2007–08 San Jose Sharks season

2007–08 San Jose Sharks
Division	1st Pacific
Conference	2nd Western
2007–08 record	49–23–10
Home record	22–13–6
Road record	27–10–4
Goals for	222
Goals against	193
Team information
General manager	Doug Wilson
Coach	Ron Wilson
Captain	Patrick Marleau
Alternate captains	Mike Grier Craig Rivet Joe Thornton
Arena	HP Pavilion at San Jose
Average attendance	17,411 (99.5%)
Team leaders
Goals	Joe Thornton (29)
Assists	Joe Thornton (67)
Points	Joe Thornton (96)
Penalty minutes	Craig Rivet (104)
Plus/minus	Douglas Murray (+20)
Wins	Evgeni Nabokov (46)
Goals against average	Brian Boucher (1.76)

The 2007–08 San Jose Sharks season began on October 4, 2007. It was the San Jose Sharks' 16th season in the National Hockey League. The Sharks were the Pacific Division champions, and second in the Western Conference. They finished the season with a 49–23–10 record.

Preseason

During the preseason, the 2007 NHL Entry Draft took place in Columbus, Ohio on June 22–23. Also the free agency period began on July 1.

2007 Preseason: 5–0–2 (Home: 3–0–0; Road: 2–0–2)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record
1	October 18	San Jose	5 – 6	Los Angeles	SO	Patzold	9,258	0–0–1
2	October 19	San Jose	1 – 0	Anaheim		Greiss	16,498	1–0–1
3	October 21	Anaheim	1 – 3	San Jose		Nabokov	14,837	2–0–1
4	October 22	Canucks	1 – 3	San Jose		Patzold	13,179	3–0–1
5	October 25	San Jose	2 – 3	Calgary	SO	Nabokov	19,289	3–0–2
6	October 25	Canucks	3 – 4	San Jose	SO	Greiss		4–0–2
7	October 29	Calgary	1 – 2	San Jose		Nabokov	14,579	5–0–2

• Green background indicates a win.
• Red background indicates a loss.

Regular season

The Sharks began a win streak of road games on November 14, 2007, when they beat the Dallas Stars with a shootout win. The Sharks went on to win nine more consecutive road games, which gave them 10 straight wins on the road. The streak ended when the Sharks lost to the Anaheim Ducks on January 13, 2008. This was also the game where coach, Ron Wilson, gave the Sharks’ backup goaltender, Thomas Greiss, his first start, and rested Evgeni Nabokov, who was the starting goalie for all the other Sharks games played up until the All-Star break.

The Sharks’ streak of 10 straight road wins is second to the 12 road game win streak posted by the Detroit Red Wings in 2006.

Jonathan Cheechoo earned his first hat trick for the season on February 9, 2008 at HP Pavilion at San Jose against the Nashville Predators. This is the ninth time that Cheechoo has earned a hat trick in his career. The Sharks won the game 4–3 and gave Ron Wilson his 500th win as an NHL coach. Wilson is the 11th coach in NHL history to win 500 games.

The Sharks have continued with another win streak of 11 games at home and on the road. Since February 21 when the Sharks played the Philadelphia Flyers in Philadelphia and won the game 3–1 they started their big winning streak. On February 29, 2008 the Sharks played the Detroit Red Wings in Detroit and came across a 3–2 win on a controversial goal by Devin Setoguchi to push the winning streak to 4 consecutive games. San Jose played the Montreal Canadiens on March 3 in San Jose and pulled away with a 6–4 win to push their winning streak to 6 games. On March 5 in San Jose, they played the Ottawa Senators and pulled away with a winner in overtime by Patrick Marleau to push their winning streak to 7 games. The Sharks won the Pacific Division and finished 2nd in the Western Conference.

Divisional standings

Pacific Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	2	San Jose Sharks	82	49	23	10	222	193	108
2	4	Anaheim Ducks	82	47	27	8	205	191	102
3	5	Dallas Stars	82	45	30	7	242	207	97
4	12	Phoenix Coyotes	82	38	37	7	214	231	83
5	15	Los Angeles Kings	82	32	43	7	231	266	71

Conference standings

Rob Davison coming up the left side with the puck.

