2016–17 San Jose Sharks season

2016–17 San Jose Sharks
Division 3rd Pacific
Conference 6th Western
2016–17 record 46–29–7
Home record 26–11–4
Road record 20–18–3
Goals for 221
Goals against 201
Team information
General Manager Doug Wilson
Coach Peter DeBoer
Captain Joe Pavelski
Alternate captains Logan Couture
Joe Thornton
Arena SAP Center
Average attendance 17,506[1]
Minor league affiliate(s) San Jose Barracuda (AHL)
Allen Americans (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals Brent Burns
Joe Pavelski (29)
Assists Brent Burns (47)
Points Brent Burns (76)
Penalties in minutes Micheal Haley (128)
Plus/minus Brent Burns (+19)
Wins Martin Jones (35)
Goals against average Aaron Dell (2.00)

The 2016–17 San Jose Sharks season was the 26th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on May 9, 1990. The Sharks failed to repeat their success of winning the Western Conference in 2016 after losing to Edmonton in the first round in six games.[2]

Standings

Divisional standings

Pacific Division
Pos Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 y Anaheim Ducks 82 46 23 13 43 223 200 +23 105
2 x Edmonton Oilers 82 47 26 9 43 247 212 +35 103
3 x San Jose Sharks 82 46 29 7 44 221 201 +20 99
4 x Calgary Flames 82 45 33 4 41 226 221 +5 94
5 Los Angeles Kings 82 39 35 8 37 201 205 4 86
6 Arizona Coyotes 82 30 42 10 24 197 260 63 70
7 Vancouver Canucks 82 30 43 9 26 182 243 61 69
Source: National Hockey League
x Clinched playoff spot; y Clinched division.

Conference standings

Top 3 (Central Division)
Pos Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 z Chicago Blackhawks 82 50 23 9 46 244 213 +31 109
2 x Minnesota Wild 82 49 25 8 46 266 208 +58 106
3 x St. Louis Blues 82 46 29 7 44 235 218 +17 99
Source: National Hockey League
x Clinched playoff spot; z Clinched conference.
Top 3 (Pacific Division)
Pos Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 y Anaheim Ducks 82 46 23 13 43 223 200 +23 105
2 x Edmonton Oilers 82 47 26 9 43 247 212 +35 103
3 x San Jose Sharks 82 46 29 7 44 221 201 +20 99
Source: National Hockey League
x Clinched playoff spot; y Clinched division.
Western Conference Wild Card
Pos Div Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 PA x Calgary Flames 82 45 33 4 41 226 221 +5 94
2 CE x Nashville Predators 82 41 29 12 39 240 224 +16 94
3 CE Winnipeg Jets 82 40 35 7 37 249 256 7 87
4 PA Los Angeles Kings 82 39 35 8 37 201 205 4 86
5 CE Dallas Stars 82 34 37 11 33 223 262 39 79
6 PA Arizona Coyotes 82 30 42 10 24 197 260 63 70
7 PA Vancouver Canucks 82 30 43 9 26 182 243 61 69
8 CE Colorado Avalanche 82 22 56 4 21 166 278 112 48
Source: National Hockey League
x Clinched playoff spot.

Schedule

Pre-season

The preseason schedule was announced on June 16, 2016.[3]

Regular season

The schedule was announced on June 21, 2016.[4]

Game log 46–29–7 (Home: 26–11–4 ; Road: 20–18–3)

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

Playoffs

The Sharks entered the playoffs as the Pacific Division's third seed and will face the second seed of the same division, the Edmonton Oilers.

2017 Stanley Cup playoffs

Legend   Win   Loss

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season[5]
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Burns, BrentBrent Burns 82 29 47 76 +19 40
Pavelski, JoeJoe Pavelski 81 29 39 68 +11 34
Couture, LoganLogan Couture 73 25 27 52 +11 12
Thornton, JoeJoe Thornton 79 7 43 50 +7 51
Marleau, PatrickPatrick Marleau 82 27 19 46 +4 28
Ward, JoelJoel Ward 78 10 19 29 −2 30
Vlasic, Marc-EdouardMarc-Edouard Vlasic 75 6 22 28 +4 35
Boedker, MikkelMikkel Boedker 81 10 16 26 0 10
Martin, PaulPaul Martin 81 4 22 26 +10 20
Tierney, ChrisChris Tierney 80 11 12 23 0 6
Karlsson, MelkerMelker Karlsson 67 11 11 22 +7 22
Hertl, TomasTomas Hertl 49 10 12 22 −8 14
Labanc, KevinKevin Labanc 55 8 12 20 +9 22
Schlemko, DavidDavid Schlemko 62 2 16 18 +4 14
Donskoi, JoonasJoonas Donskoi 61 6 11 17 −5 10
Braun, JustinJustin Braun 81 4 9 13 +1 28
Haley, MichealMicheal Haley 58 2 10 12 +6 128
Dillon, BrendenBrenden Dillon 81 2 8 10 −2 60
Wingels, TommyTommy Wingels 37 5 3 8 −2 15
DeMelo, DylanDylan DeMelo 25 1 7 8 +2 14
Hansen, JannikJannik Hansen 15 2 5 7 0 7
Meier, TimoTimo Meier 34 3 3 6 +1 10
Carpenter, RyanRyan Carpenter 11 2 2 4 +5 4
Sörensen, MarcusMarcus Sörensen 19 1 3 4 −1 4
Müller, MircoMirco Müller 4 1 1 2 +2 0
Nieto, MattMatt Nieto 16 0 2 2 −3 4
O'Regan, DanielDaniel O'Regan 3 1 0 1 −2 0
Goodrow, BarclayBarclay Goodrow 3 0 1 1 0 0
Heed, TimTim Heed 1 0 0 0 0 0
Goldobin, NikolayNikolay Goldobin 2 0 0 0 −1 0

