2015–16 San Jose Sharks season

2015–16 San Jose Sharks
Western Conference Champions
Division	3rd Pacific
Conference	6th Western
2015–16 record	46–30–6
Home record	18–20–3
Road record	28–10–3
Goals for	241
Goals against	210
Team information
General Manager	Doug Wilson
Coach	Peter DeBoer
Captain	Joe Pavelski
Alternate captains	Logan Couture Joe Thornton
Arena	SAP Center
Average attendance	16,746
Team leaders
Goals	Joe Pavelski (38)
Assists	Joe Thornton (63)
Points	Joe Thornton (82)
Penalties in minutes	Mike Brown Tommy Wingels (63)
Plus/minus	Joe Pavelski (+25) Joe Thornton (+25)
Wins	Martin Jones (37)
Goals against average	James Reimer (1.62)

<2014–15

2016–17>

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

Team	GP	W	L	OL	ROW	GF	GA	Pts
Anaheim Ducks	82	46	25	11	43	218	192	103
Los Angeles Kings	82	48	28	6	46	225	195	102
San Jose Sharks	82	46	30	6	42	241	210	98
Arizona Coyotes	82	35	39	8	34	209	245	78
Calgary Flames	82	35	40	7	33	231	260	77
Vancouver Canucks	82	31	38	13	26	191	243	75
Edmonton Oilers	82	31	43	8	27	203	245	70

Western Conference

Central Division Division

Team	GP	W	L	OL	ROW	GF	GA	Pts
Dallas Stars	82	50	23	9	48	267	230	109
St. Louis Blues	82	49	24	9	44	224	201	107
Chicago Blackhawks	82	47	26	9	46	235	209	103

Pacific Division

Team	GP	W	L	OL	ROW	GF	GA	Pts
Anaheim Ducks	82	46	25	11	43	218	192	103
Los Angeles Kings	82	48	28	6	46	225	195	102
San Jose Sharks	82	46	30	6	42	241	210	98

Western Conference Wild Card

Team	GP	W	L	OL	ROW	GF	GA	Pts
Nashville Predators	82	41	27	14	37	228	215	96
Minnesota Wild	82	38	33	11	35	216	206	87
Colorado Avalanche	82	39	39	4	35	216	240	82
Arizona Coyotes	82	35	39	8	34	209	245	78
Winnipeg Jets	82	35	39	8	32	215	239	78
Calgary Flames	82	35	40	7	33	231	260	77
Vancouver Canucks	82	31	38	13	26	191	243	75
Edmonton Oilers	82	31	43	8	27	203	245	70

Schedule

Pre-season

Pre-Season Game Log: 4–2–1 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 2–1–1)
#	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)
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

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.

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season 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 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	G	A	PIM
Jones, MartinMartin Jones	65	65	3785:52	37	23	4	143	2.27	1734	.918	6	0	0	0
Reimer, JamesJames Reimer	8	8	481:26	6	2	0	13	1.62	208	.938	3	0	0	0
Stalock, AlexAlex Stalock ‡ || 13 || 9 || 674:08 || 3 || 5 || 2 || 33 || 2.94 || 285 || .884 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0

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.

#	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	November 23, 2015
Burns, B.B. Burns	NHL All-Star game selection	January 6, 2016
Pavelski, J.J. Pavelski	NHL All-Star game selection	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

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
June 27, 2015 (2015-06-27)	To Vancouver Canucks TBL's 7th-round pick in 2015	To San Jose Sharks Patrick McNally
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
June 29, 2015 (2015-06-29)	To St. Louis Blues Konrad Abeltshauser	To San Jose Sharks Conditional 7th-round pick in 2016
June 29, 2015 (2015-06-29)	To Boston Bruins Sean Kuraly 1st-round pick in 2016	To San Jose Sharks Martin Jones
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
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
May 26, 2016 (2016-05-26)	To Detroit Red Wings Dylan Sadowy	To San Jose Sharks 3rd-round pick in 2017
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

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

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 July 10, 2015 (2015-07-10) Matt Irwin Boston Bruins 1 year, $800,000 July 10, 2015 (2015-07-10) John Scott Arizona Coyotes 1 year, $575,000

Lost via waivers

Player	New team	Date claimed off waivers
Mike Brown	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 June 27, 2015 (2015-06-27) Jeremy Langlois 1 year, $610,000 June 27, 2015 (2015-06-27) Petter Emanuelsson 1 year, $800,000 June 27, 2015 (2015-06-27) Karl Stollery 1 year, $600,000 June 27, 2015 (2015-06-27) Troy Grosenick 2 years, $1.2 million June 30, 2015 (2015-06-30) Brenden Dillon 5 years, $16.35 million July 2, 2015 (2015-07-02) John McCarthy 1 year, $600,000 July 2, 2015 (2015-07-02) Micheal Haley 1 year, $600,000 July 2, 2015 (2015-07-02) Bryan Lerg 1 year, $600,000 July 2, 2015 (2015-07-02) Patrick McNally 2 years, entry-level contract July 8, 2015 (2015-07-08) Timo Meier 3 years, entry-level contract September 13, 2015 (2015-09-13) Jeremy Roy 3 years, entry-level contract March 4, 2016 (2016-03-04) Adam Helewka entry-level contract March 9, 2016 (2016-03-09) Kevin Labanc entry-level contract March 11, 2016 (2016-03-11) Alex Schoenborn entry-level contract April 9, 2016 (2016-04-09) Danny O'Regan entry-level contract April 9, 2016 (2016-04-09) Michael Brodzinski entry-level contract Draft picks See also: List of San Jose Sharks 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 REDIRECT  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 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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). 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. 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. References