Western Conference

	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
p-Detroit Red Wings *	82	54	21	7	257	184	115
y-San Jose Sharks *	82	49	23	10	222	193	108
y-Minnesota Wild *	82	44	28	10	223	218	98
Anaheim Ducks	82	47	27	8	205	191	102
Dallas Stars	82	45	30	7	242	207	97
Colorado Avalanche	82	44	31	7	231	219	95
Calgary Flames	82	42	30	10	229	227	94
Nashville Predators	82	41	32	9	230	229	91
Edmonton Oilers	82	41	35	6	235	251	88
Chicago Blackhawks	82	40	34	8	239	235	88
Vancouver Canucks	82	39	33	10	213	215	88
Phoenix Coyotes	82	38	37	7	214	231	83
Columbus Blue Jackets	82	34	36	12	193	218	80
St. Louis Blues	82	33	36	13	205	237	79
Los Angeles Kings	82	32	43	7	231	266	71

bold - clinched playoff spot, y - clinched division title, p - clinched Presidents' Trophy and best record in conference, * - division leader

Game log

2007–08 Game Log

October: 6–5–1 (Home: 1–2–0; Road: 5–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 1 October 4 San Jose 2–3 Edmonton SO Nabokov 16,839 0 – 0–1 1 2 October 5 San Jose 3–1 Vancouver Nabokov 18,630 1–0–1 3 3 October 7 San Jose 2–6 Colorado Nabokov 15,876 1–1–1 3 4 October 10 San Jose 2–1 Chicago Nabokov 10,122 2–1–1 5 5 October 13 Boston 2–1 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 2–2–1 5 6 October 15 San Jose 4–2 Vancouver Nabokov 18,630 3–2–1 7 7 October 18 Detroit 4–2 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 3–3–1 7 8 October 20 Nashville 0–3 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 4–3–1 9 9 October 22 San Jose 4–1 Calgary Nabokov 19,289 5–3–1 11 10 October 26 San Jose 1–5 Detroit Nabokov 18,289 5–4–1 11 11 October 27 San Jose 1–2 Columbus Nabokov 13,234 5–5–1 11 12 October 29 San Jose 4–2 Dallas Nabokov 17,546 6–5–1 13 November: 6–3–3 (Home: 3–3–2; Road: 3–0–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 13 November 2 Los Angeles 5–2 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 6–6–1 13 14 November 3 San Jose 3–1 Los Angeles Nabokov 18,118 7–6–1 15 15 November 7 Dallas 3–1 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 7–7–1 15 16 November 9 San Jose 2–3 Anaheim SO Nabokov 17,174 7–7–2 16 17 November 10 Phoenix 1–4 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 8–7–2 18 18 November 12 Phoenix 0–5 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 9–7–2 20 19 November 14 San Jose 4–3 Dallas SO Nabokov 17,682 10–7–2 22 20 November 15 San Jose 6–0 Phoenix Nabokov 12,953 11–7–2 24 21 November 17 Anaheim 2–1 San Jose SO Nabokov 17,496 11–7–3 25 22 November 24 Los Angeles 2–1 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 11–8–3 25 23 November 28 Los Angeles 3–2 San Jose SO Nabokov 17,071 11–8–4 26 24 November 30 Colorado 2–3 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 12–8–4 28 December: 10–4–1 (Home: 2–4–1–; Road: 8–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 25 December 3 San Jose 3–2 Colorado Nabokov 15,213 13–8–4 30 26 December 5 San Jose 3–2 Dallas Nabokov 17,318 14–8–4 32 27 December 7 San Jose 1–0 Phoenix Nabokov 12,972 15–8–4 34 28 December 8 Buffalo 7–1 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 15–9–4 34 29 December 11 Minnesota 1–4 San Jose Nabokov 17,064 16–9–4 36 30 December 13 Vancouver 2–5 San Jose Nabokov 17,175 17–9–4 38 31 December 15 Dallas 2–4 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 17–10–4 38 32 December 16 San Jose 2–1 Anaheim SO Nabokov 17,174 18–10–4 40 33 December 18 Anaheim 2–0 San Jose Nabokov 17,197 18–11–4 40 34 December 20 Phoenix 3–2 San Jose SO Nabokov 17,136 18–11–5 41 35 December 22 Anaheim 5–2 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 18–12–5 41 36 December 26 San Jose 3–2 Los Angeles Nabokov 18,118 19–12–5 43 37 December 28 San Jose 