Playoffs[6]
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Marleau, PatrickPatrick Marleau 6 3 1 4 −1 0
Pavelski, JoeJoe Pavelski 6 2 2 4 −1 0
Ward, JoelJoel Ward 6 1 3 4 0 4
Couture, LoganLogan Couture 6 2 1 3 −1 0
Schlemko, DavidDavid Schlemko 6 2 1 3 +2 2
Vlasic, Marc-EdouardMarc-Edouard Vlasic 6 0 3 3 −1 2
Burns, BrentBrent Burns 6 0 3 3 −1 6
Boedker, MikkelMikkel Boedker 4 1 1 2 0 2
Sörensen, MarcusMarcus Sörensen 6 1 1 2 +1 0
Donskoi, JoonasJoonas Donskoi 5 0 2 2 −3 0
Hertl, TomasTomas Hertl 6 0 2 2 0 2
Thornton, JoeJoe Thornton 4 0 2 2 −1 0
Martin, PaulPaul Martin 6 1 0 1 −1 4
Karlsson, MelkerMelker Karlsson 6 1 0 1 0 6
Dillon, BrendenBrenden Dillon 6 0 1 1 +1 4
Hansen, JannikJannik Hansen 6 0 1 1 0 0
Braun, JustinJustin Braun 6 0 1 1 −1 0
Tierney, ChrisChris Tierney 6 0 1 1 0 0
Meier, TimoTimo Meier 5 0 0 0 0 2

Goaltenders
Regular season[7]
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Jones, MartinMartin Jones 65 65 3800:21 35 23 6 152 2.40 1725 .912 2 0 0 0
Dell, AaronAaron Dell 20 17 1110:33 11 6 1 37 2.00 533 .931 1 0 0 0
Playoffs[8]
Player GP GS TOI W L GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Jones, MartinMartin Jones 6 6 377:01 2 4 11 1.75 168 .935 1 0 0 0

Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Sharks. Stats reflect time with the Sharks only.
Traded mid-season

Roster

Updated March 1, 2017.[9]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
Lithuania Armalis, MantasMantas Armalis G L 24 2016 Plungė, Lithuania
89 Denmark Boedker, MikkelMikkel Boedker LW L 27 2016 Brøndby, Denmark
61 United States Braun, JustinJustin Braun D R 30 2007 St. Paul, Minnesota
88 Canada Burns, BrentBrent Burns D R 32 2011 Barrie, Ontario
40 United States Carpenter, RyanRyan Carpenter C/RW R 26 2014 Oviedo, Florida
39 Canada Couture, LoganLogan Couture (A) C L 28 2007 Guelph, Ontario
30 Canada Dell, AaronAaron Dell G L 27 2015 Airdrie, Alberta
74 Canada DeMelo, DylanDylan DeMelo D R 23 2011 London, Ontario
4 Canada Dillon, BrendenBrenden Dillon D L 26 2014 New Westminster, British Columbia
27 Finland Donskoi, JoonasJoonas Donskoi RW R 25 2015 Raahe, Finland
23 Canada Goodrow, BarclayBarclay Goodrow RW L 24 2014 Toronto, Ontario
34 United States Grosenick, TroyTroy Grosenick G L 27 2013 Brookfield, Wisconsin
38 Canada Haley, MichealMicheal Haley LW L 31 2014 Guelph, Ontario
36 Denmark Hansen, JannikJannik Hansen RW R 31 2017 Herlev, Denmark
72 Sweden Heed, TimTim Heed D R 26 2016 Gothenburg, Sweden
48 Czech Republic Hertl, TomasTomas Hertl LW L 23 2012 Prague, Czech Republic
31 Canada Jones, MartinMartin Jones G L 27 2015 North Vancouver, British Columbia
68 Sweden Karlsson, MelkerMelker Karlsson C/RW R 26 2014 Lycksele, Sweden
62 United States Labanc, KevinKevin Labanc RW R 21 2014 Staten Island, New York
12 Canada Marleau, PatrickPatrick Marleau LW L 37 1997 Swift Current, Saskatchewan
7 United States Martin, PaulPaul Martin D L 36 2015 Elk River, Minnesota
28 Switzerland Meier, TimoTimo Meier LW L 20 2015 Herisau, Switzerland
41 Switzerland Mueller, MircoMirco Mueller D L 22 2013 Winterthur, Switzerland
8 United States Pavelski, JoeJoe Pavelski (C) C R 32 2003 Plover, Wisconsin
5 Canada Schlemko, DavidDavid Schlemko D L 29 2016 Edmonton, Alberta
20 Sweden Sorensen, MarcusMarcus Sorensen RW L 25 2016 Södertälje, Sweden
19 Canada Thornton, JoeJoe Thornton (A) C L 37 2005 London, Ontario
50 Canada Tierney, ChrisChris Tierney C L 22 2012 Keswick, Ontario
44 Canada Vlasic, Marc-EdouardMarc-Edouard Vlasic D L 30 2005 Montreal, Quebec
42 Canada Ward, JoelJoel Ward RW R 36 2015 North York, Ontario

