2015–16 San Jose Sharks season

2015–16 San Jose Sharks
Division 2nd Pacific
Conference 5th Western
2015–16 record 29–20–5
Home record 11–12–3
Road record 18–8–2
Goals for 160
Goals against 146
Team information
General Manager Doug Wilson
Coach Peter DeBoer
Captain Joe Pavelski
Alternate captains Logan Couture
Joe Thornton
Arena SAP Center
Average attendance 16,799[1]
Minor league affiliations San Jose Barracuda (AHL)
Allen Americans (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals Joe Pavelski (25)
Assists Joe Thornton (36)
Points Joe Pavelski (52)
Penalties in minutes Mike Brown (59)
Plus/minus Joe Pavelski (+18)
Wins Martin Jones (26)
Goals against average Martin Jones (2.34)
<2014–15

The 2015–16 San Jose Sharks season is the 25th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on May 9, 1990.[2] The season began its regular games on October 7, 2015 against the Los Angeles Kings.[3]

Standings

Divisional standings

Pacific Division
Pos Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 Los Angeles Kings 55 33 19 3 31 153 131 +22 69
2 San Jose Sharks 54 29 20 5 27 160 146 +14 63
3 Anaheim Ducks 54 27 19 8 25 125 130 5 62
4 Arizona Coyotes 55 25 24 6 24 145 169 24 56
5 Vancouver Canucks 55 22 21 12 18 131 152 21 56
6 Calgary Flames 54 25 26 3 23 146 162 16 53
7 Edmonton Oilers 57 22 29 6 18 143 171 28 50
Updated to game(s) played on February 14, 2016. Source: National Hockey League

Conference standings

Top 3 (Central Division)
Pos Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 Dallas Stars 57 37 15 5 35 187 154 +33 79
2 Chicago Blackhawks 60 37 18 5 36 170 139 +31 79
3 St. Louis Blues 58 32 17 9 29 143 138 +5 73
Top 3 (Pacific Division)
Pos Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 Los Angeles Kings 55 33 19 3 31 153 131 +22 69
2 Anaheim Ducks 55 28 19 8 26 131 134 3 64
3 San Jose Sharks 54 29 20 5 27 160 146 +14 63
Western Conference Wild Card
Pos Div Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 CE Nashville Predators 57 26 21 10 24 151 152 1 62
2 CE Colorado Avalanche 59 29 26 4 27 158 164 6 62
3 PA Arizona Coyotes 56 26 24 6 25 151 171 20 58
4 CE Minnesota Wild 56 24 22 10 24 140 142 2 58
5 PA Vancouver Canucks 56 22 22 12 18 133 157 24 56
6 PA Calgary Flames 55 25 27 3 23 150 168 18 53
7 CE Winnipeg Jets 55 25 27 3 23 142 160 18 53
8 PA Edmonton Oilers 57 22 29 6 18 143 171 28 50
Updated to game(s) played on February 15, 2016. Source: National Hockey League

Schedule and results

Pre-season

Regular season

Game Log 29–20–5 (Home: 11–12–3 ; Road: 18–8–2)[3]
February: 3–2–1 (Home: 1–0–1 ; Road: 2–2–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
49 February 2 San Jose 2–3 Anaheim Jones 16,588 26–19–4 56 Recap
50 February 4 San Jose 3–1 St. Louis Jones 18,803 27–19–4 58 Recap
51 February 6 San Jose 2–6 Nashville Jones 17,192 27–20–4 58 Recap
52 February 9 San Jose 2–0 Chicago Jones 21,753 28–20–4 60 Recap
53 February 11 Calgary 6–5 San Jose SO Stalock 16,584 28–20–5 61 Recap
54 February 13 Arizona 1–4 San Jose Jones 17,562 29–20–5 63 Recap
55 February 16 San Jose Tampa Bay Recap
56 February 18 San Jose Florida Recap
57 February 19 San Jose Carolina Recap
58 February 22 San Jose St. Louis Recap
59 February 24 San Jose Colorado Recap
60 February 26 Buffalo San Jose Recap
61 February 28 San Jose Vancouver Recap
62 February 29 Montreal San Jose Recap

