2016–17 San Jose Sharks season

2016–17 San Jose Sharks
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
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)
Penalty minutes	Micheal Haley (128)
Plus/minus	Brent Burns (+19)
Wins	Martin Jones (35)
Goals against average	Aaron Dell (2.00)
	← 2015–16 2017–18 →

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

Pacific Division
Pos	Team v t e	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^[3]
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division

Schedule

Pre-season

The preseason schedule was announced on June 16, 2016.^[4]

Pre-season game log: 3–2–1 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 1–1–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 27	Vancouver	2–3	San Jose	OT	Armalis	14,865	1–0–0	Recap
2	September 30	Arizona	2–3	San Jose	OT	Dell	15,985	2–0–0	Recap
3	October 2	San Jose	3–2	Vancouver	OT	Jones	17,301	3–0–0	Recap
4	October 5	Anaheim	2–0	San Jose		Jones	16,207	3–1–0	Recap
5	October 7	San Jose	1–3	Arizona		Jones	7,235	3–2–0	Recap
6	October 9	San Jose	2–3	Anaheim	OT	Dell	16,444	3–2–1	Recap

Regular season

The schedule was announced on June 21, 2016.^[5]

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

October: 6–3–0 (Home: 4–0–0 ; Road: 2–3–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
1	October 12	Los Angeles	1–2	San Jose		Jones	17,562	1–0–0	2	Recap
2	October 15	San Jose	3–2	Columbus		Jones	16,546	2–0–0	4	Recap
3	October 17	San Jose	4–7	NY Rangers		Jones	18,200	2–1–0	4	Recap
4	October 18	San Jose	3–2	NY Islanders		Dell	10,772	3–1–0	6	Recap
5	October 20	San Jose	2–3	Pittsburgh		Jones	18,511	3–2–0	6	Recap
6	October 22	San Jose	0–3	Detroit		Jones	20,027	3–3–0	6	Recap
7	October 25	Anaheim	1–2	San Jose	OT	Jones	17,562	4–3–0	8	Recap
8	October 27	Columbus	1–3	San Jose		Jones	17,229	5–3–0	10	Recap
9	October 29	Nashville	1–4	San Jose		Jones	17,562	6–3–0	12	Recap

November: 8–6–1 (Home: 4–3–0 ; Road: 4–3–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
10	November 1	San Jose	2–3	Arizona		Jones	11,046	6–4–0	12	Recap
11	November 3	Calgary	3–2	San Jose		Jones	17,562	6–5–0	12	Recap
12	November 5	Pittsburgh	5–0	San Jose		Jones	17,562	6–6–0	12	Recap
13	November 8	San Jose	3–0	Washington		Jones	18,506	7–6–0	14	Recap
14	November 10	San Jose	4–2	Florida		Jones	11,703	8–6–0	16	Recap
15	November 12	San Jose	3–1	Tampa Bay		Jones	19,092	9–6–0	18	Recap
16	November 15	San Jose	0–1	Carolina		Dell	8,932	9–7–0	18	Recap
17	November 17	San Jose	2–3	St. Louis		Jones	17,618	9–8–0	18	Recap
18	November 19	San Jose	2–3	Arizona	OT	Jones	13,148	9–8–1	19	Recap
19	November 21	New Jersey	0–4	San Jose		Jones	17,286	10–8–1	21	Recap
20	November 23	Chicago	1–2	San Jose		Jones	17,501	11–8–1	23	Recap
21	November 25	NY Islanders	2–3	San Jose		Dell	17,562	12–8–1	25	Recap
22	November 26	Anaheim	3–2	San Jose		Jones	17,562	12–9–1	25	Recap
23	November 29	Arizona	1–2	San Jose	OT	Jones	17,377	13–9–1	27	Recap
24	November 30	San Jose	4–1	Los Angeles		Jones	18,230	14–9–1	29	Recap

December: 9–4–0 (Home: 5–1–0 ; Road: 4–3–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
25	December 2	Montreal	1–2	San Jose		Jones	17,562	15–9–1	31	Recap
26	December 7	Ottawa	4–2	San Jose		Jones	17,349	15–10–1	31	Recap
27	December 9	San Jose	2–3	Anaheim		Jones	17,174	15–11–1	31	Recap
28	December 10	Carolina	3–4	San Jose		Dell	17,562	16–11–1	33	Recap
29	December 13	San Jose	3–2	Toronto	SO	Jones	19,380	17–11–1	35	Recap
30	December 14	San Jose	4–3	Ottawa	SO	Jones	17,273	18–11–1	37	Recap
31	December 16	San Jose	4–2	Montreal		Jones	21,288	19–11–1	39	Recap
32	December 18	San Jose	1–4	Chicago		Jones	22,027	19–12–1	39	Recap
33	December 20	Calgary	1–4	San Jose		Jones	17,562	20–12–1	41	Recap
34	December 23	Edmonton	2–3	San Jose	OT	Jones	17,562	21–12–1	43	Recap
35	December 27	San Jose	3–2	Anaheim	OT	Jones	17,403	22–12–1	45	Recap
36	December 30	Philadelphia	0–2	San Jose		Dell	17,562	23–12–1	47	Recap
37	December 31	San Jose	2–3	Los Angeles		Jones	18,230	23–13–1	47	Recap

