2015–16 San Jose Sharks season

The 2015–16 San Jose Sharks season was 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] The Sharks reached the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time in franchise history, ultimately losing to the Pittsburgh Penguins in 6 games.

Standings

Divisional standings

Pacific Division
Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Anaheim Ducks	82	46	25	11	43	218	192	+26	103
2	x – Los Angeles Kings	82	48	28	6	46	225	195	+30	102
3	x – San Jose Sharks	82	46	30	6	42	241	210	+31	98
4	Arizona Coyotes	82	35	39	8	34	209	245	−36	78
5	Calgary Flames	82	35	40	7	33	231	260	−29	77
6	Vancouver Canucks	82	31	38	13	26	191	243	−52	75
7	Edmonton Oilers	82	31	43	8	27	203	245	−42	70

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 – Dallas Stars	82	50	23	9	48	267	230	+37	109
2	x – St. Louis Blues	82	49	24	9	44	224	201	+23	107
3	x – Chicago Blackhawks	82	47	26	9	46	235	209	+26	103

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	25	11	43	218	192	+26	103
2	x – Los Angeles Kings	82	48	28	6	46	225	195	+30	102
3	x – San Jose Sharks	82	46	30	6	42	241	210	+31	98

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	CE	x – Nashville Predators	82	41	27	14	37	228	215	+13	96
2	CE	x – Minnesota Wild	82	38	33	11	35	216	206	+10	87

3	CE	Colorado Avalanche	82	39	39	4	35	216	240	−24	82
4	PA	Arizona Coyotes	82	35	39	8	34	209	245	−36	78
5	CE	Winnipeg Jets	82	35	39	8	32	215	239	−24	78
6	PA	Calgary Flames	82	35	40	7	33	231	260	−29	77
7	PA	Vancouver Canucks	82	31	38	13	26	191	243	−52	75
8	PA	Edmonton Oilers	82	31	43	8	27	203	245	−42	70

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot.

Schedule

Pre-season

Pre-Season Game Log: 4–2–1 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 2–1–1)^[3]
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1^[a]	September 21	San Jose	0–1	Vancouver	OT	Dell	2,800 (approx.)	0–0–1	Recap
2	September 22	San Jose	4–0	Vancouver		Jones	––	1–0–1	Recap
3	September 25	Arizona	1–4	San Jose		Stalock	14,048	2–0–1	Recap
4	September 26	Anaheim	2–1	San Jose		Jones	14,722	2–1–1	Recap
5	September 29	Vancouver	1–2	San Jose		Jones	14,165	3–1–1	Recap
6	October 2	San Jose	3–0	Arizona		Jones	9,530	4–1–1	Recap
7	October 3	San Jose	1–5	Anaheim		Stalock	17,174	4–2–1	Recap
Notes: ^a Game was played at The Q Centre in Colwood, British Columbia (Kraft Hockeyville game).

Regular season

Game Log 46–30–6 (Home: 18–20–3 ; Road: 28–10–3)^[3]

October: 5–5–0 (Home: 2–2–0 ; Road: 3–3–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
1	October 7	San Jose	5–1	Los Angeles		Jones	18,230	1–0–0	2	Recap
2	October 10	Anaheim	0–2	San Jose		Jones	17,562	2–0–0	4	Recap
3	October 13	San Jose	5–0	Washington		Jones	18,506	3–0–0	6	Recap
4	October 16	San Jose	2–1	New Jersey	SO	Jones	12,464	4–0–0	8	Recap
5	October 17	San Jose	3–6	NY Islanders		Stalock	11,577	4–1–0	8	Recap
6	October 19	San Jose	0–4	NY Rangers		Jones	18,006	4–2–0	8	Recap
7	October 22	Los Angeles	4–1	San Jose		Jones	16,797	4–3–0	8	Recap
8	October 24	Carolina	2–5	San Jose		Jones	15,814	5–3–0	10	Recap
9	October 28	Nashville	2–1	San Jose		Jones	15,219	5–4–0	10	Recap
10	October 31	San Jose	3–5	Dallas		Stalock	18,178	5–5–0	10	Recap