1–0 St. Louis Nabokov 19,250 20–12–5 45 38 December 29 San Jose 5–2 Nashville Nabokov 13,298 21–12–5 47 39 December 31 San Jose 3–2 Minnesota Nabokov 18,568 22–12–5 49 January: 6–4–2 (Home: 5–2–1; Road: 1–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 40 January 3 Calgary 3–2 San Jose OT Nabokov 17,496 22–12–6 50 41 January 5 Columbus 2–3 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 23–12–6 52 42 January 10 Vancouver 1–3 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 24–12–6 54 43 January 12 Toronto 3–2 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 25–12–6 56 44 January 13 San Jose 3–4 Anaheim OT Greiss 17,174 25–12–7 57 45 January 15 San Jose 3–5 Phoenix Nabokov 11,822 25–13–7 57 46 January 17 Dallas 4–2 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 25–14–7 57 47 January 19 Detroit 6–3 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 25–15–7 57 48 January 22 Chicago 2–3 San Jose Nabokov 17,136 26–15–7 59 49 January 24 St. Louis 1–4 San Jose Nabokov 17,142 27–15–7 61 50 January 29 San Jose 3–0 Edmonton Nabokov 16,839 28–15–7 63 51 January 30 San Jose 4–5 Calgary Nabokov 19,289 28–16–7 63 February: 7–5–1 (Home: 3–2–1; Road: 4–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 52 February 2 Chicago 2–3 San Jose SO Nabokov 17,496 29–16–7 65 53 February 6 Colorado 3–1 San Jose Nabokov 17,087 29–17–7 65 54 February 8 Columbus 1–2 San Jose OT Nabokov 17,210 30–17–7 67 55 February 9 Nashville 3–4 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 31–17–7 69 56 February 12 Calgary 4–3 San Jose OT Nabokov 17,269 31–17–8 70 57 February 14 Edmonton 3–2 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 31–18–8 70 58 February 17 San Jose 1–3 NY Rangers Nabokov 18,200 31–19–8 70 59 February 18 San Jose 2–3 NY Islanders Nabokov 16,234 31–20–8 70 60 February 20 San Jose 2–3 New Jersey Greiss 13,855 31–21–8 70 61 February 21 San Jose 3–1 Philadelphia Nabokov 19,487 32–21–8 72 62 February 24 San Jose 2–1 Pittsburgh SO Nabokov 17,132 33–21–8 74 63 February 27 San Jose 4–2 Columbus Nabokov 16,029 34–21–8 76 64 February 29 San Jose 3–2 Detroit Nabokov 20,066 35–21–8 78 March: 13–0–2 (Home: 7–0–1; Road: 6–0–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 65 March 1 San Jose 2–0 St. Louis Boucher 19,150 36–21–8 80 66 March 3 Montreal 4–6 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 37–21–8 82 67 March 5 Ottawa 2–3 San Jose OT Nabokov 17,496 38–21–8 84 68 March 7 San Jose 3–2 Chicago Nabokov 21,908 39–21–8 86 69 March 9 San Jose 3–2 Minnesota SO Nabokov 18,568 40–21–8 88 70 March 11 San Jose 2–1 Nashville Nabokov 14,965 41–21–8 90 71 March 14 St. Louis 1–4 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 42–21–8 92 72 March 16 Edmonton 2–1 San Jose SO Nabokov 17,496 42–21–9 93 73 March 18 San Jose 2–1 Los Angeles Boucher 16,784 43–21–9 95 74 March 19 Minnesota 3–4 San Jose SO Nabokov 17,496 44–21–9 97 75 March 21 Anaheim 1–2 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 45–21–9 99 76 March 25 San Jose 4–5 Phoenix OT Boucher 15,991 45–21–10 100 77 March 27 Dallas 2–3 San Jose OT Nabokov 17,496 46–21–10 102 78 March 28 San Jose 3–1 Anaheim Boucher 17,334 47–21–10 104 79 March 30 Phoenix 1–3 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 48–21–10 106 April: 1–2–1 (Home: 1–0–0; Road: 0–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 80 April 1 Los Angeles 2–5 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 49–21–10 108 81 April 3 San Jose 2–4 Los Angeles Nabokov 17,759 49–22–10 108 82 April 6 San Jose 2–4 Dallas Boucher 18,532 49–23–10 108

• Green background indicates win.
• Red background indicates regulation loss.
• White background indicates overtime/shootout loss.

