greiss	16	782	7	4	1	35	2.69	399	.912	0	0	0	2

Playoffs

Player	GP	Min	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	Sv%	SO	G	A	PIM
Nabokov, EvgeniEvgeni Nabokov	15	890	8	7	38	2.56	407	.907	1	0	0	0
Greiss, ThomasThomas Greiss	1	40	0	0	2	3.00	28	.929	0	0	0	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Sharks. Stats reflect time with the Sharks only.
^‡Traded mid-season
Bold/italics denotes franchise record

Awards and records

Awards

Regular Season
Player	Award	Awarded
Dany Heatley^[4]	NHL First Star of the Week	October 12, 2009
Patrick Marleau^[5]	NHL Third Star of the Week	October 26, 2009
Evgeni Nabokov^[6]	NHL Third Star of the Week	November 2, 2009
Evgeni Nabokov^[7]	NHL Second Star of the Week	November 9, 2009
Joe Thornton^[8]	NHL First Star of the Week	November 23, 2009
Joe Thornton^[9]	NHL Second Star of the Month	November 2009

Records

Milestones

Regular Season
Player	Milestone	Reached

Transactions

The Sharks have been involved in the following transactions during the 2009–10 season.

Trades

Date	Details
June 27, 2009^[10]	To Dallas Stars 6th-round pick in 2010	To San Jose Sharks 7th-round pick (#189 overall) in 2009
August 28, 2009^[11]	To Vancouver Canucks Christian Ehrhoff Brad Lukowich	To San Jose Sharks Patrick White Daniel Rahimi
September 12, 2009^[12]	To Ottawa Senators Jonathan Cheechoo Milan Michalek 2nd-round pick in 2010	To San Jose Sharks Dany Heatley 5th-round pick in 2010
February 7, 2010^[13]	To Carolina Hurricanes 2nd-round pick in 2010	To San Jose Sharks Niclas Wallin 5th-round pick in 2010
February 12, 2010^[14]	To New York Rangers Jody Shelley	To San Jose Sharks Conditional 6th-round pick in 2011

Free agents acquired

Player	Former team	Contract terms
Scott Nichol^[15]	Nashville Predators	1 year, $750,000
Joe Callahan^[16]	New York Islanders	1 year
Danny Groulx^[16]	Rockford IceHogs	1 year
Dwight Helminen^[16]	Carolina Hurricanes	1 year
Jed Ortmeyer^[16]	Nashville Predators	1 year
Henrik Karlsson^[17]	Malmö Redhawks	1 year
Benn Ferriero^[18]	Boston College	2 years
Manny Malhotra^[19]	Columbus Blue Jackets	1 year, $700,000
Thomas Heemskerk^[20]	Everett Silvertips	entry-level contract
Nick Schaus^[21]	University of Massachusetts Lowell	entry-level contract
Matt Irwin^[22]	University of Massachusetts	entry-level contract
James Marcou^[23]	University of Massachusetts	entry-level contract
Cam MacIntyre^[24]	Princeton University	entry-level contract

Free agents lost

Player	New team	Contract terms
Brian Boucher^[25]	Philadelphia Flyers	2 years, $1.85 million
Travis Moen^[26]	Montreal Canadiens	3 years, $4.5 million
Lukas Kaspar^[27]	Philadelphia Flyers	1 year
Riley Armstrong^[28]	Calgary Flames	undisclosed
Mike Grier^[29]	Buffalo Sabres	1 year
Marcel Goc^[30]	Nashville Predators	1 year, $550,000 2-way contract
Alexei Semenov^[31]	KHL	2 years, $1.5 million

Claimed via Waivers

Player	Former team	Date claimed off waivers
Jay Leach^[32]	Montreal Canadiens	December 1, 2009

Lost via Waivers

Player	New team	Date claimed off waivers

Lost via Retirement

Player
Claude Lemieux^[33]
Jeremy Roenick^[34]

Players re-signed

Player	Contract terms
Rob Blake^[35]	1 year, $3.5 million
Kent Huskins^[36]	2 years, $3.4 million
Ryane Clowe^[37]	4 years, $14 million
Ryan Vesce^[16]	1 year
Thomas Greiss^[17]	2 years
Torrey Mitchell^[38]	3 years, $4.1 million
Brad Staubitz^[39]	1 year, $500,000
Tony Lucia^[40]	entry-level contract
Justin Braun^[41]	entry-level contract

Draft picks

San Jose's picks at the 2009 NHL Entry Draft in Montreal, Quebec.