November: 9–4–0 (Home: 2–4–0 ; Road: 7–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
11	November 1	San Jose	4–3	Colorado		Jones	17,128	6–5–0	12	Recap
12	November 3	Columbus	5–2	San Jose		Jones	15,491	6–6–0	12	Recap
13	November 5	Florida	2–5	San Jose		Stalock	15,525	7–6–0	14	Recap
14	November 7	Anaheim	1–0	San Jose		Jones	17,562	7–7–0	14	Recap
15	November 10	NY Islanders	4–2	San Jose		Stalock	16,558	7–8–0	14	Recap
16	November 13	San Jose	3–2	Detroit		Jones	20,027	8–8–0	16	Recap
17	November 14	San Jose	2–1	Buffalo	OT	Jones	18,611	9–8–0	18	Recap
18	November 17	San Jose	5–4	Boston		Jones	17,565	10–8–0	20	Recap
19	November 19	San Jose	1–0	Philadelphia	OT	Jones	18,229	11–8–0	22	Recap
20	November 21	San Jose	3–1	Pittsburgh		Jones	18,534	12–8–0	24	Recap
21	November 22	San Jose	5–3	Columbus		Stalock	13,397	13–8–0	26	Recap
22	November 25	Chicago	5–2	San Jose		Jones	17,562	13–9–0	26	Recap
23	November 28	Calgary	2–5	San Jose		Jones	17,283	14–9–0	28	Recap

December: 4–7–2 (Home: 1–4–0 ; Road: 3–3–2)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
24	December 1	Pittsburgh	5–1	San Jose		Jones	16,624	14–10–0	28	Recap
25	December 4	San Jose	0–1	Anaheim		Jones	15,701	14–11–0	28	Recap
26	December 5	Tampa Bay	4–3	San Jose		Stalock	16,089	14–12–0	28	Recap
27	December 8	San Jose	2–4	Calgary		Jones	19,289	14–13–0	28	Recap
28	December 9	San Jose	3–4	Edmonton	OT	Jones	16,839	14–13–1	29	Recap
29	December 12	Minnesota	2–0	San Jose		Jones	16,766	14–14–1	29	Recap
30	December 15	San Jose	3–1	Montreal		Jones	21,288	15–14–1	31	Recap
31	December 17	San Jose	5–4	Toronto	OT	Jones	18,966	16–14–1	33	Recap
32	December 18	San Jose	2–4	Ottawa		Stalock	17,990	16–15–1	33	Recap
33	December 20	San Jose	3–4	Chicago	OT	Jones	22,096	16–15–2	34	Recap
34	December 22	San Jose	5–3	Los Angeles		Jones	18,493	17–15–2	36	Recap
35	December 28	Colorado	6–3	San Jose		Jones	17,562	17–16–2	36	Recap
36	December 30	Philadelphia	2–4	San Jose		Jones	17,562	18–16–2	38	Recap

January: 8–2–2 (Home: 5–2–2 ; Road: 3–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
37	January 2	Winnipeg	4–1	San Jose		Jones	17,562	18–17–2	38	Recap
38	January 7	Detroit	2–1	San Jose		Jones	16,856	18–18–2	38	Recap
39	January 9	Toronto	0–7	San Jose		Jones	17,281	19–18–2	40	Recap
40	January 11	San Jose	5–4	Calgary		Jones	19,227	20–18–2	42	Recap
41	January 12	San Jose	4–1	Winnipeg		Stalock	15,294	21–18–2	44	Recap
42	January 14	Edmonton	1–2	San Jose	SO	Jones	15,379	22–18–2	46	Recap
43	January 16	Dallas	3–4	San Jose	OT	Jones	17,562	23–18–2	48	Recap
44	January 18	Ottawa	4–3	San Jose	SO	Stalock	16,619	23–18–3	49	Recap
45	January 21	San Jose	3–1	Arizona		Jones	12,251	24–18–3	51	Recap
46	January 23	Minnesota	3–4	San Jose		Jones	16,956	25–18–3	53	Recap
47	January 24	Los Angeles	3–2	San Jose	OT	Jones	17,562	25–18–4	54	Recap
48	January 26	Colorado	1–6	San Jose		Jones	17,424	26–18–4	56	Recap