Playoffs

On March 28, the Sharks clinched the Pacific Division title with a 3–1 win at Anaheim. The Sharks finished the regular season as the 2nd seed in the Western Conference. The Sharks began their first series, the Western Conference Quarter-finals, against the 7th seed Calgary Flames, losing the first game 3–2 but winning the second 2–0, tying the series at 1 win each. In the third game, the Sharks lost by a score of 4–3, falling back by 2 points in the series. Game 4 saw Jonathan Cheechoo score the tying goal with just under five minutes to play in the third, and Joe Thornton scoring the game-winner with 9.4 seconds remaining in regulation to send the series back to San Jose tied at two games apiece. Back in San Jose for Game 5, the Flames' Jerome Iginla scored a 2nd period, 5-on-3 goal to give Calgary the first goal of the game, but the Sharks would score the next 4 goals and hang on for a 4–3 win for a 3–2 series lead. The Sharks showed poorly in Game 6, losing to Calgary in a shut-out, 2 -0, forcing Game 7. The Sharks played with Jeremy Roenick scoring twice and adding two assists to power the Sharks in a decisive 5–3 win over Calgary, clinching the series. The Sharks advanced to meet the Dallas Stars in Round 2 (Western Conference Semi-finals) of the playoffs. In Game 1 of the Semi-finals, the Sharks had a strong defensive showing at home, but lost in overtime to the Stars, 3–2, on a Brenden Morrow goal. After losing Games 2 & 3 and falling to a 3–0 deficit in the series, the Sharks won Game 4 in Dallas and Game 5 at home to force a Game 6 in Dallas. After playing into a fourth overtime period in the longest game in Sharks history (and 8th longest NHL game of all time), the Sharks season ended on a power play goal by the Stars' Brenden Morrow.

2008 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Western Conference Quarter-final vs. Calgary Flames (7) - Sharks win 4–3 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series 1 April 9 Calgary 3–2 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 0–1 2 April 10 Calgary 0–2 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 1–1 3 April 13 San Jose 3–4 Calgary Nabokov 19,289 1–2 4 April 15 San Jose 3–2 Calgary Nabokov 19,289 2–2 5 April 17 Calgary 3–4 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 3–2 6 April 20 San Jose 0–2 Calgary Nabokov 19,289 3–3 7 April 22 Calgary 3–5 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 4–3 Western Conference Semi-finals vs. Dallas Stars (5) - Stars win 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series 1 April 25 Dallas 3–2 San Jose OT Nabokov 17,496 0–1 2 April 27 Dallas 5–2 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 0–2 3 April 29 San Jose 1–2 Dallas OT Nabokov 18,532 0–3 4 April 30 San Jose 2–1 Dallas Nabokov 18,584 1–3 5 May 2 Dallas 2–3 San Jose OT Nabokov 17,496 2–3 6 May 4 San Jose 1–2 Dallas 4OT Nabokov 18,584 2–4

• Green background indicates a win.
• Red background indicates a loss.

Player stats

Regular Season

Skaters

Joe Thornton facing off in a game versus the Vancouver Canucks.

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Joe Thornton	82	29	67	96	18	59
Brian Campbell	83	8	54	62	8	20
Milan Michalek	79	24	31	55	19	47
Patrick Marleau	78	19	29	48	-19	33
Joe Pavelski	82	19	21	40	1	28
Jonathan Cheechoo	69	23	14	37	11	46
Craig Rivet	74	5	30	35	3	104
Jeremy Roenick	69	14	19	33	-8	26
Christian Ehrhoff	77	1	21	22	9	72
Mike Grier	78	9	13	22	-8	24
Torrey Mitchell	82	10	10	20	-3	50
Patrick Rissmiller	79	8	9	17	-8	30
Devin Setoguchi	44	11	6	17	6	8
Sandis Ozolinsh	39	3	13	16	-11	24
Matt Carle	62	2	13	15	-8	26
Marc-Edouard Vlasic	82	2	12	14	-12	24
Kyle McLaren	61	3	8	11	3	84
Douglas Murray	66	1	9	10	20	98
Curtis Brown	33	5	4	9	4	10
Ryane Clowe	15	3	5	8	-1	22
Marcel Goc	51	5	3	8	-15	12
Jody Shelley	62	1	6	7	-4	135
Alexei Semenov	22	1	3	4	-8	36
Tomas Plihal	22	2	1	3	4	4
Tom Cavanagh	1	0	1	1	1	0
Lukas Kaspar	3	0	0	0	-2	0
Mike Iggulden	1	0	0	0	-1	0

Goaltenders

Evgeni Nabokov is crashed into by Martin Erat during a game versus the Nashville Predators.