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
2	43 (from Buffalo)	William Wrenn	(D)	United States	(U.S. National U18 Team) (National Team Development Program)
2	57	Taylor Doherty	(D)	Canada	Kingston Frontenacs (Ontario Hockey League)
5	147	Philip Varone	(C)	Canada	London Knights (Ontario Hockey League)
7	189 (from Dallas)	Marek Viedensky	(C)	Slovakia	Prince George Cougars (WHL)
7	207	Dominik Bielke	(D)	Germany	Eisbären Berlin (Deutsche Eishockey Liga)

Final roster

Updated May 12, 2010.^[42]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
4	Canada !	Blake, RobRob Blake (C)	2.0 !D	R	42	2008	Simcoe, Ontario
22	Canada !	Boyle, DanDan Boyle (A)	2.0 !D	R	35	2008	Ottawa, Ontario
29	Canada !	Clowe, RyaneRyane Clowe	7.0 !RW	L	29	2001	Fermeuse, Newfoundland
39	Canada !	Couture, LoganLogan Couture	4.0 !C	L	22	2007	Guelph, Ontario
60	Canada !	Demers, JasonJason Demers	2.0 !D	L	23	2008	Dorval, Quebec
—	Canada !	Desjardins, AndrewAndrew Desjardins	4.0 !C	L	25	2010	Lively, Ontario
78	United States !	Ferriero, BennBenn Ferriero	4.0 !C	L	24	2009	Boston, Massachusetts
1	Germany !	Greiss, ThomasThomas Greiss	1.0 !G	L	26	2004	Füssen, West Germany
15	Canada !	Heatley, DanyDany Heatley	6.0 !LW	L	31	2009	Freiburg im Breisgau, West Germany
36	United States !	Helminen, DwightDwight Helminen	4.0 !C	L	28	2009	Hancock, Michigan
40	Canada !	Huskins, KentKent Huskins	2.0 !D	L	32	2009	Almonte, Ontario
65	Canada !	Joslin, DerekDerek Joslin	2.0 !D	L	24	2005	Richmond Hill, Ontario
—	Sweden !	Karlsson, HenrikHenrik Karlsson	1.0 !G	L	28	2009	Stockholm, Sweden
28	United States !	Leach, JayJay Leach	2.0 !D	L	32	2009	Syracuse, New York
27	Canada !	Malhotra, MannyManny Malhotra	4.0 !C	L	31	2009	Mississauga, Ontario
12	Canada !	Marleau, PatrickPatrick Marleau	4.2 !C/LW	L	32	1997	Aneroid, Saskatchewan
43	United States !	McCarthy, JohnJohn McCarthy	6.0 !LW	L	25	2006	Boston, Massachusetts
64	Canada !	McGinn, JamieJamie McGinn	6.0 !LW	L	23	2006	Fergus, Ontario
68	Canada !	McLaren, FrazerFrazer McLaren	6.0 !LW	L	24	2007	Winnipeg, Manitoba
17	Canada !	Mitchell, TorreyTorrey Mitchell	4.0 !C	R	27	2004	Greenfield Park, Quebec
55	Canada !	Moore, MikeMike Moore	2.0 !D	L	27	2008	Calgary, Alberta
3	Sweden !	Murray, DouglasDouglas Murray	2.0 !D	L	32	1999	Stockholm, Sweden
20	Russia !	Nabokov, EvgeniEvgeni Nabokov	1.0 !G	L	36	1994	Ust-Kamenogorsk, Soviet Union
21	Canada !	Nichol, ScottScott Nichol	4.0 !C	R	37	2009	Edmonton, Alberta
41	United States !	Ortmeyer, JedJed Ortmeyer	7.0 !RW	R	33	2009	Omaha, Nebraska
8	United States !	Pavelski, JoeJoe Pavelski	4.0 !C	R	27	2003	Plover, Wisconsin
16	Canada !	Setoguchi, DevinDevin Setoguchi	7.0 !RW	R	25	2005	Taber, Alberta
30	United States !	Stalock, AlexAlex Stalock	1.0 !G	L	24	2005	Saint Paul, Minnesota
59	Canada !	Staubitz, BradBrad Staubitz	7.0 !RW	R	27	2005	Edmonton, Alberta
19	Canada !	Thornton, JoeJoe Thornton (A)	4.0 !C	L	32	2005	London, Ontario
53	USA !	Vesce, RyanRyan Vesce	4.3 !C/RW	R	29	2008	Lloyd Harbor, New York
44	Canada !	Vlasic, Marc-EdouardMarc-Edouard Vlasic	2.0 !D	L	24	2005	Montreal, Quebec
7	Sweden !	Wallin, NiclasNiclas Wallin	2.0 !D	L	37	2010	Boden, Sweden