January: 9–4–1 (Home: 5–3–1 ; Road: 4–1–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
38	January 3	Los Angeles	2–1	San Jose		Jones	17,562	23–13–2	48	Recap
39	January 5	Minnesota	5–4	San Jose		Jones	17,562	23–14–2	48	Recap
40	January 7	Detroit	3–6	San Jose		Jones	17,562	24–14–2	50	Recap
41	January 10	San Jose	5–3	Edmonton		Jones	18,347	25–14–2	52	Recap
42	January 11	San Jose	2–3	Calgary		Dell	18,912	25–15–2	52	Recap
43	January 14	St. Louis	4–0	San Jose		Jones	17,562	25–16–2	52	Recap
44	January 16	Winnipeg	2–5	San Jose		Jones	17,479	26–16–2	54	Recap
45	January 18	San Jose	3–2	Los Angeles		Jones	18,230	27–16–2	56	Recap
46	January 19	Tampa Bay	1–2	San Jose		Dell	17,387	28–16–2	58	Recap
47	January 21	Colorado	2–3	San Jose	OT	Jones	17,562	29–16–2	60	Recap
48	January 23	San Jose	5–2	Colorado		Jones	13,803	30–16–2	62	Recap
49	January 24	San Jose	4–3	Winnipeg		Dell	15,294	31–16–2	64	Recap
50	January 26	Edmonton	4–1	San Jose		Jones	17,562	31–17–2	64	Recap
51	January 31	Chicago	1–3	San Jose		Jones	17,424	32–17–2	66	Recap

February: 5–1–5 (Home: 1–0–3 ; Road: 4–1–2)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
52	February 2	San Jose	4–1	Vancouver		Jones	18,865	33–17–2	68	Recap
53	February 4	Arizona	3–2	San Jose	SO	Jones	17,562	33–17–3	69	Recap
54	February 7	San Jose	4–5	Buffalo	OT	Jones	18,462	33–17–4	70	Recap
55	February 9	San Jose	3–6	Boston		Dell	17,565	33–18–4	70	Recap
56	February 11	San Jose	1–2	Philadelphia	OT	Dell	19,910	33–18–5	71	Recap
57	February 12	San Jose	4–1	New Jersey		Jones	16,514	34–18–5	73	Recap
58	February 15	Florida	6–5	San Jose	OT	Jones	17,562	34–18–6	74	Recap
59	February 18	San Jose	4–1	Arizona		Dell	17,446	35–18–6	76	Recap
60	February 19	Boston	2–1	San Jose	OT	Jones	17,562	35–18–7	77	Recap
61	February 25	San Jose	4–1	Vancouver		Jones	18,139	36–18–7	79	Recap
62	February 28	Toronto	1–3	San Jose		Jones	17,515	37–18–7	81	Recap

March: 6–10–0 (Home: 5–3–0 ; Road: 1–7–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
63	March 2	Vancouver	1–3	San Jose		Dell	17,488	38–18–7	83	Recap
64	March 5	San Jose	1–3	Minnesota		Jones	19,168	38–19–7	83	Recap
65	March 6	San Jose	3–2	Winnipeg		Dell	15,294	39–19–7	85	Recap
66	March 9	Washington	2–4	San Jose		Jones	17,562	40–19–7	87	Recap
67	March 11	Nashville	3–1	San Jose		Jones	17,497	40–20–7	87	Recap
68	March 12	Dallas	1–5	San Jose		Dell	17,442	41–20–7	89	Recap
69	March 14	Buffalo	1–4	San Jose		Jones	17,386	42–20–7	91	Recap
70	March 16	St. Louis	4–1	San Jose		Dell	17,402	42–21–7	91	Recap
71	March 18	Anaheim	2–1	San Jose		Jones	17,562	42–22–7	91	Recap
72	March 20	San Jose	0–1	Dallas		Dell	17,687	42–23–7	91	Recap
73	March 21	San Jose	2–3	Minnesota		Jones	19,104	42–24–7	91	Recap
74	March 24	San Jose	1–6	Dallas		Dell	17,265	42–25–7	91	Recap
75	March 25	San Jose	2–7	Nashville		Jones	17,282	42–26–7	91	Recap
76	March 28	NY Rangers	4–5	San Jose	OT	Jones	17,562	43–26–7	93	Recap
77	March 30	San Jose	2–3	Edmonton		Jones	18,347	43–27–7	93	Recap
78	March 31	San Jose	2–5	Calgary		Jones	19,289	43–28–7	93	Recap