February: 8–4–2 (Home: 2–1–1 ; Road: 6–3–1)
#	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	4–2	Tampa Bay		Jones	19,092	30–20–5	65	Recap
56	February 18	San Jose	2–1	Florida	SO	Jones	13,019	31–20–5	67	Recap
57	February 19	San Jose	2–5	Carolina		Jones	11,756	31–21–5	67	Recap
58	February 22	San Jose	6–3	St. Louis		Jones	19,371	32–21–5	69	Recap
59	February 24	San Jose	3–4	Colorado	SO	Jones	15,564	32–21–6	70	Recap
60	February 26	Buffalo	3–1	San Jose		Jones	17,562	32–22–6	70	Recap
61	February 28	San Jose	4–1	Vancouver		Jones	18,570	33–22–6	72	Recap
62	February 29	Montreal	2–6	San Jose		Jones	16,205	34–22–6	74	Recap

March: 9–7–0 (Home: 5–6–0 ; Road: 4–1–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
63	March 3	San Jose	3–2	Vancouver		Jones	18,422	35–22–6	76	Recap
64	March 5	Vancouver	4–2	San Jose		Reimer	17,562	35–23–6	76	Recap
65	March 7	San Jose	2–1	Calgary	OT	Jones	18,740	36–23–6	78	Recap
66	March 8	San Jose	3–0	Edmonton		Reimer	16,839	37–23–6	80	Recap
67	March 10	New Jersey	3–0	San Jose		Jones	16,234	37–24–6	80	Recap
68	March 12	Washington	2–5	San Jose		Jones	17,562	38–24–6	82	Recap
69	March 15	Boston	2–3	San Jose		Reimer	16,624	39–24–6	84	Recap
70	March 17	San Jose	1–3	Arizona		Jones	13,005	39–25–6	84	Recap
71	March 19	NY Rangers	1–4	San Jose		Jones	16,888	40–25–6	86	Recap
72	March 20	Arizona	0–3	San Jose		Reimer	15,756	41–25–6	88	Recap
73	March 22	St. Louis	1–0	San Jose		Jones	15,411	41–26–6	88	Recap
74	March 24	Edmonton	6–3	San Jose		Reimer	16,570	41–27–6	88	Recap
75	March 26	Dallas	4–2	San Jose		Jones	16,439	41–28–6	88	Recap
76	March 28	Los Angeles	2–5	San Jose		Jones	17,066	42–28–6	90	Recap
77	March 29	San Jose	4–1	Vancouver		Reimer	18,315	43–28–6	92	Recap
78	March 31	Vancouver	4–2	San Jose		Jones	15,689	43–29–6	92	Recap

April: 3–1–0 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 2–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
79	April 2	San Jose	3–2	Nashville	SO	Reimer	17,113	44–29–6	94	Recap
80	April 5	San Jose	3–0	Minnesota		Reimer	19,061	45–29–6	96	Recap
81	April 7	Winnipeg	5–4	San Jose		Jones	15,900	45–30–6	96	Recap
82	April 9	Arizona	0–1	San Jose		Jones	17,562	46–30–6	98	Recap

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

Playoffs

Main article: 2016 Stanley Cup playoffs

The Sharks entered the playoffs as the Pacific Division's third seed and faced the second seed of the same division, the Los Angeles Kings, winning 4–1. In the second round they faced the Nashville Predators and advanced in seven games. In the Conference Finals, the Sharks met the St. Louis Blues, winning the series 4–2 and advancing to their first Stanley Cup final in history, where they lost in six games against the Pittsburgh Penguins.^[4]

2016 Stanley Cup playoffs

Western Conference First Round vs. (P2) Los Angeles Kings: San Jose won 4–1
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Series	Recap
1	April 14	San Jose	4–3	Los Angeles		Jones	18,230	1–0	Recap
2	April 16	San Jose	2–1	Los Angeles		Jones	18,230	2–0	Recap
3	April 18	Los Angeles	2–1	San Jose	OT	Jones	17,562	2–1	Recap
4	April 20	Los Angeles	2–3	San Jose		Jones	17,562	3–1	Recap
5	April 22	San Jose	6–3	Los Angeles		Jones	18,543	4–1	Recap