Farm teams

The Sharks' affiliate in the American Hockey League is the Worcester Sharks.

References

San Jose Sharks

Franchise

Expansion draft • Players • Coaches • GMs • Seasons • Records • Draft picks • S. J. Sharkie • California Golden Seals • Current season

Arenas

Cow Palace • HP Pavilion at San Jose

Affiliates

Worcester Sharks (AHL) • Stockton Thunder (ECHL)

Coaches

Kingston • Constantine • Wiley • Sims • Sutter • Raeder • Wilson • McLellan

General managers

Ferreira • Grillo • Lombardi • Wilson

Broadcasters

TV	Comcast SportsNet California • Randy Hahn • Drew Remenda

Radio	KUFX • Dan Rusanowsky • Jamie Baker

San Jose Sharks seasons

1990s	1990–91 • 1991–92 • 1992–93 • 1993–94 • 1994–95 • 1995–96 • 1996–97 • 1997–98 • 1998–99 • 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 • 2001–02 • 2002–03 • 2003–04 • 2004–05 • 2005–06 • 2006–07 • 2007–08 • 2008–09 • 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 • 2011–12

2009–10 NHL season by team

Atlantic	New Jersey Devils • New York Islanders • New York Rangers • Philadelphia Flyers • Pittsburgh Penguins

Northeast	Boston Bruins • Buffalo Sabres • Montreal Canadiens • Ottawa Senators • Toronto Maple Leafs

Southeast	Atlanta Thrashers • Carolina Hurricanes • Florida Panthers • Tampa Bay Lightning • Washington Capitals

Central	Chicago Blackhawks • Columbus Blue Jackets • Detroit Red Wings • Nashville Predators • St. Louis Blues

Northwest	Calgary Flames • Colorado Avalanche • Edmonton Oilers • Minnesota Wild • Vancouver Canucks

Pacific	Anaheim Ducks • Dallas Stars • Los Angeles Kings • Phoenix Coyotes • San Jose Sharks

See also	2009 NHL Entry Draft • Winter Classic • Playoffs • Finals • Transactions • Three Star Awards • Suspensions and Fines

2009–10 San Jose Sharks season

Contents

Off-season

Season events

Pre-season

Standings

Divisional standings

Conference standings

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Player stats

Skaters

Goaltenders

Awards and records

Awards

Records

Milestones

Transactions

Trades

Free agents acquired

Free agents lost

Claimed via Waivers

Lost via Waivers

Lost via Retirement

Players re-signed

Draft picks

Final roster

Farm teams

References