Transactions

The Sharks have been involved in the following transactions during the 2016–17 season:

Trades

Date
Details
Ref
January 24, 2017 To Ottawa Senators
Tommy Wingels
To San Jose Sharks
Buddy Robinson
Zack Stortini
7th-round pick in 2017
[10]
February 28, 2017 To Vancouver Canucks
Nikolay Goldobin
conditional 4th-round pick in 2017
To San Jose Sharks
Jannik Hansen
[11]

Free agents acquired

Date Player Former team Contract terms
(in U.S. dollars)
Ref
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) David Schlemko New Jersey Devils 4 years, $8.4 million [12]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) Mikkel Boedker Colorado Avalanche 4 years, $16 million [13]
July 11, 2016 (2016-07-11) Dan Kelly Albany Devils 1 year, $575,000 [14]
March 17, 2017 (2017-03-17) Tim Clifton Quinnipiac University 2 years, $1,300,000 [15]
March 30, 2017 (2017-03-30) Nick DeSimone Union College 2 years, $1,850,000 [16]
May 23, 2017 (2017-05-23) Radim Šimek HC Bílí Tygři Liberec 1 year, $830,000 [17]
May 23, 2017 (2017-05-23) Filip Sandberg HV71 2 years, $1.5 million [18]

Free agents lost

Date Player New team Contract terms
(in U.S. dollars)
Ref
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) James Reimer Florida Panthers 5 years, $17 million [19]
July 2, 2016 (2016-07-02) Roman Polak Toronto Maple Leafs 1 year, $2.25 million [20]
July 3, 2016 (2016-07-03) Matt Tennyson Carolina Hurricanes 1 year, $675,000 [21]

Lost via waivers

Player New team Date claimed off waivers
Matt Nieto[22] Colorado Avalanche January 5, 2017

Player signings

Date Player Contract terms
(in U.S. dollars)
Ref
June 30, 2016 Tomas Hertl 2 years, $6 million [23]
July 1, 2016 Micheal Haley 1 year, $625,000 [24]
July 1, 2016 Aaron Dell 2 years, $1.25 million [25]
July 11, 2016 Dylan DeMelo 2 years, $1.3 million [26]
July 14, 2016 Ryan Carpenter 1 year, $600,000 [27]
July 18, 2016 Matt Nieto 1 year, $735,000 [28]
November 22, 2016 Brent Burns 8 years, $64 million contract extension [29]
March 23, 2017 Noah Rod 3 years, $2.43 million entry-level [30]
May 9, 2017 Manuel Wiederer 3 years, $2.21 million entry-level [31]
May 12, 2017 Joonas Donskoi 2 years, $3.8 million contract extension [32]
May 12, 2017 Melker Karlsson 3 years, $6 million contract extension [33]
June 5, 2017 Troy Grosenick 2 years, $1.3 million contract extension [34]
June 17, 2017 Joakim Ryan 2 years, $1.3 million contract extension [35]
June 17, 2017 Ryan Carpenter 2 years, $1.3 million contract extension [36]
June 17, 2017 Tim Heed 2 years, $1.3 million contract extension [37]

Draft picks

Below are the San Jose Sharks' selections at the 2016 NHL Entry Draft, held on June 24 and 25, 2016, at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo.

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
2 60 Dylan Gambrell C  United States Denver Pioneers (NCHC)
4 111 Noah Gregor C  Canada Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
5 150 Manuel Wiederer C  Germany Moncton Wildcats (QMJHL)
6 180 Mark Shoemaker D  Canada North Bay Battalion (OHL)
7 210 Joachim Blichfeld W  Denmark Malmö Redhawks (SHL)

Awards

Regular season
Player Award Awarded
Burns, BrentBrent Burns NHL Third Star of the Week[38]
All-Star[39]
NHL Third Star of the Month[40]
November 28, 2016
January 1, 2017
February 1, 2017
Jones, MartinMartin Jones NHL Third Star of the Week[41]
All-Star[39]
December 5, 2016
January 1, 2017
Marleau, PatrickPatrick Marleau NHL Second Star of the Week[42] January 30, 2017
Pavelski, JoeJoe Pavelski All-Star[39]
NHL First Star of the Week[43]
January 1, 2017
March 13, 2017

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