Western Conference Second Round vs. (WC) Nashville Predators: San Jose won 4–3
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Series	Recap
1	April 29	Nashville	2–5	San Jose		Jones	17,026	1–0	Recap
2	May 1	Nashville	2–3	San Jose		Jones	17,562	2–0	Recap
3	May 3	San Jose	1–4	Nashville		Jones	17,163	2–1	Recap
4	May 5	San Jose	3–4	Nashville	3OT	Jones	17,188	2–2	Recap
5	May 7	Nashville	1–5	San Jose		Jones	17,562	3–2	Recap
6	May 9	San Jose	3–4	Nashville	OT	Jones	17,292	3–3	Recap
7	May 12	Nashville	0–5	San Jose		Jones	17,562	4–3	Recap

Western Conference Finals vs. (C2) St. Louis Blues: San Jose won 4–2
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Series	Recap
1	May 15	San Jose	1–2	St. Louis		Jones	19,483	0–1	Recap
2	May 17	San Jose	4–0	St. Louis		Jones	19,596	1–1	Recap
3	May 19	St. Louis	0–3	San Jose		Jones	17,562	2–1	Recap
4	May 21	St. Louis	6–3	San Jose		Jones	17,562	2–2	Recap
5	May 23	San Jose	6–3	St. Louis		Jones	19,372	3–2	Recap
6	May 25	St. Louis	2–5	San Jose		Jones	17,562	4–2	Recap

Stanley Cup Finals vs. (M2) Pittsburgh Penguins: Pittsburgh won 4–2
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Series	Recap
1	May 30	San Jose	2–3	Pittsburgh		Jones	18,596	0–1	Recap
2	June 1	San Jose	1–2	Pittsburgh	OT	Jones	18,655	0–2	Recap
3	June 4	Pittsburgh	2–3	San Jose	OT	Jones	17,562	1–2	Recap
4	June 6	Pittsburgh	3–1	San Jose		Jones	17,562	1–3	Recap
5	June 9	San Jose	4–2	Pittsburgh		Jones	18,680	2–3	Recap
6	June 12	Pittsburgh	3–1	San Jose		Jones	17,562	2–4	Recap

Legend Win Loss

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season^[5]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Thornton, JoeJoe Thornton	82	19	63	82	+25	54
Pavelski, JoeJoe Pavelski	82	38	40	78	+25	30
Burns, BrentBrent Burns	82	27	48	75	−5	53
Marleau, PatrickPatrick Marleau	82	25	23	48	−22	10
Hertl, TomasTomas Hertl	81	21	25	46	+16	26
Ward, JoelJoel Ward	79	21	22	43	−15	28
Vlasic, Marc-EdouardMarc-Edouard Vlasic	67	8	31	39	+15	48
Couture, LoganLogan Couture	52	15	21	36	+2	20
Donskoi, JoonasJoonas Donskoi	76	11	25	36	+4	20
Braun, JustinJustin Braun	80	4	19	23	+11	36
Tierney, ChrisChris Tierney	79	7	13	20	−16	20
Martin, PaulPaul Martin	78	3	17	20	+13	22
Karlsson, MelkerMelker Karlsson	65	10	9	19	+5	16
Wingels, TommyTommy Wingels	68	7	11	18	−10	63
Nieto, MattMatt Nieto	67	8	9	17	−8	10
Dillon, BrendenBrenden Dillon	76	2	9	11	+8	61
Zubrus, DainiusDainius Zubrus	50	3	4	7	+4	20
Spaling, NickNick Spaling^†	23	2	4	6	+5	6
DeMelo, DylanDylan DeMelo	45	2	2	4	0	14
Tennyson, MattMatt Tennyson	29	1	3	4	+1	0
Brown, MikeMike Brown^‡	44	1	2	3	−3	63
Goodrow, BarclayBarclay Goodrow	14	0	3	3	+1	16
Polak, RomanRoman Polak^†	24	0	3	3	−2	16
Goldobin, NikolayNikolay Goldobin	9	1	1	2	+1	0
Haley, MichealMicheal Haley	16	1	0	1	−2	48
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
Mueller, MircoMirco Mueller	11	0	0	0	−4	7
Smith, BenBen Smith^‡	6	0	0	0	−1	0