Legend:       Win (2 points)       Loss (0 points)       Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player stats

Skaters

As of February 9, 2016.[4]

Regular season
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Pavelski, JoeJoe Pavelski 54 25 27 52 +18 22
Burns, BrentBrent Burns 54 18 30 48 −11 38
Thornton, JoeJoe Thornton 54 12 36 48 +17 44
Marleau, PatrickPatrick Marleau 54 17 18 35 −17 6
Ward, JoelJoel Ward 52 15 17 32 −11 18
Vlasic, Marc-EdouardMarc-Edouard Vlasic 51 7 24 31 +8 21
Hertl, TomasTomas Hertl 53 11 16 27 +5 16
Donskoi, JoonasJoonas Donskoi 49 10 16 26 +2 12
Couture, LoganLogan Couture 24 5 13 18 +4 10
Braun, JustinJustin Braun 52 1 17 18 +8 24
Tierney, ChrisChris Tierney 52 7 10 17 −8 18
Wingels, TommyTommy Wingels 54 6 9 15 −13 45
Martin, PaulPaul Martin 51 2 11 13 +3 16
Nieto, MatthewMatthew Nieto 51 7 5 12 −11 10
Karlsson, MelkerMelker Karlsson 39 6 6 12 +6 6
Dillon, BrendenBrenden Dillon 52 1 5 6 +7 51
Tennyson, MattMatt Tennyson 25 2 2 4 +1 0
DeMelo, DylanDylan DeMelo 29 2 2 4 −2 6
Zubrus, DainiusDainius Zubrus 24 2 1 3 +3 12
Brown, MikeMike Brown 42 1 2 3 −2 59
Goodrow, BarclayBarclay Goodrow 14 0 3 3 +1 16
Goldobin, NikolayNikolay Goldobin 9 1 1 2 +1 0
Lerg, BryanBryan Lerg 6 0 0 0 +1 0
Carpenter, RyanRyan Carpenter 1 0 0 0 0 0
McCarthy, JohnJohn McCarthy 1 0 0 0 0 0
Smith, BenBen Smith 6 0 0 0 −1 0
Haley, MichealMicheal Haley 8 0 0 0 −2 20
Mueller, MircoMirco Mueller 10 0 0 0 −4 7

Goaltenders

Regular season
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Jones, MartinMartin Jones 45 45 2584:46 26 15 3 101 2.34 1203 .916 5 0 0 0
Stalock, AlexAlex Stalock 13 9 609:08 3 5 2 33 2.94 285 .884 0 0 1 0

Roster

Updated February 11, 2016.[5]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
61 United States Braun, JustinJustin Braun D R 29 2007 St. Paul, Minnesota
18 United States Brown, MikeMike Brown RW R 30 2013 Northbrook, Illinois
88 Canada Burns, BrentBrent Burns D R 30 2011 Barrie, Ontario
39 Canada Couture, LoganLogan Couture (A) C L 26 2007 Guelph, Ontario
74 Canada DeMelo, DylanDylan DeMelo D R 22 2011 London, Ontario
4 Canada Dillon, BrendenBrenden Dillon D L 25 2014 New Westminster, British Columbia
27 Finland Donskoi, JoonasJoonas Donskoi RW R 23 2015 Raahe, Finland
48 Czech Republic Hertl, TomasTomas Hertl C/LW L 22 2012 Prague, Czech Republic
31 Canada Jones, MartinMartin Jones G L 26 2015 North Vancouver, British Columbia
68 Sweden Karlsson, MelkerMelker Karlsson C/RW R 25 2014 Lycksele, Sweden
12 Canada Marleau, PatrickPatrick Marleau C/LW L 36 1997 Swift Current, Saskatchewan
7 United States Martin, PaulPaul Martin D L 34 2015 Elk River, Minnesota
41 Switzerland Mueller, MircoMirco Mueller D L 20 2013 Winterthur, Switzerland
83 United States Nieto, MattMatt Nieto LW L 23 2011 Long Beach, California
8 United States Pavelski, JoeJoe Pavelski (C) C/LW R 31 2003 Plover, Wisconsin
32 United States Stalock, AlexAlex Stalock G L 28 2005 St. Paul, Minnesota
80 United States Tennyson, MattMatt Tennyson D R 25 2012 Pleasanton, California
19 Canada Thornton, JoeJoe Thornton (A) C L 36 2005 London, Ontario
50 Canada Tierney, ChrisChris Tierney C L 21 2012 Keswick, Ontario
44 Canada Vlasic, Marc-EdouardMarc-Edouard Vlasic D L 28 2005 Montreal, Quebec
42 Canada Ward, JoelJoel Ward RW R 35 2015 North York, Ontario
57 United States Wingels, TommyTommy Wingels RW/C R 27 2008 Evanston, Illinois
9 Lithuania Zubrus, DainiusDainius Zubrus C/RW L 37 2015 Elektrėnai, Soviet Union