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

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA
Evgeni Nabokov	77	4561	46	21	8	163	6	0.910	2.14
Brian Boucher	5	238	3	1	1	7	1	0.932	1.76
Thomas Greiss	3	129	0	1	1	7	0	0.860	3.26
Dimitri Patzold	3	44	0	0	0	4	0	0.800	5.45

Playoffs

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Joe Thornton	13	2	8	10	3	2
Ryane Clowe	13	5	4	9	-2	12
Joe Pavelski	13	5	4	9	3	0
Patrick Marleau	13	4	4	8	-2	2
Jonathan Cheechoo	13	4	4	8	3	4
Brian Campbell	13	1	6	7	3	4
Craig Rivet	13	0	6	6	2	16
Jeremy Roenick	13	2	3	5	0	2
Christian Ehrhoff	10	0	5	5	1	14
Milan Michalek	13	4	0	4	5	4
Torrey Mitchell	13	1	2	3	-2	10
Douglas Murray	13	1	1	2	0	2
Devin Setoguchi	9	1	1	2	-2	2
Mike Grier	13	0	1	1	-2	2
Matt Carle	11	0	1	1	0	4
Marc-Edouard Vlasic	13	0	1	1	-2	0
Curtis Brown	7	0	0	0	-2	4
Kyle McLaren	5	0	0	0	-2	4
Jody Shelley	6	0	0	0	-1	2
Alexei Semenov	2	0	0	0	0	2
Marcel Goc	4	0	0	0	1	2
Tomas Plihal	4	0	0	0	1	0
Patrick Rissmiller	8	0	0	0	-3	4

Goaltenders

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

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA
Evgeni Nabokov	13	853	6	7	31	1	0.907	2.18
Brian Boucher	1	2	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.00

Awards and records

The Sharks did not win any awards during the 2007–2008 NHL season.

Records

Christian Ehrhoff and Chris Kunitz during a preseason game.

• Longest winning steak: 11 games
• Most PIM, single regulation game: Jody Shelley, 41
• Most points, single playoff game: Jeremy Roenick, 4
• Most games played: Evgeni Nabokov, 77
• Most goaltending wins: Evgeni Nabokov, 46
• Most consecutive starts: Evgeni Nabokov, 43

Milestones

• Jeremy Roenick played his 1300th game.
• Ron Wilson won his 500th game as a coach.

Transactions

The Sharks were involved in the following transactions during the 2007–08 season.

Trades

June 22, 2007	To Toronto Maple Leafs Vesa Toskala Mark Bell	To San Jose Sharks 1st round pick in 2007 2nd round pick in 2007 4th round pick in 2009
January 29, 2008	To Columbus Blue Jackets 6th round pick in 2009	To San Jose Sharks Jody Shelley
February 7, 2008	To Carolina Hurricanes Future considerations	To San Jose Sharks J. D. Forrest
February 26, 2008	To Buffalo Sabres Steve Bernier 1st round pick in 2008	To San Jose Sharks Brian Campbell 7th round pick in 2008
February 26, 2008	To New York Islanders Rob Davison	To San Jose Sharks 7th round pick in 2008

Free agents signed

Player Former team Alexei Semenov Florida Panthers Jeremy Roenick Phoenix Coyotes Sandis Ozolinsh New York Rangers Brian Boucher Columbus Blue Jackets

Free agents lost

Player New team Scott Hannan Colorado Avalanche Mathieu Darche Tampa Bay Lightning Bill Guerin New York Islanders

Draft picks

San Jose's picks at the 2007 NHL Entry Draft in Columbus, Ohio.

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	9	Logan Couture	Center	Canada	Ottawa 67's (OHL)
1	28	Nick Petrecki	Defender	United States	Omaha Lancers (USHL)
3	83	Timo Pielmeier	Goaltender	Germany	Kölner Haie (DEL)
3	91	Tyson Sexsmith	Goaltender	Canada	Vancouver Giants (WHL)
6	165	Patrik Zackrisson	Left Wing	Sweden	Rögle BK (HockeyAllsvenskan)
6	173	Nick Bonino	Center	Canada	Avon Old Farms (Connecticut HS)
7	201	Justin Braun	Defender	United States	University of Massachusetts Amherst
7	203	Frazer McLaren	Left Wing	Canada	Portland Winterhawks (WHL)

Farm teams

Worcester Sharks

The Worcester Sharks are the San Jose Sharks' American Hockey League affiliate.

Phoenix RoadRunners

The Phoenix RoadRunners are the Sharks affiliate in the ECHL.

See also

• 2007–08 NHL season