Playoffs^[6]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Couture, LoganLogan Couture	24	10	20	30	+5	8
Burns, BrentBrent Burns	24	7	17	24	+11	12
Pavelski, JoeJoe Pavelski	24	14	9	23	+1	4
Thornton, JoeJoe Thornton	24	3	18	21	+2	10
Ward, JoelJoel Ward	24	7	6	13	+2	16
Marleau, PatrickPatrick Marleau	24	5	8	13	+4	8
Donskoi, JoonasJoonas Donskoi	24	6	6	12	0	4
Vlasic, Marc-EdouardMarc-Edouard Vlasic	24	1	11	12	+14	12
Hertl, TomasTomas Hertl	20	6	5	11	+8	4
Tierney, ChrisChris Tierney	24	5	4	9	+8	6
Karlsson, MelkerMelker Karlsson	24	5	3	8	+3	10
Braun, JustinJustin Braun	24	2	5	7	+7	6
Martin, PaulPaul Martin	24	0	5	5	+8	6
Nieto, MattMatt Nieto	16	1	2	3	+2	8
Wingels, TommyTommy Wingels	22	2	0	2	+4	21
Zubrus, DainiusDainius Zubrus	14	1	1	2	+1	6
Dillon, BrendenBrenden Dillon	24	0	2	2	−5	11
Spaling, NickNick Spaling	24	0	1	1	+1	6
Polak, RomanRoman Polak	24	0	0	0	−5	15

Goaltenders

Regular season
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	A
Jones, MartinMartin Jones	65	65	3785:52	37	23	4	143	2.27	1734	.918	6	0
Reimer, JamesJames Reimer	8	8	481:26	6	2	0	13	1.62	208	.938	3	0
Stalock, AlexAlex Stalock^‡	13	9	674:08	3	5	2	33	2.94	285	.884	0	1

Playoffs
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Jones, MartinMartin Jones	24	24	1473:18	14	6	4	53	2.16	684	.923	3	0	0	0
Reimer, JamesJames Reimer	1	0	29:05	0	0	0	1	2.06	7	.857	0	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 May 9, 2016.^[7]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
61	United States !	Braun, JustinJustin Braun	2.0 !D	R	29	2007	St. Paul, Minnesota
88	Canada !	Burns, BrentBrent Burns	2.0 !D	R	31	2011	Barrie, Ontario
39	Canada !	Couture, LoganLogan Couture (A)	4.0 !C	L	27	2007	Guelph, Ontario
74	Canada !	DeMelo, DylanDylan DeMelo	2.0 !D	R	23	2011	London, Ontario
4	Canada !	Dillon, BrendenBrenden Dillon	2.0 !D	L	25	2014	New Westminster, British Columbia
27	Finland !	Donskoi, JoonasJoonas Donskoi	7.0 !RW	R	24	2015	Raahe, Finland
82	Russia !	Goldobin, NikolayNikolay Goldobin	7.0 !RW	L	20	2014	Moscow, Russia
89	Canada !	Goodrow, BarclayBarclay Goodrow	7.0 !RW	L	23	2014	Toronto, Ontario
34	United States !	Grosenick, TroyTroy Grosenick	1.0 !G	L	26	2013	Brookfield, Wisconsin
38	Canada !	Haley, MichealMicheal Haley	6.0 !LW	L	30	2014	Guelph, Ontario
48	Czech Republic !	Hertl, TomasTomas Hertl	6.0 !LW	L	22	2012	Prague, Czech Republic
31	Canada !	Jones, MartinMartin Jones	1.0 !G	L	26	2015	North Vancouver, British Columbia
68	Sweden !	Karlsson, MelkerMelker Karlsson	4.3 !C/RW	R	25	2014	Lycksele, Sweden
12	Canada !	Marleau, PatrickPatrick Marleau	6.0 !LW	L	36	1997	Swift Current, Saskatchewan
7	United States !	Martin, PaulPaul Martin	2.0 !D	L	35	2015	Elk River, Minnesota
23	Canada !	McLaren, FrazerFrazer McLaren	6.0 !LW	L	28	2015	Winnipeg, Manitoba
–	United States !	Morin, JeremyJeremy Morin	6.0 !LW	R	25	2016	Auburn, New York
41	Switzerland !	Mueller, MircoMirco Mueller	2.0 !D	L	21	2013	Winterthur, Switzerland
83	United States !	Nieto, MattMatt Nieto	6.0 !LW	L	23	2011	Long Beach, California
8	United States !	Pavelski, JoeJoe Pavelski (C)	4.0 !C	R	31	2003	Plover, Wisconsin
46	Czech Republic !	Polak, RomanRoman Polak	2.0 !D	R	30	2016	Ostrava, Czech Republic
34	Canada !	Reimer, JamesJames Reimer	1.0 !G	L	28	2016	Morweena, Manitoba
16	Canada !	Spaling, NickNick Spaling	4.0 !C	L	27	2016	Palmerston, Ontario
80	United States !	Tennyson, MattMatt Tennyson	2.0 !D	R	26	2012	Pleasanton, California
19	Canada !	Thornton, JoeJoe Thornton (A)	4.0 !C	L	36	2005	London, Ontario
50	Canada !	Tierney, ChrisChris Tierney	4.0 !C	L	21	2012	Keswick, Ontario
44	Canada !	Vlasic, Marc-EdouardMarc-Edouard Vlasic	2.0 !D	L	29	2005	Montreal, Quebec
42	Canada !	Ward, JoelJoel Ward	7.0 !RW	R	35	2015	North York, Ontario
57	United States !	Wingels, TommyTommy Wingels	7.2 !RW/C	R	28	2008	Evanston, Illinois
9	Lithuania !	Zubrus, DainiusDainius Zubrus	4.3 !C/RW	L	37	2015	Elektrėnai, Lithuania