Awards and honours

Awards

Regular season
Player Award Awarded
Jones, M.M. Jones NHL First Star of the Week[6] November 23, 2015
Burns, B.B. Burns NHL All-Star game selection[7] January 6, 2016
Pavelski, J.J. Pavelski NHL All-Star game selection[7] January 6, 2016

Milestones

Regular season
Player Milestone Reached
Donskoi, J.J. Donskoi 1st career NHL game
1st career NHL goal
1st career NHL point
October 7, 2015
Martin, P.P. Martin 700th career NHL game October 13, 2015
Goldobin, N.N. Goldobin 1st career NHL game October 16, 2015
N. Goldobin 1st career NHL goal
1st Career NHL point
October 17, 2015
Ward, J.J. Ward 100th Career NHL goal October 24, 2015
Wingels, T.T. Wingels 100th Career NHL point October 31, 2015
Braun, J.J. Braun 300th career NHL game November 5, 2015
N. Goldobin 1st career NHL assist November 5, 2015
Thornton, J.J. Thornton 1,300th career NHL game November 10, 2015
Pavelski, J.J. Pavelski 500th career NHL point November 14, 2015
Jones, M.M. Jones 10th career NHL shutout November 19, 2015
Marleau, P.P. Marleau 1,000th career NHL point November 21, 2015

Suspensions and fines

Player Explanation Length Salary Date issued
Raffi Torres Illegal check to the head of Anaheim Ducks forward Jakob Silfverberg 41 games $440,860.29 October 5, 2015[8]

Transactions

The Sharks have been involved in the following transactions during the 2015–16 season:

Trades

Date
Details
Ref
June 27, 2015 (2015-06-27) To Dallas Stars
Antti Niemi (rights)
To San Jose Sharks
7th-round pick in 2015
[9]
June 27, 2015 (2015-06-27) To Vancouver Canucks
TBL's 7th-round pick in 2015
To San Jose Sharks
Patrick McNally
[10]
June 27, 2015 (2015-06-27) To Colorado Avalanche
2nd-round pick in 2015
COL's 2nd-round pick in 2016
6th-round pick in 2017
To San Jose Sharks
BUF's 2nd-round pick in 2015
[11]
June 29, 2015 (2015-06-29) To St. Louis Blues
Konrad Abeltshauser
To San Jose Sharks
Conditional 7th-round pick in 2016
[12]
June 29, 2015 (2015-06-29) To Boston Bruins
Sean Kuraly
1st-round pick in 2016
To San Jose Sharks
Martin Jones
[13]