April: 3–1–0 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 1–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
79	April 2	San Jose	3–1	Vancouver		Jones	18,295	44–28–7	95	Recap
80	April 4	Vancouver	1–3	San Jose		Jones	17,459	45–28–7	97	Recap
81	April 6	Edmonton	4–2	San Jose		Jones	17,562	45–29–7	97	Recap
82	April 8	Calgary	1–3	San Jose		Dell	17,562	46–29–7	99	Recap

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

Western Conference First Round vs. (P2) Edmonton Oilers: Edmonton won series 4–2
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Series	Recap
1	April 12	San Jose	3–2	Edmonton	OT	Jones	18,347	1–0	Recap
2	April 14	San Jose	0–2	Edmonton		Jones	18,347	1–1	Recap
3	April 16	Edmonton	1–0	San Jose		Jones	17,562	1–2	Recap
4	April 18	Edmonton	0–7	San Jose		Jones	17,562	2–2	Recap
5	April 20	San Jose	3–4	Edmonton	OT	Jones	18,347	2–3	Recap
6	April 22	Edmonton	3–1	San Jose		Jones	17,562	2–4	Recap

Legend Win Loss

Player statistics

Skaters

Playoffs^[7]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Patrick Marleau	6	3	1	4	−1	0
Joe Pavelski	6	2	2	4	−1	0
Joel Ward	6	1	3	4	0	4
Logan Couture	6	2	1	3	−1	0
David Schlemko	6	2	1	3	+2	2
Marc-Edouard Vlasic	6	0	3	3	−1	2
Brent Burns	6	0	3	3	−1	6
Mikkel Boedker	4	1	1	2	0	2
Marcus Sörensen	6	1	1	2	+1	0
Joonas Donskoi	5	0	2	2	−3	0
Tomas Hertl	6	0	2	2	0	2
Joe Thornton	4	0	2	2	−1	0
Paul Martin	6	1	0	1	−1	4
Melker Karlsson	6	1	0	1	0	6
Brenden Dillon	6	0	1	1	+1	4
Jannik Hansen	6	0	1	1	0	0
Justin Braun	6	0	1	1	−1	0
Chris Tierney	6	0	1	1	0	0
Timo Meier	5	0	0	0	0	2

Goaltenders

Regular season^[8]
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Martin Jones	65	65	3800:21	35	23	6	152	2.40	1725	.912	2	0	0	0
Aaron Dell	20	17	1110:33	11	6	1	37	2.00	533	.931	1	0	0	0

Playoffs^[9]
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Martin 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

Transactions

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

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
January 24, 2017 (2017-01-24)	To Ottawa Senators Tommy Wingels	To San Jose Sharks Buddy Robinson Zack Stortini 7th-round pick in 2017	^[10]
February 28, 2017 (2017-02-28)	To Vancouver Canucks Nikolay Goldobin conditional 4th-round pick in 2017	To San Jose Sharks Jannik Hansen	^[11]

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 (2016-06-30)	Tomas Hertl	2 years, $6 million	^[23]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Micheal Haley	1 year, $625,000	^[24]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Aaron Dell	2 years, $1.25 million	^[25]
July 11, 2016 (2016-07-11)	Dylan DeMelo	2 years, $1.3 million	^[26]
July 14, 2016 (2016-07-14)	Ryan Carpenter	1 year, $600,000	^[27]
July 18, 2016 (2016-07-18)	Matt Nieto	1 year, $735,000	^[28]
November 22, 2016 (2016-11-22)	Brent Burns	8 years, $64 million contract extension	^[29]
March 23, 2017 (2017-03-23)	Noah Rod	3 years, $2.43 million entry-level	^[30]
May 9, 2017 (2017-05-09)	Manuel Wiederer	3 years, $2.21 million entry-level	^[31]
May 12, 2017 (2017-05-12)	Joonas Donskoi	2 years, $3.8 million contract extension	^[32]
May 12, 2017 (2017-05-12)	Melker Karlsson	3 years, $6 million contract extension	^[33]
June 5, 2017 (2017-06-05)	Troy Grosenick	2 years, $1.3 million contract extension	^[34]
June 17, 2017 (2017-06-17)	Joakim Ryan	2 years, $1.3 million contract extension	^[35]
June 17, 2017 (2017-06-17)	Ryan Carpenter	2 years, $1.3 million contract extension	^[36]
June 17, 2017 (2017-06-17)	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
Brent 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
Martin Jones	NHL Third Star of the Week^[41] All-Star^[39]	December 5, 2016 January 1, 2017
Patrick Marleau	NHL Second Star of the Week^[42]	January 30, 2017
Joe Pavelski	All-Star^[39] NHL First Star of the Week^[43]	January 1, 2017 March 13, 2017

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