Awards and honours

Awards

Regular season
Player	Award	Awarded
Jones, M.M. Jones	NHL First Star of the Week^[8]	November 23, 2015
Burns, B.B. Burns	NHL All-Star game selection^[9]	January 6, 2016
Pavelski, J.J. Pavelski	NHL All-Star game selection^[9]	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^[10]

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	^[11]
June 27, 2015 (2015-06-27)	To Vancouver Canucks TBL's 7th-round pick in 2015	To San Jose Sharks Patrick McNally	^[12]
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	^[13]
June 29, 2015 (2015-06-29)	To St. Louis Blues Konrad Abeltshauser	To San Jose Sharks Conditional 7th-round pick in 2016	^[14]
June 29, 2015 (2015-06-29)	To Boston Bruins Sean Kuraly 1st-round pick in 2016	To San Jose Sharks Martin Jones	^[15]
February 22, 2016 (2016-02-22)	To Toronto Maple Leafs Raffi Torres 2nd-round pick in 2017 2nd-round pick in 2018	To San Jose Sharks Roman Polak Nick Spaling	^[16]
February 27, 2016 (2016-02-27)	To Toronto Maple Leafs Alex Stalock Ben Smith conditional 4th-round pick in 2018	To San Jose Sharks James Reimer Jeremy Morin	^[17]
May 26, 2016 (2016-05-26)	To Detroit Red Wings Dylan Sadowy	To San Jose Sharks 3rd-round pick in 2017	^[18]
June 20, 2016 (2016-06-20)	To Arizona Coyotes 4th-round pick in 2016 DET's 3rd-round pick in 2017	To San Jose Sharks Maxim Letunov 6th-round pick in 2017	^[19]

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	^[20]
July 2, 2015 (2015-07-02)	Mark Cundari	Adirondack Flames	1 year, $600,000	^[21]
July 3, 2015 (2015-07-03)	Joel Ward	Washington Capitals	3 years, $9.825 million	^[22]
August 24, 2015 (2015-08-24)	Frazer McLaren	Toronto Maple Leafs	1 year, $600,000	^[23]
November 24, 2015 (2015-11-24)	Dainius Zubrus	New Jersey Devils	1 year, $600,000	^[24]
March 2, 2016 (2016-03-02)	Jon Martin	Swift Current Broncos	entry-level contract	^[25]
April 11, 2016 (2016-04-11)	Mantas Armalis	Djurgarden	entry-level contract	^[26]

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	^[27]
July 10, 2015 (2015-07-10)	Matt Irwin	Boston Bruins	1 year, $800,000	^[28]
July 10, 2015 (2015-07-10)	John Scott	Arizona Coyotes	1 year, $575,000	^[29]

Lost via waivers

Player	New team	Date claimed off waivers
Mike Brown^[30]	Montreal Canadiens	February 29, 2016