Free agents acquired

Date Player Former team Contract terms
(in U.S. dollars)
Ref
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01) Paul Martin Pittsburgh Penguins 4 years, $19.4 million [14]
July 2, 2015 (2015-07-02) Mark Cundari Adirondack Flames 1 year, $600,000 [15]
July 3, 2015 (2015-07-03) Joel Ward Washington Capitals 3 years, $9.825 million [16]
August 24, 2015 (2015-08-24) Frazer McLaren Toronto Maple Leafs 1 year, $600,000 [17]
November 24, 2015 (2015-11-24) Dainius Zubrus New Jersey Devils 1 year, $600,000 [18]

Free agents lost

Date Player New team Contract terms
(in U.S. dollars)
Ref
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01) Taylor Fedun Vancouver Canucks 1 year, $600,000 [19]
July 10, 2015 (2015-07-10) Matt Irwin Boston Bruins 1 year, $800,000 [20]
July 10, 2015 (2015-07-10) John Scott Arizona Coyotes 1 year, $575,000 [21]

Player signings

Date Player Contract terms
(in U.S. dollars)
Ref
June 27, 2015 (2015-06-27) Melker Karlsson 2 years, $3.25 million [22]
June 27, 2015 (2015-06-27) Jeremy Langlois 1 year, $610,000 [23]
June 27, 2015 (2015-06-27) Petter Emanuelsson 1 year, $800,000 [24]
June 27, 2015 (2015-06-27) Karl Stollery 1 year, $600,000 [25]
June 27, 2015 (2015-06-27) Troy Grosenick 2 years, $1.2 million [26]
June 30, 2015 (2015-06-30) Brenden Dillon 5 years, $16.35 million [27]
July 2, 2015 (2015-07-02) John McCarthy 1 year, $600,000 [28]
July 2, 2015 (2015-07-02) Micheal Haley 1 year, $600,000 [29]
July 2, 2015 (2015-07-02) Bryan Lerg 1 year, $600,000 [30]
July 2, 2015 (2015-07-02) Patrick McNally 2 years, entry-level contract [31]
July 8, 2015 (2015-07-08) Timo Meier 3 years, entry-level contract [32]
September 13, 2015 (2015-09-13) Jeremy Roy 3 years, entry-level contract [33]

Draft picks

Below are the San Jose Sharks' selections at the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, to be held on June 26–27, 2015 at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida.

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 9 Timo Meier RW   Switzerland Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)
2 31[a] Jeremy Roy D  Canada Sherbrooke Phoenix (QMJHL)
3 86[b] Mike Robinson G  United States Lawrence Academy (USHS–MA)
4 106[c] Adam Helewka LW  Canada Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
5 130 Karlis Cukste D  Latvia HK Riga (MHL)
5 142[d] Rudolfs Balcers LW  Latvia Stavanger Oilers (GET-ligaen)
6 160 Adam Parsells D  United States Wausau West High School (USHS–WI)
7 190 Marcus Vela C  Canada Langley Rivermen (BCHL)
7 193[e] John Kupsky G  United States Lone Star Brahmas (NAHL)
Draft notes[34]
  • a The Colorado Avalanche’ second-round pick (from Buffalo) went to the San Jose Sharks as the result of a trade on June 27, 2015 that sent a second-round pick in 2015, a second-round pick in 2016 and a sixth-round pick in 2017 to Colorado in exchange for this pick.[11]
  • The San Jose Sharks’ second-round pick went to the Colorado Avalanche as the result of a trade on June 27, 2015 that a second-round pick in 2015 to San Jose in exchange for a second-round pick in 2016, a sixth-round pick in 2017 and this pick.[11]
  • The San Jose Sharks' fourth-round pick went to the Nashville Predators as the result of a trade on June 28, 2014 that sent Detroit's second-round pick in 2014 to San Jose in exchange for a second-round pick in 2014 and this pick.[36]
  • d The New York Islanders’ fifth-round pick went to the San Jose Sharks as the result of a trade on June 5, 2014 that sent Dan Boyle to New York in exchange for this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade).[38] The condition – San Jose will receive a fifth-round pick in 2015 if Boyle is not re-signed by the Islanders for the 2014–15 NHL season – was converted on July 1, 2014.[39]

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