Player signings

Date	Player	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
June 27, 2015 (2015-06-27)	Melker Karlsson	2 years, $3.25 million	^[31]
June 27, 2015 (2015-06-27)	Jeremy Langlois	1 year, $610,000	^[32]
June 27, 2015 (2015-06-27)	Petter Emanuelsson	1 year, $800,000	^[33]
June 27, 2015 (2015-06-27)	Karl Stollery	1 year, $600,000	^[34]
June 27, 2015 (2015-06-27)	Troy Grosenick	2 years, $1.2 million	^[35]
June 30, 2015 (2015-06-30)	Brenden Dillon	5 years, $16.35 million	^[36]
July 2, 2015 (2015-07-02)	John McCarthy	1 year, $600,000	^[37]
July 2, 2015 (2015-07-02)	Micheal Haley	1 year, $600,000	^[38]
July 2, 2015 (2015-07-02)	Bryan Lerg	1 year, $600,000	^[39]
July 2, 2015 (2015-07-02)	Patrick McNally	2 years, entry-level contract	^[40]
July 8, 2015 (2015-07-08)	Timo Meier	3 years, entry-level contract	^[41]
September 13, 2015 (2015-09-13)	Jeremy Roy	3 years, entry-level contract	^[42]
March 4, 2016 (2016-03-04)	Adam Helewka	entry-level contract	^[43]
March 9, 2016 (2016-03-09)	Kevin Labanc	entry-level contract	^[44]
March 11, 2016 (2016-03-11)	Alex Schoenborn	entry-level contract	^[45]
April 9, 2016 (2016-04-09)	Danny O'Regan	entry-level contract	^[46]
April 9, 2016 (2016-04-09)	Michael Brodzinski	entry-level contract	^[47]

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^[48]

^a The Buffalo Sabres’ second-round pick (from Colorado) 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.^[13]
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.^[13]
The San Jose Sharks’ third-round pick went to the Philadelphia Flyers as the result of a trade on July 2, 2014 that sent Tye McGinn to San Jose in exchange for this pick.^[49]
^b The St. Louis Blues’ third-round pick (from Edmonton) went to the San Jose Sharks as the result of compensation for Head Coach Todd McLellan.
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.^[50]
^c The Calgary Flames’ fourth-round pick went to the San Jose Sharks as the result of a trade on July 2, 2013 that sent TJ Galiardi to Calgary in exchange for this pick.^[51]
^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).^[52] 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.^[53]
^e The Dallas Stars' seventh-round pick went to the San Jose Sharks as the result of a trade on June 27, 2015 that sent the rights to Antti Niemi to Dallas in exchange for this pick.^[11]

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San Jose Sharks

Founded in 1991 Based in San Jose, California

Franchise	Team General managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Seasons Current season

History	Expansion draft Records Award winners

Personnel	Owners San Jose Sports & Entertainment Enterprises (Hasso Plattner, governor) General manager Doug Wilson Head coach Peter DeBoer Team captain Joe Pavelski Current roster

Arenas	Cow Palace SAP Center at San Jose

Affiliates	AHL San Jose Barracuda ECHL Allen Americans

Stanley Cup Finals	2016

General managers	Ferreira Grillo Lombardi Wilson

Head coaches	Kingston Constantine Wiley Sims Sutter Raeder Wilson McLellan DeBoer

Media	TV Comcast SportsNet California Randy Hahn Jamie Baker Radio KUFX Dan Rusanowsky Bret Hedican

Culture/Lore	S. J. Sharkie 2015 NHL Stadium Series

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 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

2015–16 NHL season

Pacific	Anaheim Ducks Arizona Coyotes Calgary Flames Edmonton Oilers Los Angeles Kings San Jose Sharks Vancouver Canucks

Central	Chicago Blackhawks Colorado Avalanche Dallas Stars Minnesota Wild Nashville Predators St. Louis Blues Winnipeg Jets

Atlantic	Boston Bruins Buffalo Sabres Detroit Red Wings Florida Panthers Montreal Canadiens Ottawa Senators Tampa Bay Lightning Toronto Maple Leafs

Metropolitan	Carolina Hurricanes Columbus Blue Jackets New Jersey Devils New York Islanders New York Rangers Philadelphia Flyers Pittsburgh Penguins Washington Capitals

See also	Draft Winter Classic All-Star Game Stadium Series Stanley Cup Playoffs Stanley Cup Finals Transactions Three Star Awards Suspensions and Fines

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